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Ouch! When not careful at the restaurant, we can easily have to pay a huge bill for the meal. Even when the price of the main course is affordable, desserts and beverages often increase considerably the total price.

Want an example of a huge lunch bill? Well, here is one in an expensive New York restaurant!

Added to the Funny Money page!

Well, It seems that not long ago, I though 1 million dollar was a lot of money. But since the wars in Iraq, the stimulus packages, bailouts, and so on, 1 million dollars is not that much anymore.
To mean big money these days, we have to think in billion dollars, and even in trillion of dollars. If it is as hard for you as it is for me to imagine what a trillion dollars look like, here is the page “What is a trillion dollars”.

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From what the experts are saying, the economic crisis of 2008 would be the buggest since the Great Depression that started in 1929.

So in this new crisis, the stock market is going down, unemployment is going up, banks are filing for bankruptcy, some Americans automakers barely survive, etc.

With this current situations, big enterprises are even thinking about changing their corporate logos. Here are some examples of the new company logos!

As you now know, the financial crisis now affects the whole world. It began in the United States. Then it hit Canada, China, France, Belgium, Australia and so on. But now it looks like England was the most affected by this crisis. No one was spared, event those who thought they could rely on the money they had in their bank accounts… The following picture describes well how the situation is bad…

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Breaking news:

All around the United States, Bank executives are protesting against some governments decisions by blocking their headquarters entrances.

Saving the American banks…

Very impressive! A car completely covered with gold, you knew it existed? It looks like the answer is “yes”.

Please see by yourself the pictures of the gold covered Porsche!

Added to the money and cars pages.

With the current economic crisis actually happening in the United States these days (Thanks George!), the federal government is actually having meetings to decide if they will print new “One dollar” bills.

In fact, they have to decide if they will print 700 billions of them.

Ever wondered why the price of diamonds is so high? Well, incredible efforts have to be deployed to extract them from diamond mines. As an example, here are pictures and details about Canadian diamonds!

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Wow! A dinner for the rich, no doubt about it. How much is costing that dinner? $2000? $4000? No, you’re not even close! The dinner that you will soon see is $12 000!

This is not an ordinary dinner. It is a dinner in the sky! Here are the pictures of the expensive meal!

Added to the funny food page and to the money page!