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Arrested for using $2 bills

baltimoresun.com – A tale of customer service, justice and currency as funny as a $2 bill PUT YOURSELF in Mike Bolesta’s place. On the morning of Feb. 20, he buys a new radio-CD player for his 17-year-old son Christopher’s car. He pays the $114 installation charge with 57 crisp new $2 bills, which, when last ...

DVD profit margins double that of VHS

DVD profit margins double that of VHS > The most interesting information details the strength of the DVD market. Between 2002 and 2003, MGM saw a 40% boost in DVD shipments in North America, and 53% increase worldwide. One slide shows just how quickly DVD has caught on: it took only five years for 30 ...

Are Men Better at Science?

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Harvard row over sex and science > Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers argued one group outperformed the other because of genetics, not just experience, the Boston Herald said. Dr. Summers is one of the few people I could see bringing up this topic and actually believe he ...

Bit torrent and P2P Distribution

Wired 13.01: The Bit Torrent Effect Cohen knows the havoc he has wrought. In November, he spoke at a Los Angeles awards show and conference organized by Billboard, the weekly paper of the music business. After hobnobbing with “content people” from the record and movie industries, he realized that “the content people have no clue. ...

Cutting Mass. Partner Benefits

business2blog: Companies Cut Benefits to Gays >> Massachusetts companies, some of which pioneered so-called domestic-partner benefits for unmarried, same-sex partners, said they are now withdrawing them for reasons of fairness: If gays and lesbians can now marry, they should no longer receive special treatment in the form of health benefits that were not made available ...