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Hamster dance 'll cost you more than 5 cents

psmealey — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:23:32 -0800

Hamster Market Bubble in China. Hamsters have become the must-have pet in China since the Year of the Rat began on 7 February. Hamster demand has tripled in recent weeks and some enterprising individuals might be buying them with the sole intention of holding them for a short period before flipping them for a profit. For my own part, I'm working with HSBC in trying to launch a market in hamster-backed short term notes.

Broken News

ab'd al'Hazred — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:58:32 -0800

And of course we'll keep you notified about that story as soon as we get any. But now. Still to come. A round-up of our reminders of all the news still to come so far. All that still to come. But first. Coming up next. [mostly RealMedia]

Hurricane Katrina - BBC

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:37:08 -0800

BBC correspondent Matt Wells lays it down straight

Better than Shakespeare ?

terrymiles — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 05:44:45 -0800

We will not fly our flags in their country The finest speech so far in the whole war thing. Good luck boys!

Spoon — Sat, 17 Aug 2002 01:21:08 -0800

How can we protect our Children?