Video games like “Halo 3” and “Modern Warfare 2” have made headlines for the amount of money they earned, but the Hollywood-sized budgets needed to create them are just as noteworthy. And like the box office blockbuster hopefuls, there is no guarantee that a huge budget will equal a hit – there is a bloated failure here for every critical success.
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Green jobs are a waste of space, a waste of money, a lie, a chimera. You know that. I know that. We’re familiar with the report by Dr Gabriel Calzada Alvarez of the Rey Juan Carlos University in Spain which shows that for every “green job” that is created another 2.2 jobs are LOST in the real economy.
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So are we up to our old ways, living beyond our means and spending money we don't really have?
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Are receptionists a casualty of the recession? Are start-ups trying to prove that they’re being frugal with their investors’ money? Both?
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has pledged to keep interest rates near zero to stimulate the economy but is this policy doing more harm than good? Such low rates push banks to take more chances to get better returns and encourage investors to move money into into inherently riskier assets.
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“People share their statuses, their information and their pictures on Facebook so the question is why not share money there too?” said Christian von Hammel-Bonten, senior vice president at ClickandBuy.
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Attorneys for associates of Frank Colacurcio Sr. argue federal authorities are wasting their time and taxpayer money -- at least $16,000 of which they claim was spent at the strip club mogul's clubs by a single detective.
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Aguilera teamed up with Chrysler to design a biofriendly vehicle, which will be auctioned off to raise money for Haiti. It features recycled materials in the interior and an economic engine.
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Modular homes have been around since the first trailers sheltered migrant workers in the 1920s. But the stigma of double-wides and flimsy suburban boxes is being blown away for the money-conscious Lexus set, who can now order their dream homes off the shelf.
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The California legislature is considering a bill to create a registry of animal abusers. But there might not be enough money to fund it.
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The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on "fear" of President Barack Obama and a promise to "save the country from trending toward socialism."
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RNC plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on “fear.”
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The homeopathy industry is worth around GBP£40 million in the UK, and around €400million in both France and Germany with millions of people worldwide using homeopathic remedies each year. However The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee believe that spending money on homeopathy is a waste of money and that the money should go to other.pa href="http://digg.com/health/The_Truth_About_Homeopathy_Graphic"Digg/a | a href="http://www.ngpharma.eu.com/news/homeopathy-hard-to-swallow/"Original/a/p
Goldman Sachs (GS) may face bad publicity, hostile Congressmen, and campaigns by shareholders to cut compensation, but it remains a money making machine.pa href="http://digg.com/business_finance/Goldman_Sachs_Sets_Record_for_100_Million_Trading_Days_Da"Digg/a | a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/goldman-sachs-sets-record-for-100-million-trading-days/19379115/"Original/a/p
