<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Following the latest $37.8 Billion from taxpayers, AIG executives take another expensive trip : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Following the latest $37.8 Billion from taxpayers, AIG executives take another expensive trip : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-24T03:53:40+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Following the latest $37.8 Billion from taxpayers, AIG executives take another expensive trip]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79626/1/" /><id>79626</id><summary><![CDATA[Following the latest $37.8 Billion from taxpayers, AIG executives take another expensive trip]]></summary><issued>2008-10-16T12:52:48+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-16T12:52:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Will they never learn? Will we? Following an additional 37.8 billion in bailout money, we learn that AIG spent <b>$86,000 for a hunting trip to England</b>]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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It is bad economics and you can be sure it is terrible politics.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[GM To Send $1B Of Bailout Money To Brazil]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/82836/1/" /><id>82836</id><summary><![CDATA[GM To Send $1B Of Bailout Money To Brazil]]></summary><issued>2008-11-25T17:20:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-25T17:20:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Setting up shop in Brazil is so much cheaper so lets take $1B of taxpayers money and spend it in Brazil helping their economy and allowing fewer Americans to be employed.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Japanese Two Story Transforming RV Takes Road Trip Across Japan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83688/1/" /><id>83688</id><summary><![CDATA[Japanese Two Story Transforming RV Takes Road Trip Across Japan]]></summary><issued>2008-12-05T11:57:18+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-05T11:57:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Anybody with a set of XY chromosomes dreams of ditching everything after high school or college, and taking an RV with some buddies to travel around the country in a massive road trip adventure. Few follow through on this dream of dreams, but these guys from Japan decided to build a two story, fully outfitted, transforming masterpiece of travel to do just that.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Fuel prices rise as demand drops]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/117503/1/" /><id>117503</id><summary><![CDATA[Fuel prices rise as demand drops]]></summary><issued>2009-05-26T18:14:47+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-26T18:14:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In the latest run-up in prices, Wall Street speculators - some of them recipients of billions of dollars in taxpayers' bailout money - may be to blame.<br/>Big Wall Street banks such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, and others are able to sidestep the regulations that limit investments in commodities such as oil, and they are investing on behalf of pension funds, endowments, hedge funds, and other big institutional investors, in part as a hedge against inflation.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[17-Month Trip In Solar Taxi Ends]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/83720/1/" /><id>83720</id><summary><![CDATA[17-Month Trip In Solar Taxi Ends]]></summary><issued>2008-12-05T21:46:20+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-05T21:46:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After 17 grueling months, Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer's around-the-world trip in a solar-powered car is finally over. Altogether, he traveled 32,000 miles and across 40 countries.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Banks now DECLINING to say how they are spending the bailout money]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/86131/1/" /><id>86131</id><summary><![CDATA[Banks now DECLINING to say how they are spending the bailout money]]></summary><issued>2008-12-22T13:32:07+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-22T13:32:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>Yes, as through this world I've wandered<br/>I've seen lots of funny men;<br/>Some will rob you with a six-gun,<br/>And some with a fountain pen.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pricey lunch lands free trip to Rome]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/129792/1/" /><id>129792</id><summary><![CDATA[Pricey lunch lands free trip to Rome]]></summary><issued>2009-08-03T14:53:56+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-03T14:53:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Japanese couple has turned down a free trip to Italy after they were hit with a $1,200 lunch bill at a Roman restaurant.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/82504/1/" /><id>82504</id><summary><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Follow the leader... Flock of cranes learn to migrate by following a microlight aircraft]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/108776/1/" /><id>108776</id><summary><![CDATA[Follow the leader... Flock of cranes learn to migrate by following a microlight aircraft]]></summary><issued>2009-04-21T22:57:01+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-21T22:57:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Is it a bird? Well, no, it's a plane... but to these cranes it's mum.<br/><br/>Ever since they were hatched, they've been tricked into believing this featherless microlight is the parent they should follow.<br/><br/>But it's not some cruel joke by the chap in the yellow helmet. It is part of a project which conservationists hope will safeguard the species.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[What $315 Billion looks like.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79036/1/" /><id>79036</id><summary><![CDATA[What $315 Billion looks like.]]