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Cash spills on the highway: What would you do?

Cash spills on the highway: What would you do?

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Here’s a photo by Thomas Peter for Reuters of a delicious new German bakery treat. MSNBC’s PhotoBlog’s caption:

Money concealed in pastries that the German customs agency Zoll seized during an anti-money laundering operation, is displayed before the agency’s annual statistics news conference at the finance ministry in Berlin on Friday.

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Multiball = credit default swap

Colin:
Pretty sure I’m reading this right? What Would Happen if an Asteroid Hit U.S. banks?
Colin:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/23/us-financial-stress-idUSTRE7AM2NE20111123 apparently the full article
‘Ili:
“People would probably die.”
Colin:
It actually has nothing to do with asteroids!
Colin:
It’s just about another hypothetical banking crisis. 
‘Ili:
That’s probably a good thing, since I just realized the title says what would happen if an asteroid (singular) hit U.S. banks (plural).
‘Ili:
Can you imagine the size of that thing.
Colin:
^
Colin:
“well actually it was pretty small it hit a citibank and wells fargo across the street from each other about 30 miles outside of tulsa”
‘Ili:
::skipped off the roof of one and onto the other::
‘Ili:
Now I’m imagining a BANKING CRISIS pinball table.
‘Ili:
::all tellers lit up::
‘Ili:
::”RUN ON THE BANK” scrolls across screen::
‘Ili:
::30 second bonus round::
Colin:
AHAHHAAH yeesssss
Colin:
This needs to happen.
Colin:
Multiball = credit default swap
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Andy Rooney starting on the national debt before his train of thought derails, tumbles through the desert, and then somehow rerails.

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US Gets Chance To Catch Up On Credit Card Security

US Gets Chance To Catch Up On Credit Card Security

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The Highest-Salaried Player on Every MLB Team

Here’s a list of every team in Major League Baseball and the player on that team who’s making the most money this year. Try to guess who’s on top of each payroll! Feel free to use these team rosters to help make your picks; we did.

Select the text in the black boxes to reveal the answers.

  • Arizona Diamondbacks: Kelly Johnson ($5,850,000)
  • Atlanta Braves: Derek Lowe ($15,000,000)
  • Baltimore Orioles: Nick Markakis ($10,600,000)
  • Boston Red Sox: Josh Beckett ($17,000,000)
  • Chicago Cubs: Alfonso Soriano ($19,000,000)
  • Chicago White Sox: Jake Peavy ($16,000,000)
  • Cincinnati Reds: Francisco Cordero ($12,125,000)
  • Cleveland Indians: Travis Hafner ($13,000,000)
  • Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton ($20,275,000)
  • Detroit Tigers: Miguel Cabrera ($20,000,000)
  • Florida Marlins: Hanley Ramirez ($11,000,000)
  • Houston Astros: Carlos Lee ($19,000,000)
  • Kansas City Royals: Joakim Soria ($4,000,000)
  • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Vernon Wells ($26,187,500)
  • Los Angeles Dodgers: Rafael Furcal ($13,000,000)
  • Milwaukee Brewers: Prince Fielder ($15,500,000)
  • Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer ($23,000,000)
  • New York Mets: Johan Santana ($21,644,707)
  • New York Yankees: Alex Rodriguez ($32,000,000)
  • Oakland Athletics: David DeJesus, Mark Ellis, and Josh Willingham ($6,000,000 each)
  • Philadelphia Phillies: Roy Halladay and Ryan Howard ($20,000,000 each)
  • Pittsburgh Pirates: Paul Maholm ($6,250,000)
  • San Diego Padres: Heath Bell ($7,500,000)
  • San Francisco Giants: Barry Zito ($18,500,000)
  • Seattle Mariners: Ichiro Suzuki ($18,000,000)
  • St. Louis Cardinals: Matt Holliday ($16,317,774)
  • Tampa Bay Rays: Johnny Damon ($5,250,000)
  • Texas Rangers: Michael Young ($16,174,974)
  • Toronto Blue Jays: Jose Bautista ($8,000,000)
  • Washington Nationals: Jayson Werth ($10,571,428)

Colin got 4/30 correct, and I got 9/29 (I recused myself from one that I’d already looked up).

I used the USA Today’s payroll information for this post. Check the lists out yourself, if you feel so inclined.

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Is That iPad 2 Really Worth $2,000?

Is That iPad 2 Really Worth $2,000?

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