Pity the nouveau riche Russians who missed last week’s bargain on Japanese-grown, cube-shaped watermelons at high-end Moscow markets: just $700. But news of the novelty, a couple of weeks before the start of Russia’s watermelon season, has boosted the price in recent days to around $860, according to news reports. …
More than 500 people perished in the collapse of a Bangladeshi garment factory that . Hajo de Reijger blames the root of all evil, while Nick Anderson points to lax worker safety enforcement. Hajo de Reijger / Nick Anderson Double Take ‘Toons: Bargain Debasement? : NPR.
When I go to the local gas station, I always give the attendant $20 and request that he provide me with that specific value of fuel (which always changes because of fluctuating gas prices). I repeat my request three times and show the attendant the $20 in my hand. During …
I’m a math teacher at an international school in Mombasa, Kenya, and a woman who cleans some of the teachers’ apartments offered me her services. Here’s the problem: She is asking for only 300 Kenyan shillings, or about $3.50, for two hours of work. She will be cleaning my bathroom …
Travel booking site Skyscanner finds the top 10 most-hated costs among travelers The budget flight’s booked, boarding pass is printed, cheap accommodation is sorted out. All that’s left is to lament the undoing of all your bargain hunting when you use an ATM abroad. According to European travel booking site …
Commentary Don’t buy Apple’s aging iPhone 4S now; you’re going to feel pretty silly when the new iPhone shows up just a few weeks later. Now is not the time to buy Apple’s iPhone 4S. It may seem obvious to some, but it’s advice worth repeating as a public service …
$750 million …the annual operating cost of the Pentagon’s Global Positioning System, according to a new Congressional Research Service report. GPS is a constellation of 24 satellites that now can tell everyone where he or she is in the world (the initial constellation cost $12 billion to put into orbit). …
John Boehner wants to restart the debt-limit debate. This is big news. Remember all the fun we had last time: threats, brinkmanship, wobbling financial markets, torpedoed Grand Bargain? You can certainly understand why he misses it. The weather’s getting nice. Maybe this time we could do it outdoors. “Let’s start …
“Why is American blood so precious while the Iraqi blood is so cheap?” HANAA MOHAMMED, an Iraqi, reacting to the plea bargain of U.S. Marine Frank G. Wuterich, who will serve no jail time in connection with the 2005 killings in Haditha via Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 – Quotes …
Good news for people who can “only” afford cars like the Mercedes S-Class or Porsche 911 Turbo S. Ferrari, Lamborghini and other ultra-deluxe automakers are starting to market models that run in the $200,000 range. Luxury limos and sports cars made in Britain or Italy have always exuded a …
Self-styled “centrist” columnists have a perennial problem on their hands. They have built reputations by calling for middle-of-the-road solutions to our problems. Yet they can’t acknowledge that Obama and Democrats are the ones who are offering solutions that are genuinely centrist, because that would constitute “taking sides.” This would imperil …
The average home price has hit a post housing-bubble low, which has Joel Pett and Nate Beeler exploring the difference between realty and reality. via Double Take ‘Toons: Bargain Basement? : NPR.