One of the last holdouts retail, video games, looks like it too will disappear. The biggest player, GameStop, who controls nearly two-thirds of the market, has been able to stay alive by pushing used games and devices. Last year the company earned $9.55 billion, 46% of which came from used items. Unfortunately, that cannot sustain …
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United Kingdom unemployment matches ours – and they use funny terms to describe it
Read this for news on the world economy, or just enjoy the interesting words the Brits use to describe their unemployment: Jobseekers Allowance (unemployment benefits), shadow work (?)… UK unemployment total falls to 2.58m The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in the period, down from 8.3% in the previous quarter. The ONS figures showed that the …
Poking fun at Google CEO, Larry Page – just how often does he say “excited”?
You know that favorite word you like to say 16 times in conversation? A humorous post from Liz Gannes at All Things D, found the Google CEO’s favorite word. Larry Page is so excited. And he just can’t hide it…Page does like to talk about how excited he is. Having noticed the Google CEO’s fondness …
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