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07 Jul 2010 20:27

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Biz: Optimism is back! Stocks had a pretty killer day today

  • 2.9% the increase in the Dow Jones Industrial today
  • 3.1% the leap in the super-exciting S&P 500 today
  • 3.1% the leap in the super-techie Nasdaq today source

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05 Jul 2010 09:20

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Biz, U.S.: BP’s oil spill bill keeps going up, and then some

  • $3.12 billion spent on cleanup and claims so far source
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04 Jul 2010 23:00

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Biz: Protip: Avoid sketchy-looking ATMs; skimmers want to rob you

  • Their skillz are getting even crazier, too. ATMs are great inventions, but thieves are getting even more adept. They’ve been using skimmers, which fit inside of an ATM and can read your card, for a while, but now they’ve moved to using plastic overlays that neatly fit over the number pad and TEXT your info to the scammer’s cell phone. Scared yet? source
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03 Jul 2010 10:39

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Biz: Warren Buffett: The rich-guy gift that keeps on giving

  • $37B the amount he donated to the Gates Foundation in 2006, the biggest ever donation; he plans to give 99 percent of his wealth away
  • $1.93B the amount he donated this year – he does yearly donations based on Berkshire Hathaway’s overall performance source
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01 Jul 2010 09:35

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Biz: The federal government coming out ahead on Citibank bailout

  • 7.7B number of shares the government owns due to the Citibank bailout
  • $10.5B revenues from selling a third of those shares (around 2.6 billion)
  • $2B amount in profits the government has made from the sales source
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30 Jun 2010 10:19

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Biz: The UN says what we’re all thinking about the dollar bill

  • It’s too unstable. It shouldn’t be the basis of international currency. Who the heck decided the dollar was king? Nobody knows, but the United Nations are fighting back, saying that countries who have based their currency on the dollar have seen their own currencies become undervalued. We suggest they switch to Monopoly money. Everyone wins that way, kinda. source
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25 Jun 2010 09:54

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U.S.: How do California residents spend their welfare money? High rollin’

  • $1.8 million in funds were pulled out at casino ATMs source
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24 Jun 2010 19:53

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Politics: Sarah Palin’s legal defense fund not legal, goes bye-bye

  • $386,000 gets paid
    back source
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17 Jun 2010 10:05

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Biz: Oil disaster: Stockholders really liked BP’s escrow account deal

  • 9.8% increase on the London stock exchange today source
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16 Jun 2010 12:28

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Biz, U.S.: BP’s throwing lots of money aside for oil disaster claims

  • $20
    billion     the amount BP plans to put in an independent escrow account
  • $1
    billion     the amount the company has spent on the oil spill so far source
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