CNN: If you buy any zombie apocaylpse item, buy this
pO157.
Posted to Business on Tue Aug 31, 2010 at 09:08:13 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It's happened to all of us at least once. You're down to your last box of 12 gauge slugs and the undead masses are pounding on your door. Food and water are getting scarce and you regret buying the Old Glory Robot Attack Insurance without the Zombie Recovery Rider. You can't call for help because you used your Blackberry batteries up 3 hours after the power went down updating your face book. Well, CNN says you can avoid a slow painful death during a disaster if only you had an old school low power cell phone.
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The wheels on the bus go round and round, unless you're getting an abortion
pO157.
Posted to Business on Mon Jul 26, 2010 at 06:33:47 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Edwin A. Graning had a job as a bus driver until he was fired in January. Mr. Graning was not let go due to high costs, or showing up to work drunk, or anything normal like that. No, Mr. Graning claims he was fired due to his religious beliefs. He claims he was terminated because he refused to drive his bus if it meant one of his passengers would use it to get an abortion. He now has a wrongful termination suit going against his former employer.
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Face book Frozen! You and 2 others like this.
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 07:38:37 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Social networking media giant, and one of the most reviled corporations around, Face Book had its assets frozen for about three weeks after a Western New Yorker filed a lawsuit in state court alleging he actually owned 84% of the website empire. While the assets have been unfrozen, the lawsuit will continue amid allegations that the local man signed a contract (pdf) with founder Mark Zuckerberg in April of 2003 and Face Book should cough up the majority of its $15 billion in assets to him.
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The High Cost Of Destroying Nature
Dabney.
Posted to Business on Mon Jun 21, 2010 at 04:53:26 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
When BP CEO Tony Hayward committed his company to pay "all legitimate claims" for damages suffered due to the oil spill, people were split into two camps. Camp one applauded the company for being up front and publicly responsible. Camp two rolled their eyes, knowing that Hayward was not about to open the company's checking account all that quickly. They also noticed that "all legitimate" modifier and imagined obstructions and hurdles created rather than checks being issued. Camp two looks like it had an early lead in the area of public opinion.
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A tax shelter to die for
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Jun 10, 2010 at 08:10:28 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Dan L. Duncan turned 2 trucks and $10,000 into a fortune that made him the richest man in Houston. He died in March of a brain hemorrhage. Now it turns out his death may have been good news for his estate, as the fortuitous timing of his passing allows him to escape a 55% estate tax and pass everything on to his heirs tax free due to a legislative curiosity.
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Now That's Spinning It.
Dabney.
Posted to Business on Sun Jun 06, 2010 at 09:07:12 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
President Barack Obama, known to some as a Seekret Muslin Terraist and to others as the Man Who Can Do No Wrong, may have finally acquired another title - Spinmeister Supreme.
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Featured Diary: Spill Baby Spill
Lou.
Posted to Business on Tue May 04, 2010 at 09:29:05 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
The sequel to Sarah Palin's highly erotic, Drill Baby Drill
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OK to put babies behind bars?
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 08:57:12 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
A tree is not the only thing growing in Brooklyn. So is a new social phenomenon that its boosters say is the best thing since the resealable sippy cup: Parents bringing their infants & toddlers along with them to the bar.
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Featured Diary: USA vs. Canada, Banking Regulation Edition
Steve Urkel.
Posted to Business on Tue Mar 02, 2010 at 09:04:38 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
The Canadian banking system survived the recent worldwide slowdown without a single bank failure. So what can the United States learn from Canada about sound banking?
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Obama: Time to Nuke Georgia
port1080.
Posted to Business on Wed Feb 17, 2010 at 01:12:48 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
On Tuesday, President Obama pledged $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to support the construction of two new nuclear power stations in Georgia.
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Breaking News: Transportation Secretary Says, "Stop Driving Toyotas"
pO157.
Posted to Business on Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 12:48:56 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Shares of Toyota Motors plummeted after the US Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, advised consumers to immediately stop driving their car if it was one of the defective models. Toyota models with these defects are subject to unintended acceleration due to a manufacturer's defect. The problem is believed to impact 2.3 million cars in the United States and 4.5 million worldwide.
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Apple Tablet: It Lives!
port1080.
Posted to Business on Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 08:01:35 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.
DEMachina writes: So after a decade of rumors, Apple has debuted their tablet PC, and it's a let-down. It's basically an overgrown iPhone, runs the same OS and is compatible with iPhone apps. Its cost will be somewhere between $499 and $829, depending on the options.
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