This biotech company has lost a remarkable $1.3 billion over the past 16 years, with no sign of stopping. At least they didn't line up for a bailout. picked by equinox 11 months ago

An Australian student worried about her parents' money problems rifled through a pile of her lottery tickets Thursday and discovered that she had won 13 million Australian dollars ($10 million) 10 months ago. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Fortune's national sampling of what the rich get to choose from when they shop for real estate picked by Rogue 3 years ago

show me something cool or supernatural the money is yours. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

They claim the $200 billion they received from the government is not enough. They are suing for the return of $306 million in tax payments. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Fourteen city workers and one retired city worker in the western Ohio town of Piqua claimed a $207 million 12-state lottery prize Wednesday. picked by Wags273 12 months ago

Now the company is planning to take millions of that [bailout] money and hand it over to employees in a program that sounds a lot like bonuses.
But wait, there's more. picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

An ordinary guy (not an artist) who signs as ‘G’, worried because art it’s since many decades ago a big fraud, has decided to put an end to Modern Art by creating the Ultimate Art Fraud: a Post-it that he is selling in eBay for a million dollars (or more!). G thinks that Modern Art is nowadays like a comatose patient kept alive artificially by a bunch of speculators and thefts... read full post picked by tribulete 3 years ago

As many as 28 million people in the United States are forgoing traditional financial institutions. (I need everyone to mail me their address) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor. picked by TraumaMamma 5 months ago

In India, China and sub-Saharan Africa, millions upon millions of women are missing. They are not lost, but dead: victims of violence, discrimination and neglect. Women who are dead because their lives were undervalued. picked by equinox 6 months ago

Los Angeles has been in a large deficit for the past year--this year it could up to $530 million. However, that hasn't stopped them spending $1 million each year on "hand-inked calligraphy scrolls that bestow commendations on everyday folk, celebrities and supporters." picked by suebe 8 months ago

Insurance giant American International Group will award hundreds of millions of dollars in employee bonuses and retention pay despite a confrontation Wednesday between the chief executive and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

This is not an Onion or Sun article. Hard to believe but this is true. "At a time when financial titans are being paraded before Congress to explain how they blew billions on executives' bonuses even as they received a taxpayer bailout, the big-hearted banker's (Leonard Abess Jr.) selfless deed stands out." picked by equinox 10 months ago

“The Money Myth Exploded” was one of the first articles of Louis Even, and remains one of the most popular to explain how money is created as a debt by private banks. Also, mentions the basis of the philosophy of Social Credit. picked by TheAnt314 8 months ago

Putin took a few hours off from dealing with the financial crisis late last month to dance to hits like "Money, Money, Money" performed by the ABBA tribute band BjЪrn Again in a private concert for the prime minister and a group of friends, organizers of the show told The Moscow Times."Putin and his colleague friends were all dancing and getting involved with the choreography... read full post picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Twelve academic institutions in California recently received approximately $271 million in grant money from a state agency to construct laboratories for stem-cell research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research,” May 8, 2008). picked by 1krazykorean 2 years ago

Billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg tried to defend pharmaceutical companies claiming that the companies and their CEOs don't make much money. I guess to a billionaire, $17.3 million salaries such as Merck & Co.'s chief executive, Richard T. Clark qualifies as pocket change. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

To their hourly employees Walmart will give out $933.6 million in cash bonuses Thursday. The remaining billion plus will be given in profit sharing and 401(k) contributions, as well as merchandise discounts and contributions to the employees' stock purchase plan picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Just in case you were not pissed off at them before. I KNEW this would happen when this stupid bill was passed in the first place.

Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men;
Some will rob you with a six-gun,
And some with a fountain pen. picked by Moe 12 months ago