The Giving Pledge is an effort to invite the wealthiest individuals and families in America to commit to giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.

Apple's stock is at an all time high. How much would you have today if you purchased stock instead of an Apple product?

A hedge fund, Magnetar, helped create arcane mortgage-based instruments, pushed for risky things to go inside them and then bet against the investments.<br />
And make sure to listen to the full story (free streaming) on This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/405/inside-job

"Nobody checks the signature. Credit card signatures are a useless mechanism designed to make you feel safe, like airport security checks. So my question was, how crazy would I have to make my signature before someone would actually notice?"

"The Torn-Up Credit Card Application – I get a heck of a lot of credit card applications in the mail. I almost always tear credit card applications in half and throw them away. Is that good enough? Could a determined and dexterous criminal gather all the bits, tape them together and apply for a credit card in my name?"

Billions spent on this. Billions spent on that. It's all relative right?

Kickstarter aims to let creative people of all kinds — journalists, artists, musicians, game developers, entrepreneurs, bloggers — raise money for their projects by connecting directly with fans, who receive exclusive access and rewards in exchange for their patronage. The model is simple: a project creator sets a fundraising goal, deadline, and an optional set of rewards for backers. If the goal's reached by the deadline, then everyone's charged via Amazon Payments and the backers get their goodies. If the goal's not reached, nobody's charged. It's all or nothing.

BusinessWeek article. "63 percent of the Russian people earning less than 15,000 rubles (430 euros) per month and 30 percent getting just 5,000 to 6,000 rubles per month"

Everything you need to know about the global money crisis of 2007-?.

Average cost of living for a family of four persons, (two adults, two children), the net income is estimated between CHF 7'000.– (a modest lifestyle) and around CHF 9'000.– per month. An example of how it's broken down for an income of CHF 9'000.–

The “pump-n-dump” spam was taking advantage of “penny” stocks and was going after small companies. If “short-n-distort” is a new trend in stock manipulation spam, then it will target big, well-known companies.

This page provides a product summary for each Apple model. The intent is to provide our best recommendations regarding current product cycles, and to provide a summary of currently available rumors for each model.

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