DMN Aug 27 “The Replacements” Edition

August 27, 2010 By mcgradyfan 4 Comments

PSEI 3,558.67 DOWN 36.91pts -1.0266%
VALUE PHP 3,648,989,614.50 

Dow Jones 9,985.81 -74.25 (-0.74%)
S&P 500 1,047.22 -8.11 (-0.77%)
Nasdaq 2,118.69 -22.85 (-1.07%)

The drop in US jobless claims sends the DOW up by 40pts in early trade, only to have news of a slowdown in manufacturing growth in August trigger a mild selloff with the US major index closing below 10K for the first time since July 6. Tonight, the revised figure for US 2Q GDP will be released and is estimated to be lower at 1.4%. 1Q was 3.7%.  Read more... (323 words, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)

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Shooting For Tom’s World

June 23, 2008 By mcgradyfan 5 Comments

Two months ago, a friend of mine asked me if I knew TOM'S WORLD. I had no idea what he's talking about, so he explained to me that it is similar to Timezone except there is one glaring disparity…the price of the tokens. This friend of mine is a real cheapo, so when he recommends something, then by golly, it has to be CHEAP!
 
For P200, you get to buy 40 tokens + 20 free tokens. Thats a total of 60 tokens. So each token comes up to about P3.33, way cheaper than others who charge P18 per token/game.
    
There are a lot of games to choose from. They have shoot-em-ups, driving games, sports (baseball, bowling, boxing?), arcade games, even karaoke stations.  Read more... (284 words, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

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