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Mobile Service Charges are Outrageous (Just for fun)

We all know how hefty a Cell phone bill can be with new services, new technologies, and fees flying in from every corner. However, no one can compare to Solenne San Jose of France, who was faced with a cellphone bill with a flabbergasting amount of zeroes attached. San Jose, had decided to cancel her phone plan and was told that she would be faced with a cancellation fee, with the exact amount showing up in her next cycle’s bill. Little did she suspect that she would be faced with easily the most expensive cancellation fee in the world of €11,721,000,000,000,000, equivalent to about 15 Quadrillion USD. That’s over 1000 times the amount of United Stat’es debt Ceiling of 14 trillion.

Reportedly, San Jose had troubles getting Customer Service to take her seriously, whilst trying to figure out how to say a number with so many zeroes. In the end, the confusing was sorted out and the cost was actually €117.21 instead of the crazy 11 quadrillion. This isn’t the first time a company’s accountant went Zero-happy as stories like the 44 million dollar hospital visit have gone viral in the past. The company either needs to fire their employees’ radical plan to increase France’s GDP by over 6000 % or need to get some new printers, who knows when someone will get a heart attack from opening a multi-quadrillion dollar phone bill?

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Tank Dilemma

CNN was allowed access into a Army depot in the Sierra Nevada region. The sight was none short of shocking, with hundreds of tanks lined up just sitting there collecting dust as a result of result dispute between the US congress and the US Army.

(Video Courtesy of CNN)

Recent Analysis has shown that if the Military stops producing, refurbishing, and repairing Military tanks, it could save the Country’s taxpayers over 3Billion dollars each year. Surprisingly, it is the military in favour of this option with the US Congress opposing against it. Congress has always been keen on imposing the government should listen more to the Military are going against their own word on this one with a recent Letter sent to the Secretary of Defense signed by 173 House members, from both the Republicans and Democrats, to continue producing tanks. Their reason behind it though is not completely unreasonable, however. With the cease in production and refurbishment of tanks, it would leave over 16,000 people unemployed and put over 800 suppliers in a very tough situation.
It’s a tough tradeoff, supplying the country with jobs, or saving taxpayer dollars. As of right now though, the Budget for next year includes 181 million dollars for additional funding for the production and refurbishment of tanks. Whether or not that will be changed is still up for grabs.

(source: CNN)

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Car Company, Tesla, a loser?

During the electoral debate on Wednesday, most people were focusing on what each candidate were going to do about the struggling economy and healthcare, none more than electric car company, Tesla Motors, however.

Tesla Motors have been struggling to make a dent in the US market for years now, and on Wednesday, Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, took at shot at the company on the nationally broadcasted debate. Romney constantly refers to Tesla Motors and Silicon Valley solar power start up, Solyndra, as failures that the Obama government have been supporting.

These statements follow the recent attempt by Tesla to raise an additional $150 million for the company. Many see this move as another downside for the company. However, Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, released a statement saying that the tactic was just done in risk reduction. The only time they would use the money would be in case of an emergency, such as an earthquake or flood affecting the supply chain.

Elon furthermore states that the company is expected to be profitable by the end of next month. However, Tesla was very confident on making their claim of 500 vehicles last quarter, but also missing that target by over 100 vehicles. Many in the financial world are criticizing Elon’s remarks, claiming that stating the company is raising money in hopes of risk reduction is simply for PR. At the same time, Romney is under fire for making such claims, in attempts to talk down the Obama government.

Whether the company is a “loser” as Romney claims, or not, is up to the individual to decide.

(sources: Mashable, Tesla Blog)

 

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