Tag: Money
Money Trees
passersby have been stopping for decades (if not centuries), meticulously hammering small denomination coins intro trees. via Colossal.
The Problem with Pennies and Nickels
Why would we continue to make pennies and nickels that cost more to produce than they’re worth?
Warhammer Online ‘billing error’ results in massively multiplayer overcharge
Just like that, we suddenly understand some peoples’ stern distaste for subscription-based MMOs. A recent bug in the Warhammer Online billing system charged some players…
Alex Gibney’s Casino Jack & the United States of Money Trailer
This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramoff—from his early years as a gung—ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as…
Elongated coin
Elongated coins are coins that have been elongated (flattened or stretched) and embossed with a new design with the purpose of creating a commemorative or…
Lincoln One-Cent Redesign
The current Lincoln cent’s reverse (tails side) design is emblematic of President Abraham Lincoln’s preservation of the United States as a single and united country,…
Picasso’s Tete de Femme
A Picasso masterpiece unseen in public for 43 years has gone under the hammer at auctioneers Christie’s for £8.1m. Tete de Femme (Jacqueline) had been…
Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps Trailer
Emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship…
snopes.com: New U.S. Constitutional Currency
One of the most important things about America is our Bill of Rights. It is possibly the most important information any citizen can have. The…
Consumerist – Identity Theft Hysteria Overblown, Watch Your Debit Card Instead – Obama’s helicopter plans
If someone calls you and says they’re your bank or anyone like that asking you anything at all that’s sensitive I hang up on them….
Drug companies invent diseases.
old Article The special issue, edited by David Henry, of Newcastle University in Australia, and Ray Moynihan, an Australian journalist, reports that conditions such as…
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