Billion, mind you - not million. $134,000,000,000 worth of securities found in a suitcase by customs agents in Italy. The smugglers were Japanese, heading toward Switzerland. tags billion dollars suitcase smuggling swiss japaneseIt is either the biggest smuggling operation in history -- or a fraud of equally impressive proportions. Italian customs officials stopped two men at the Swiss border carrying bonds worth $134 billion (95.8 billion euros). picked by bingo 6 months ago |
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So California once again finds themselves with a budget shortfall of a Billion Dollars. That is a lot of zeros! 5 comments edit related share politicsCalifornia cannabis growers/dealers plead to have their product legalized and taxed. They assure that thier product alone will raise at least the full billion dollars missing in tax revenues, preventing the closing of any government service picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
A British man was left in major shock when his bank statement showed him to be £100 billion ($208 billion) overdrawn. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
The uber idea they claim Pepsi stole from them? Selling purified bottled water. No sh*t. One billion dollars. 1 comments edit related share plime.comFor their part, Pepsi (who's lawyers never showed up for the trial) claims the statute of limitations should preclude the lawsuit. But also that they weren't aware of the lawsuit until after the ruling. I'd LOVE to see the board meeting where they talk about this one! picked by Moe 1 month ago |
Banking in at over $7 Billion, the scheme was finally unearthed this week with the unstable market. The catch? He did it all alone. What could one man need $7 Billion for? 0 comments edit related share plime.com...Apparently He had a lot of Stuff to Buy. "I'd Like 5 Tons of Tooth Paste." picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago |
Researchers estimate that millions of pets, animal parts and meats are covertly smuggled across the border totaling a $10 billion industry, second only to illegal drugs. picked by 1krazykorean 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 12 comments edit related share world |
Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail? This site will help: "Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that ... read full post picked by thephrog 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
We hear dollar figures thrown out about the cost of things every day. picked by bandit 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
Scientists are reporting an advance toward a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than conventional silicon chips with an estimated lifetime of more than one billion years. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 6 comments edit related share science |
Now double that. And add $170 Billion. That's the price tag of the bailout 22 comments edit related share politicsOriginally posted here picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago |
President Obama has enlisted the world’s leading powers to contribute $15 billion to help millions of the world’s poorest farmers grow enough food to feed themselves. 2 comments edit related share worldIf the assistance is delivered and is in fact mostly new money, it will constitute the largest international effort in decades to combat hunger. picked by Bingo 5 months ago |
Actually, it's TWO billion, but two billion doesn't jive with my photo choice. picked by videoguy 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
Pfizer execs have again promised to play by the rules after a record-setting $2.3 billion settlement for fraudulent drug marketing. The upshot could be a windfall of millions of dollars for state Medicaid programs. 2 comments edit related share plime.com(The health care system desperately needs pharmaceutical company reform.) picked by cb__ 3 months ago |
The Utah-based Anti-Spam company Unspam Technologies has filed a one billion dollar lawsuit on behalf of over twenty thousand internet users. The suit was filed in Virginia under the CAN-SPAM Act and Virginia law. The question that comes to mind is exactly who is the lawsuit aimed at? picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing an account worth $38 billion. picked by shredtone 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share technology |
Global warming will create at least 1 billion refugees by 2050 as water shortages and crop failures force people to leave their homes, sparking local wars over access to resources. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
In the last two weeks alone, Iraq has made purchase requests totaling $10.9 billion. 10 comments edit related share worldAnd now comes a purchase request coming in at $2.16 billion. So just what does $2.16 billion buy us theses days?? Well according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency: picked by hmtksteve 1 year ago |
When Austen Hapenga realised his two-year-old daughter had seemingly vanished from their home, panic understandably set in. But more than two hours after raising the alarm, Mr Hapenga's ordeal came to a happy end when the tired toddler was discovered curled up and asleep in a suitcase in her bedroom, blissfully unaware of the drama. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The man told police he's starting his own record label and that he had been given the money by his girlfriend's mother to help him start it. picked by arsphidius 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A toddler whose remains were found inside a suitcase in Philadelphia in the spring was starved to death by members of a religious cult, including his mother, in part because he refused to say "amen" after meals picked by stinkobinko 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |