Who's ready for iAmerica? As the BBC has reported, the software company Apple has more cash on hand than the United States federal government, according to the company's financial records. Apple's quarterly financial report shows that the company responsible for the iPad, iPod and the iPho... Read more...
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12/07/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News,
Politics As Usual,
program,
Protest/Activism
The clock is ticking for the state Department of Public Welfare. Under the budget Gov. Tom Corbett signed late Thursday, the department has to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses while still providing services required by law. To help, state lawmakers gave the agency a controversial ... Read more...
Oh say can you see…the end of American independence? This Fourth of July, the United States celebrates its 235th year of freedom from British rule. That’s emancipated us from yeasty marmite, pesky ‘u’s in our ‘neighbors’ and from having to ask God to “save the Queen”. Phew.... Read more...
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27/02/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Industry Rule #4080,
Space: The Final Frontier,
Technology,
World News
News Corp has hired tech and media investment bank Allen & Company to sell off MySpace, the WSJ reports. Allen & Co will now schedule meetings with interested buyers, of whom there are about twenty, including financial firms. We think Zynga should buy MySpace (see below) but... Read more...
Stephen Smith was one of the wealthiest Afrian-Americans in the United States. He was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and went on to build an empire that included the Smith, Wipper and Company Lumber and Coal yard. He was a leading agent on the Underground Railroad when he was living in Columbia. I... Read more...
Following rumors of a “bank holiday” that could limit or prevent altogether cash withdrawals later this week, Twitter and other Internet forums were raging yesterday about numerous ATMs across the country that crashed in the early hours of Sunday morning, preventing customers from performing b... Read more...
Business Takes Off for Mr. Cage; Snatching a $15 Million Gulfstream Ken Cage is racing through a private aviation terminal near Orlando when his BlackBerry buzzes with bad news. The plane he is about to repossess is scheduled to take off for Mexico in three minutes. Even worse, the Cessna's ... Read more...
Washington (CNN) - With less than a year to go until crucial mid-term contests, the Republican National Committee says they've raised what they call an off-election year record of money last month. The RNC reports Thursday morning that they raked in $8.79 million in October, with $11.2 million ca... Read more...
KOKONOGI, Japan — A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass. The fishermen l... Read more...