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Five ways Wal-mart in China is way different (and way more intense) than at home {Gadling}
Nov 21st 2009 8:42AM RE: No shopping bag
According to many news articles back in January, China has banned stores from giving away plastic shopping bags. Customers are encouraged to bring their own cloth bags
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/world/asia/09iht-plastic.1.9097939.html
Photo of the Day (5.30.09) {Gadling}
Jun 8th 2009 5:45PM Cash Cab doesn't just pick random people off the streets. The contestants are selected in advance but not told that it's for Cash Cab.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081211073455AAaKyB5
Engadget HD giveaway: win a 5x1 HDMI switch and long HDMI cables! {Engadget HD}
Apr 23rd 2009 12:15PM Eat the Rich!
The flight from hell involves a passenger covered in poop {Gadling}
Jan 2nd 2009 12:17PM That must've been one shtty flight!
Be broke now and in the future by trading stocks for vacations {Gadling}
Dec 11th 2008 2:56PM I think you are missing the full ramification of this deal. You don't have to actually have been holding the stock on July 1, 2008 to take advantage of this deal. You can actually go out on the open market and buy the stock and immediately transfer it to them. So in other words, you are getting an immediate discount of up to 40%.
For example:
Morgan Stanley (MS) is currently trading at $14.05. You can buy 71 shares of that for a total of $997.55 and trade it in for a vacation worth $2627 which is a 37.97% discount.
So if you were going to go on vacation anyways, it would be better to spend $1000 on MS stock to get $2627 than to just pay out $2600 outright.
I've done further analysis on the promotion here: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/finance/886466/m13172712#m13172712
Galley Gossip: A question (and a poll) about breastfeeding on the airplane {Gadling}
Dec 4th 2008 12:22PM Airplanes are considered interstate travel. It is under the jurisdiction of the Federal government rather than state government.
Win an LCD HDTV, Xbox 360, and plenty of Old Spice {Engadget HD}
Feb 11th 2008 11:42AM Maybe this time?
Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV! {Engadget HD}
Feb 11th 2008 11:31AM I want a new tv...
Engadget HD giveaways: win a Samsung HL-S5679W DLP with LED backlight {Engadget HD}
Oct 8th 2006 1:17PM Cable - Pick me
FOX working on their own Daily Show? {TV Squad}
Jun 26th 2006 11:48AM Err... Does Fox realize that TDS is on COMEDY CENTRAL... and .. FNC is a NEWS CHANNEL?
Either it's not going to be funny, or it's going to delegitimize the new channel.. (not that it's legit now)
