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6/21/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 21, 2022 • Shipwreck, Treasure, Internal Revenue Service
By Walt Hickey Clif Snack conglomerate Mondelēz has purchased Clif Bar & Company for $2.9 billion, adding the snack bar brand to a line of products that currently includes Oreo, Ritz and Triscuit.
6/20/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 20, 2022 • Lego, Jokr, Ransom
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Lightyear In a shocking and unheard-of turn of events, a major corporation with a substantial theme park operation underestimated reanimated dinosaurs with devastating
6/17/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 17, 2022 • Soccer, Shakespeare, Dinosaurs
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Last week we had another edition of the Numlock Podcast — check it out on apps like Apple or Spotify. First Folio A 399-year old copy of Mr. William
6/17/2022
2 : 19
Numlock News: June 15, 2022 • Internet Explorer, Sriracha, Nightcrawlers
By Walt Hickey Capsaicin Breaking news about a supply chain problem, let's see what it is this week: owing to a [spins wheel] significant drought in the United States and Mexico, there's a [
6/17/2022
2 : 18
Numlock News: June 16, 2022 • Time Bomb, BTS, Autopilot
By Walt Hickey Lada A month ago, automaker Renault agreed to transfer their €2.2 billion ($2.3 billion) Russian business to entities controlled by the Russian government for a token sum. AutoVaz, which
6/14/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: June 14, 2022 • Armadillos, Starquakes, Tampons
By Walt Hickey Fees A single London traffic camera system at Bank Junction, which is a five-way intersection in the heart of the City of London flanked by the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, is
6/13/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 13, 2022 • Dinosaurs, Paleotempestology, Chaotic Good
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Cricket Bidding for the broadcast rights to India's cricket league sent the bids well past 450 billion rupees ($5.8 billion) this weekend, significantly higher than the
6/10/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 10, 2022 • Agatha Christie, Tequila, Criminal Sentencing
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! Diamonds Sterling Jewelers will pay $175 million to settle a class-action suit first filed in 2008 that alleges years of discrimination against women who
6/9/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: June 9, 2022 • Pizza, LNG, Chargers
By Walt Hickey Acres Bad news for people frustrated by sky-high real estate costs in cities who have decided to say screw it and move out to the country to get in touch with the land and find yourself:
6/8/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 8, 2022 • Merch, Cricket, Sinking
By Walt Hickey Fees While many Russian music acts have attempted to distance themselves from the country's war in Ukraine, a few acts are making big bucks by aligning themselves with Russian
6/7/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 7, 2022 • Solar, Robots, Tasers
By Walt Hickey Solar The Biden administration will roll out a fix to a tariff issue that's causing major problems for importers of solar panels. Essentially, the Department of Commerce has been
6/6/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 6, 2022 • Sunscreen, Socks, Morbin' Time
By Walt Hickey It's Morbin' Time Sony Pictures, the venerable major studio, was convinced by constant online chatter, trending social media mentions and memes that their failed superhero movie
6/4/2022
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Numlock News: June 3, 2022 • Atlantic City, Free Parking, Go To Jail
By Walt Hickey I would love to thank the readers who have upgraded to a paid subscription. This newsletter is supported exclusively by people who toss a couple bucks every year or month, and I really
6/2/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 2, 2022 • Elvis, Egyptian Artifacts, Lightning
By Walt Hickey Artifacts Five Egyptian artifacts worth over €3 million have been confiscated from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the New York District Attorney's office amid allegations that the
6/1/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: June 1, 2022 • Monarchs, Asteroids, Espionage
By Walt Hickey Merch According to the Centre for Retail Research, Queen Elizabeth's forthcoming Platinum Jubilee from June 2 to June 5 will see the UK's consumers spend $510 million, a huge
5/31/2022
10 : 24
Numlock News: May 31, 2022 • Robotic, Cardinals, Nuclear Waste
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Conjured The house that inspired the movie The Conjuring sold for $1.525 million last week, well above the $1.2 million asking price in the latest evidence of a truly
5/27/2022
10 : 14
Numlock News: May 27, 2022 • Reality TV, Scooters, Vinyl
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! We're off on Monday in observation of Memorial Day. Bosses The median compensation package for a CEO of an S&P 500 company was up 17.1 percent in 2021
5/26/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: May 26, 2022 • Top Gun, Burgers, UFOs
By Walt Hickey Thanks again to all the folks taking advantage of the anniversary sale! You're making sure the newsletter keeps on going; thank you for your support. Top Gun The new Tom Cruise movie
5/25/2022
10 : 4
Numlock News: May 25, 2022 • Douyin, Halite, Columbia
By Walt Hickey Faces Clearview AI is a company that wants to use a vast trove of facial recognition data to change the way that the world is able to identify people, and good god do people hate that
5/24/2022
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Numlock News: May 24, 2022 • Meteorites, Conan, Sea Lions
By Walt Hickey Conan Conan O'Brien sold his podcasting shingle Team Coco to Sirius XM Holdings for $150 million, a huge payout as the big players in audio continue to scoop up podcast production