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The Tsunami Killed 100 Times More People Than 9/11

So apparently the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) decided to capitalize on this fact for their latest Advertisement. The Photo shows the twin towers with a shitload of jets flying towards them, as if they were going to crash into them. Now, for most Americans, this would be considered tasteless and minimizing of their losses – […]

Disney buys Marvel Comics!

Disney has now picked up Marvel comics, which seems like a match made in heaven, so long as Mickey Mouse doesn’t start making Cameo appearances in the X-men. Shares have jumped, and the payoff for investors is quite good, citing $30/share dividend payments as well as Disney Shares. The recent blockbusters from Marvel comics such […]

Buy Art, Not Real Estate!

Andy Warhol’s Michael Jackson portrait painted in 1984 fetched “millions” today at auction. The painting was recently purchased only in May for $278,500, and sold for an undisclosed amount. The estimated selling price was $10 Million. This represents a hell of a return on investment. Heck, makes you wonder if the original buyer had anything […]

eBay Canada Sellers to be Taxed!

Breaking news on Vancouver Sun’s website tells us that eBay has provided seller information and sales records to the Canada Revenue Agency to assess whether or not sellers have been declaring income that they have been generating from the website. This is pretty big, and it looks like the CRA is going to be sending […]

Microsoft and Yahoo to take on Google

Google’s dominating 65% of the search market share is nothing to shake a stick at, and Microsoft and Yahoo have finally ironed out a deal today to work together in tackling the giant that is Google. Combined they have a 28% search market share, which could be easily bolstered and improved with Microsofts new search […]