Credit crisis could cost nearly $1 trillion, IMF predicts : XML WIDGEThttp://www.plime.com/You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!en-us57466http://www.plime.com/world/l/57466/1/<![CDATA[Credit crisis could cost nearly $1 trillion, IMF predicts]]>61064/8/2008 9:44:38 PM2008-04-08T21:44:38+01:00
235806http://www.plime.com/l/57466/1/xml_widget.rss#q7<![CDATA[DerAlt @ 4/10/2008 11:20:03 AM]]>«pocksucket : 1 Trillion, as a number, makes no sense to the mind - needs a little perspective.
1 Million seconds: Just under 12 days
1 Billion seconds: 31 years (give or take)
1 Trillion seconds: 31,709 years
Maybe that's too much perspective.No, that's an excellent perspective. Scary.
A good read is Issac Asimov's "only A Trillion."]]>4/10/2008 11:20:03 AM2008-04-10T11:20:03+01:00235697http://www.plime.com/l/57466/1/xml_widget.rss#q6<![CDATA[pocksucket @ 4/10/2008 7:03:27 AM]]> 1 Million seconds: Just under 12 days
1 Billion seconds: 31 years (give or take)
1 Trillion seconds: 31,709 years
Maybe that's too much perspective.]]>4/10/2008 7:03:27 AM2008-04-10T07:03:27+01:00235274http://www.plime.com/l/57466/1/xml_widget.rss#q5<![CDATA[DerAlt @ 4/9/2008 3:23:28 PM]]> One thousand billion! That's 12 zeros!
And this is only one issue. The US is 9.1 trillion in debt.
I guess tax cuts for the wealthy don't spur the economy very long.]]>4/9/2008 3:23:28 PM2008-04-09T15:23:28+01:00234912http://www.plime.com/l/57466/1/xml_widget.rss#q4<![CDATA[deEPCHill @ 4/8/2008 10:00:47 PM]]>4/8/2008 10:00:47 PM2008-04-08T22:00:47+01:00234903http://www.plime.com/l/57466/1/xml_widget.rss#q3<![CDATA[dollyllama @ 4/8/2008 9:53:00 PM]]>4/8/2008 9:53:00 PM2008-04-08T21:53:00+01:00234902http://www.plime.com/l/57466/1/xml_widget.rss#q2<![CDATA[dollyllama @ 4/8/2008 9:52:59 PM]]>4/8/2008 9:52:59 PM2008-04-08T21:52:59+01:00