A while back we posted about Amazon tightening their relationship with NBC. It seems like Amazon has been quite busy lately as they have just opened their digital music store. Amazon’s digital music store already contains over 2.3 million songs of your favorite artists and the best part is that none of the songs are […]

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On Monday a new report surfaced from the Bush administration announcing that Social Security is facing a $13.6 trillion shortfall and by delaying reforms is not fair to the younger workers.
A way to fix this shortfall the Treasury Department said that there would need to be a combination of benefit cuts and tax increases. […]

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The Euro reached a record high yesterday (Thursday), which was worth $1.4065. The Canadian dollar also reached a record high, which was at par with the American dollar for the first time in 30 years. Traders are now foreseeing a slower American economy and a more economic growth overseas. The falling dollar has had an […]

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BusinessTwins was started as a blog to keep you (our readers) informed on interesting and upcoming business stories around the world. It was also created to keep you informed about my brother, Dad, and I on our business journey.
My brother and I started researching how we could start a business about a year ago […]

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On Saturday, Barry Bonds’ 756th home run ball, the one breaking the all time home run record by Hank Aaron, was auctioned off for $752,467. How would you like to have bought a $12 dollar ticket for $100 on game day just to be the lucky one to come up with Barry Bonds’ record breaking […]

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Everyone knows that if you aren’t a customer with Bank of America and use one of their ATM machines, you get charged $2.00. $2.00 is a lot of money, if you withdraw money 50 times a year that is $100 dollars – equivalent to 13.33 hours working a minimum wage job that pays $7.50 […]

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Google Inc. is funding a contest worth $30 million to any person or company that can successfully build and land a lunar rover on the moon. However, the rover must be able to beam back at least 1gigabyte of images and video back to earth. “The winning spacecraft must be tough enough to survive a […]

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google Inc. co-founders are reportedly paying $1.3 million to NASA-run Moffett Federal Airfield. Why so much money and for what? Well you know how billionaires are…They have Boeing 767 planes to use. The $1.3 million is so they can take off, land, and park their Boeing 767 […]

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Burger King has pledged that they will start offering healthier fast food items for children under 12. They plan on offering flame broiled Chicken Tenders and apples that are cut to resemble thick cut French fries (laugh). I wonder if that is actually going to work.
12 year old: Mom are these fries?
Mom: Yes, […]

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Starbucks has been recognized as a place that lures young kids and teenagers to drink their highly caffeinated and sugary drinks. Even though the Seattle based chain only has a handful of drinks it says that “the under-18 set has become part of the coffee chain’s customer base.” Brandon Borrman, Starbucks’ spokesperson stated that they […]

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