Yahoo reports that according to a blog post, a software developer outsourced his own job to China, for a fraction of his salary, so that he could sit at work, spending part of the day watching cat videos. Also according… Read More ›
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Cat Better At Investing Pretend Money Than Professionals
The Observer reports that a cat named Orlando outperformed a panel of professionals and a team of grade school students in a year-long competition to see who could earn the most investing pretend money. 3 Important Investment Lessons To Take… Read More ›
Facebook Introduces Graph Search, Which Allows You To See Which Of Your Friends Like The Same Nerdy TV Shows As You
CNET reports Facebook unveiled the latest thing it’s building today — Graph Search. CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly shows that Graph Search can answer burning queries like: “Friends who like Star Wars and Harry Potter.” “People named Chris who are friends… Read More ›
Is The Tea Party Going The Way Of Fruitopia Lemon Berry Intuition Fruit Tea?
Erin Burnett ran a segment on CNN last night asking: “Is the Tea Party dead?” The segment also quoted a Politico interview in which a Tea Party leader reportedly admitted: “There’s not enough money.” 3 Parties We Could See Replacing… Read More ›
Detroit Mini-Mansion Has Asking Price Less Than Michigan-Made Buick Enclave
ForSaleByOwner.com features this listing for a 6 bedroom, 6 bathroom 4,400-square-foot home, at an asking price of $35 grand, which includes free straight-talkin’ commentary from the seller. From the listing: “Also since this is a historical home with good quality items it… Read More ›
Insurance Company May Complain Life Is Not Fair
Yahoo Finance reports that AIG’s Board of Directors will consider whether joining a lawsuit tomorrow against the United States federal government in a claim alleging “the terms of the deal” bailing out AIG in 2008 were “unfair.” Under the suit,… Read More ›
Treasury Can Mint Trillion Dollar Coin To Solve All Of America’s Problems… Except Trillion Dollar Coins Getting Stuck In Vending Machines, When All You Want Is A Bottle Of Filtered Water
Fox News reports that although extremely unlikely, the U.S. Treasury Department could in theory, mint a one-trillion dollar coin to pay off U.S. debt if the debt ceiling issue is not resolved in a timely manner. 3 Worse Uses Of… Read More ›
We Wonder If The “Plus” In Google+ Stands For “Plus Everyone Else On The Internet May See What You Just Wrote.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that in an effort to get more people to use Facebook competitor Google+, that Google is automatically creating public Google+ accounts for people who sign up for Google services such as Gmail and YouTube. We… Read More ›
While A Kansas Town Limits Cat Capacity, A Woman In London Seeks To Fill A Cafe With Cats
Yahoo reports that a woman in London is seeking £108,000 of online start-up funding for a cat cafe in London. What’s a cat cafe? Well you can watch an informative video outlining the business plan by clicking here, or you… Read More ›
People Buying Botox Injections On Groupon!
Yahoo reports that consumers are turning to group discount sites like Groupon to purchase Botox injections. One physician quoted warns “buyer beware,” as discount “Botox” used could be over-diluted. 3 Other Things We Would Not Want To Buy On Group Coupon… Read More ›