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Fake ATM receipts for sale

A company called Custom Receipts sells phony ATM receipts so you can trick people into thinking you have a lot of money in the bank. A one-year supply (52 receipts) costs $15. WTH.
via Custom Receipts

Carlos Slim Helu: World’s richest man

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu is now the world’s richest man. Slim’s wealth is $67.84 billion and Bill Gates, who had been the ranked the world’s wealthiest man for the last 13 years, is said to be worth $59.2 billion.
via [CBC News]

Porn.com domain sells for $9.5 million

The domain escrow firm that handled the transaction says, in a press release,
The sale is the largest all-cash domain transaction in history. It is the second largest domain sale overall after Sex.com, which sold for reportedly US $12 million in cash and stock during a private sale in January 2005.
via [PR Newswire]

25% of plane ticket price goes to funding airstrips

The aviation fees that can account for 25 percent of your airfares are being diverted to upgrade private airports used by corporate and private jets
via [ BoingBoing ]

Own the Internet

What’s the buzz? A promise to earn money while you surf the web!
AGLOCOâ„¢ Inc.
The concept is simple: you as user create the value of the Internet and should share in it. Through the use of a small viewbar at the bottom of the browser the user allows publishers to serve links to related topics… like […]