newsstand

Where inflation is 2,000,000%

CNN Money  Sat, 08/16/2008 - 11:33am

If purchased on the newsstand in Zimbabwe, the issue of Fortune you're holding would have cost you 270,543,825,555 Zimbabwean dollars.

But don't worry about pulling your Weimar-era wheelbarrows out of storage. As of July you could pay for your magazine with three newly issued $100 billion bills.



 

Date with a Drag rat

Daily Texan  Tue, 12/04/2007 - 11:00pm

Sparked by a conversation about homelessness in one of my classes, I decided to pick up a Drag rat on Guadalupe and take him out to lunch.

As I scanned the street for prospects, my eyes fell upon a smiling older man situated upon a newsstand. As I approached him, however, feelings of anxiety came over me as I realized I had no idea what I could possibly say to this man, who undoubtedly had nothing in common with me.