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(But if you do, let that person be Greebo!)

what number where you? BBC News - 7 billion people and you: What's your number?

Hmmm... The Other Congressional Spending: How the House Spent $1 Billion on Itself

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I am just shocked by the numbers. More than 1 billion people are undernourished and I'm sure we can add millions of people who are on a-not-so-healthy- diet because of financial problems (including developed countries)...

Intel's good news: Record revenue of $9.5 billion Intel Tuesday posted a higher quarterly profit as the world's biggest chipmaker was helped by higher sales of microprocessors ...

I did not write this. I just got it in an email and thought it was interesting. How many zeros in a billion? This is too true to be funny. The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR...

IRS has $1.2 billion in unclaimed tax refunds The government estimates 1.3 million taxpayers who neglected to file a 2004 return are eligible for rebates. But they need to act soon. 

Electronic Arts offers $1.9 billion for Take-Two U.S. video game giant Electronic Arts Inc Sunday said it had made an unsolicited $1.9 billion offer for "Grand Theft Auto" publisher ... </img>

Electronic Arts offers nearly $2 billion for Take-Two U.S. video game giant Electronic Arts Inc Sunday said it had made an unsolicited $1.9 billion offer for "Grand Theft Auto" publisher ... </img>

Fed loans banks another $30 billion to keep credit flowing The Federal Reserve, still fighting the credit crunch, said Tuesday that it has auctioned another $30 billion in loans to commercial ... </img>

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2005/26/c3769.html Totally mind boggling and this is on credit cards. This is even more bizzarre - remember this is for Canada only:

I was listening to a financial program on the radio this morning and in the past 6 months, Americans have racked up 15 billion $$ in consumer debt!!!! Thats just in the last six months. The announcer said that was showing that Americans have a bit more confidence in the economy in the...

I just read the rules for the billion$ sweepstakes Pepsi has going on this summer. If I have this right (and I think I do) you get a # on your cap or case or product. Then you have to enter that in on the web site or mail it in. Then if your # is picked you get on a show and you pick a 6 didget...