The Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou is requesting an International Rescue but he does not mean Thunderbirds he wants The USA and The UK to give financial help to Greece. Mr Papandreou said he is not asking for a bailout from the EU but...
Mervyn King The Governor of the Bank of England not the darts player has asked the Queen of England to donate half her personal fortune to the Bank Of England otherwise we are all going to go totally broke. The Queen of England and many colonies a...
Contrary to what many people have come to believe, Nobel Prizes and research grants of taxpayer dollars are not all frivolous rubbish. For example, here is a list of some of the most important contributions to humanity's scientific knowledge that have been awarded the Nobel Prize: 1. The 1996 prize was shared between two Norwegian professors who had investigated the influence of ale, garlic,...
Basketball players have complained about a cash machine in the HSBC in Whitchurch, Hants which is only 18 inches off the ground. After a local basketball match some players average height 6 feet 8 inches who were out on the town decided to go to the...
Leader of the Socialist Allied Coalition (SAC), Ben E. Fit, today called for revolution due to an apparent disapproval of politicians and bankers. "Yeah, man," the white dread-locked student said. "Those bankers are so greedy, we need to take them...
Following up their success with charging fees for carryone baggage, airlines will be imposing fees on passengers wearing hats. "It's a logical development," said a spokesman Art Farly of the Airline Fee Increase institute. "People who will pay $20...
Philadelphia, PA: Officials from the United States Mint announced today the inception of a new commemorative quarter program based on the popular "50 States Quarter Collection." The program, already expanded to include all United States' soverei...
Washington, D.C. -This morning, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the U.S. Mint will be moved to the Wujiang Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu Province, China. The move had been expected because of the "exorbitant labor costs asso...
New York City, NY - A group of economists at the New York Institute of Economics published a report forecasting a large increase in the salaries and rates paid to economists. Samuel Himes, one of the economists involved in preparing the report, said:...
Much has been made of the news that UK banks are planning to reward their staff for their 'hard work' this year. Despite protests in the media - these same banks are claiming that they will lose all their 'talent' if they do not offer competitive bon...
Cambridge, MA - M.I.T. economists are perplexed over a largely wider trade gap in September. According to calculations run on the data, as reported by Norance Hornaby of East Campus, Americans must be producing much less and buying much more. "I...
In our occasional series of Thrifty Tips, aimed at saving you money but normally resulting in embarrassment and ill health, not to mention fleecing you of all your hard earned cash, we will today attempt to show you how to save money, have fun and be healthy all in one foul swoop. More and more people these days are turning to healthy live bacteria drinks to maintain their 'transitvan digesticu...
Hartford, Conn. - A man walked into the bank yesterday, and said that he had some money that he wanted to have kept safe, and how much would they charge him to guard it for him. He was quite surprised when he was told that they would pay him, and...
Branson, Missouri - The recession ended today, with the signing up of unemployed chicken gutter Vern Limburgh to Google's corporate family. He was the 147 millionth person to do so, and was America's last unemployed citizen. "I couldn't say no to...
Beverly Hills, California - We've all seen them on the campuses of America. The young, vibrantly beautiful men and women in the top of their classes with high goals and the means to achieve them. The ones who soar through college like a rocket throug...
The dollar is no longer worth the paper it is printed on after falling to its lowest level since May. Millions of public sector workers have been asked to be paid in small sheets of white paper rather than the US monetary equivalent. The news m...
Washington DC - Thrilled with the tremendous success of the economic recovery so far, President Odamnbu has announced a new government program to stimulate the economy. We interviewed the President yesterday and are now revealing some of the details...
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