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...used to buy Donald Trump's toilet paper. 2. I almost stole someone's cat last weekend. 3. I would do dirty, dirty things to Tina Fey. 4. I have always felt destined for greatness. So far, this has been a total bust. 5. My favorite activities when I was young were building forts that spanned the whole playroom, dancing to Michael Jackson and throwing my brother down the stairs. 6. I work "That's What She Said" jokes into every conversation. (See TIME's list of T shirt-worthy slogans.) 7. My grandmother once told...
...provisions in the president’s pay limit, now confirmed by the Treasury, will only have a limited effect. The government’s restrictions on executive compensation are firm, with opportunities for additional compensation only through the unpalatable option of restricted stock. The total savings to taxpayers, however, cannot be immense, mostly because the Treasury provisions have a narrow application. First, the provisions will not apply to the $350 billion of bailout funds already spent or allocated. Second, the provisions bypass large-time traders, brokers, and consultants, whose salary and bonuses often surpass the half-million-dollar limit...
...final cost of the bill remained fuzzy late Friday as Senators scrambled to figure out how three amendments the Senate has already passed, estimated to add at least another $30 billion more in spending, would affect the total. Ten additional pending amendments could also alter the overall number. Democrats estimate the total in the end could range from $780 billion to $820 billion; Republican leaders said they believe the bill would cost more than $827 billion even before other amendments are added. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...More than $330 million worth of Chinese toys are imported by India annually, which accounts for over 60% of the total sold by Indian retailers. D.S. Rawat, secretary-general of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry, says the ban is necessary not for safety reasons, but to guard against Chinese toymakers flooding the market with its products. "We have already been warning the government against dumping by China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand," he says...
More than 10 million hectares (25 million acres) of wheat, nearly half the country's total winter wheat cropland, are now suffering, the most widespread water shortage since 1951, according to China's Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief. Beijing has not recorded precipitation since for over four months, the state-run Xinhua news service reported. And across the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, 4.3 million people and 2 million head of livestock are experiencing water shortages...