></summary><issued>2008-10-08T19:46:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-08T19:46:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Now double that.  And add $170 Billion.  That's the price tag of the bailout<br/><br/>Originally posted <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://m3.torispics.com/piles/?s=315billiondollars" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pepsi ordered to pay one BILLION dollars to a  couple of dudes in Waukesha, Wisconsin]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135220/1/" /><id>135220</id><summary><![CDATA[Pepsi ordered to pay one BILLION dollars to a  couple of dudes in Waukesha, Wisconsin]]></summary><issued>2009-10-29T17:58:11+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-29T17:58:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The uber idea they claim Pepsi stole from them?  Selling purified bottled water.  No sh*t.  One billion dollars. <br/><br/>For 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.<br/><br/>I'd LOVE to see the board meeting where they talk about this one!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Automakers take luxury jet to beg for money]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82321/1/" /><id>82321</id><summary><![CDATA[Automakers take luxury jet to beg for money]]></summary><issued>2008-11-19T16:13:17+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-19T16:13:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The CEOs of the Big Three automakers reportedly flew private luxury jets to Washington to plead for a $25 BILLION taxpayer bailout to save their debt-ridden industry &#8212; ringing up tens of thousands in charges even as they cried poverty]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Secrets of survival during a New Year trip]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8249/1/" /><id>8249</id><summary><![CDATA[Secrets of survival during a New Year trip]]></summary><issued>2006-12-28T10:17:00+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-28T10:17:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Successful New Year trip makes a holiday really happy. To the contrary, spoilt vacations can not only sadden holiday memories, but also cloud the whole future year. So you need to foresee everything.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bank error leaves man $208 billion overdrawn]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/87737/1/" /><id>87737</id><summary><![CDATA[Bank error leaves man $208 billion overdrawn]]></summary><issued>2009-01-05T10:09:51+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-05T10:09:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A British man was left in major shock when his bank statement showed him to be &#163;100 billion ($208 billion) overdrawn.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[$134 BILLION dollars - in a SUITCASE]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123049/1/" /><id>123049</id><summary><![CDATA[$134 BILLION dollars - in a SUITCASE]]></summary><issued>2009-06-15T20:29:54+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-15T20:29:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>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).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Other (Stealth) Bailout]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/78158/1/" /><id>78158</id><summary><![CDATA[The Other (Stealth) Bailout]]></summary><issued>2008-09-29T22:28:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-29T22:28:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This was passed last Wednesday with very little fanfare.<br/><br/>I don't know how I missed this .. you take a little break, and wham ... all hell breaks loose.Oh well, what's another 6 or 7 hundred billion.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China law officials punished for fake Finnish trip]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30516/1/" /><id>30516</id><summary><![CDATA[China law officials punished for fake Finnish trip]]></summary><issued>2007-08-07T06:53:09+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-07T06:53:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[China has punished a group of law enforcement officials who faked a letter of invitation from Finland's justice department because they wanted to get a free tour of Europe.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[French Man Pulls One of the Biggest Fraud Schemes]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48221/1/" /><id>48221</id><summary><![CDATA[French Man Pulls One of the Biggest Fraud Schemes]]></summary><issued>2008-01-24T08:57:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-24T08:57:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Banking in at over $7 Billion, the scheme was finally unearthed this week with the unstable market. <b>The catch?</b> <i>He did it all alone.</i> What could one man need $7 Billion for?<br/><br/>...Apparently He had a lot of Stuff to Buy. &quot;I'd Like 5 Tons of Tooth Paste.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama Enlists Major Powers to Aid Poor Farmers With $15 Billion ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/127133/1/" /><id>127133</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama Enlists Major Powers to Aid Poor Farmers With $15 Billion ]]></summary><issued>2009-07-09T02:34:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-09T02:34:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[President Obama has enlisted the world&#8217;s leading powers to contribute $15 billion to help millions of the world&#8217;s poorest farmers grow enough food to feed themselves.<br/>If the assistance is delivered and is in fact mostly new money, it will constitute the largest international effort in decades to combat hunger.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chrysler criticized for full-page &quot;thank you&quot; ads ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/87115/1/" /><id>87115</id><summary><![CDATA[Chrysler criticized for full-page &quot;thank you&quot; ads ]]></summary><issued>2008-12-30T20:41:08+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-30T20:41:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Thanks for the bailout, Mickey!]]></content></entry></feed>