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...reading period comes to an end and those dreaded finals begin, we know you'll need a lot more caffeine to keep you awake for just a little bit longer. Here are some upcoming coffee deals that'll surely keep you both caffeine and wallet-happy...
Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs his words with his wallet. In September, Schmidt announced that Google would buy one small company per month. In a bit less than seven months since, Google has bought - um - seven small companies...
However, making people aware of an event isn’t enough. There is also the matter of getting the audience to lighten its collective wallet for a good cause...
...heart raced. Each plastic- wrapped packet contained a thousand banknotes, or 20 million Colombian pesos - the equivalent of nearly $7,000. His wallet had never held more than petty cash, but now he was stuffing his uniform pockets with thick wads of currency. It wasn't easy because his whole body quaked with the snap realization that he, Walter Suárez, a $44-a-week anonymous soldier condemned to a mission impossible, had just won a kind of ad hoc lottery...
...extravagance: we're still in a recession. When I read about Naomi Campbell's $1.8 million party at a seven-star hotel in Dubai (still wasn't enough to save the local economy), or the British retail tycoon who marked his 55th by sending his guests a travel wallet with instructions to meet at a London airport and clear their calendar for five days, I'm not impressed; I'm exhausted. I count it as a gift to have reached an age at which I am content to observe the date - or overlook it. (See how Americans are spending...