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

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.

It 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 5 months ago

The economic value of "special water" was first cultivated in Europe during the late 1700s when people began visiting natural springs to drink the water or bathe in it. Then in 1767, Jackson's spa in Boston began bottling their water. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

So California once again finds themselves with a budget shortfall of a Billion Dollars. That is a lot of zeros!
California 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

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 8 months 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

Tap’dNY is honest-to-goodness New York City tap water. It doesn’t come from French springs, Arctic glaciers, tropical islands, or Alpine peaks. It’s NYC tap water, just like Mom used to serve. picked by suckersklub 1 year ago

An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban. picked by topofall 2 months ago

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

A German study of commercially-available bottled water found contamination by chemicals that mimic natural sex hormones. When the researchers raised snails in the water, they bred with extreme rapidity — a warning sign that the chemicals were active. Contamination levels were twice as high in brands packaged in plastic instead of glass, suggesting that plastic was the culprit. picked by cactushair 8 months ago

"This simple experiment seemed to confirm that most people cannot tell the difference between tap water and bottled water. Yet they buy it anyway - and in enormous quantities." picked by videoguy 3 years ago

Until yesterday the town of Bundanoon (population 2,500) was best known as the host of Australia’s version of the Highland Games. Now it has become the world’s first place to ban bottled water. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

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

We hear dollar figures thrown out about the cost of things every day. picked by bandit 2 years ago

V Water - there's something in the water . A wicked animation advertisement for water. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

More than a billion people lack access to clean water, and 2.5 billion are without water for sanitation, with 80 percent of all disease borne by dirty water. picked by kakana 8 months ago

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

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?

...Apparently He had a lot of Stuff to Buy. "I'd Like 5 Tons of Tooth Paste." picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago

The lawsuit against MySpace and MySpace user Pete Solis by a 14 year old girl has been dismissed by a Federal judge. The lawsuit, brought by the girl's family, and followed by copycat lawsuits against MySpace by three other families, alleged that Pete Solis lied about his age in order to gain the girl's confidence, and that Pete Solis than sexually assaulted the girl. Of course, the lawsuit failed... read full post picked by bornbad 5 months ago

If you or I bottled tap water and started selling it on the street for a buck a pop, that would be a crime. When the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks does it, it's called a public awareness campaign. picked by WordsnCollision 2 years ago