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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).]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123049/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123049/1/plime.com <![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Cannabis distributors plead: "Let us pay taxes!"]]> 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]]>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/40860/1/http://www.plime.com/politics/l/40860/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Bank error leaves man $208 billion overdrawn]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/87737/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/87737/1/plime.com <![CDATA[The Real History of "In God We Trust"]]>In God We Trust" was not added to paper money by mistake.]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Pepsi ordered to pay one BILLION dollars to a couple of dudes in Waukesha, Wisconsin]]>
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.

I'd LOVE to see the board meeting where they talk about this one!]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135220/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135220/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]>
Very interesting and informative article.]]>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Not-So-Nice Things Said About America]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82008/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82008/1/plime.com <![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]>Military of the US is deployed in many countries. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active personnel, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/plime.com <![CDATA[How much is a "Billion?"]]>"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 to answer the question: "What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?"

All the following pages have tables at the bottom, listing things such as the value of the pennies, size of the pile, weight, and area (if laid flat). All weights and measurements are U.S. standards, not metric."]]>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7898/1/http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7898/1/plime.com <![CDATA[What $315 Billion looks like.]]>
Originally posted here]]>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79036/1/http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79036/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Obama Enlists Major Powers to Aid Poor Farmers With $15 Billion ]]>If the assistance is delivered and is in fact mostly new money, it will constitute the largest international effort in decades to combat hunger.]]>http://www.plime.com/world/l/127133/1/http://www.plime.com/world/l/127133/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Global Economic Recession, Country by Country ]]>http://www.plime.com/world/l/81339/1/http://www.plime.com/world/l/81339/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Climate change exiles to top 1 billion]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21138/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21138/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Not Turning off your work computer costs U.S. Businesses $1.7 Billion]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27182/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27182/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Six states sue feds over 16B in WWII bonds]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/134867/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/134867/1/plime.com <![CDATA[French Man Pulls One of the Biggest Fraud Schemes]]>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."]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48221/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48221/1/plime.com <![CDATA[Smuggling Exotic Pets Is $10 Billion Dollar Industry Second To Drugs]]>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35589/1/http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35589/1/plime.com