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11/8/2022
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Numlock News: November 8, 2022 • Superyachts, Loot, Wire Fraud
By Walt Hickey Solved Last week a 32-year-old Georgia man pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after stealing a quantity of bitcoin from the Silk Road a decade ago. The amount of cryptocurrency —
11/7/2022
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Numlock News: November 7, 2022 • MoviePass, Photo Booths, Traffic Jams
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Black Adam For the third week, Black Adam won the box office. It's now brought in $319 million globally, $137.3 million of which was in North America. That's an
11/4/2022
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Numlock News: November 4, 2022 • Animals, Bribes, International Space Station
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! Bribes On Thursday a UK judge hit commodities trader Glencore with a £276 million fine ($308 million) after the UK Serious Fraud Office demonstrated that the
11/3/2022
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Numlock News: November 3, 2022 • Tattoos, Box Turtles, Catalytic Converter
By Walt Hickey Converters Federal law enforcement executed a series of raids across the country that they said targeted a nationwide theft ring for catalytic converters, the valuable car part that has
11/2/2022
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Numlock News: November 2, 2022 • Bubbles, Bats, Beanbags
By Walt Hickey No Longer Workin' For A Living Huey Lewis and the News has sold the rights to their musical copyrights, the latest act to cash out into the red-hot market for music royalties. The
11/1/2022
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Numlock News: November 1, 2022 • Beluga, Fiesta, Terrifier
By Walt Hickey Terrifier 2 One under-the-radar box office hit is Terrifier 2, a slasher movie that has made $7.73 million domestic at the box office. It's done that with no major stars, barely any
10/31/2022
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Numlock News: October 31, 2022 • Pumpkins, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Midnights
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Rom-Coms While Black Adam won the weekend at the domestic box office with a $27.7 million second week and a cumulative $250 million globally so far, a really interesting
10/30/2022
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Numlock Sunday: The Matt Levine Interview
By Walt Hickey Welcome to the Numlock Sunday edition! This week, I spoke to Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine, who wrote “The Crypto Story” takeover of Bloomberg Businessweek. Levine writes Money Stuff,
10/28/2022
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Numlock News: October 28, 2022 • Mauna Loa, Bumblebees, McRib
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Everyone is getting the Sunday edition this week; we've got a very cool guest lined up. It's Back The wholesale price of pork in the United States is down
10/27/2022
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Numlock News: October 27, 2022 • Ozone Layer, Quebec, AARP
By Walt Hickey AARP The hottest new social club for young people is the AARP, the American Association of Retired People, which thanks to a number of viral TikToks and no actual minimum age is in fact
10/26/2022
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Numlock News: October 26, 2022 • Nicolas Cage, Taylor Swift, Kitty Cats
By Walt Hickey Instant Companies that made a play for the so-called “instant delivery” market where they'd zoom wares to buyers inside of 30 minutes have taken a serious beating, and it's
10/25/2022
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Numlock News: October 25, 2022 • In-Flight Movies, Cyanide, Pickleball
By Walt Hickey In-Flight Movies The industry for in-flight entertainment is a $250 million to $300 million per year industry, as the companies behind films, television, music and now even podcasts and
10/24/2022
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Numlock News: October 24, 2022 • Laundry, Otters, Paranormal
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Black Adam In a solid reversal of a glum fall for the box office, Dwayne Johnson superhero movie Black Adam brought in $67 million domestically and $73 million abroad, a
10/21/2022
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Numlock News: October 21, 2022 • Litter, Salem, Scooters
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Salem From October 1 to 15, 466000 people visited Salem, Massachusetts, the town that prides itself on being the the heir to the pre-Halloween Witch vibes that
10/20/2022
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Numlock News: October 20, 2022 • Soapocalypse, Wrecks, Korean
By Walt Hickey Gummies Gatorade, the sports drink company, is diving into the gummy vitamin business, now rolling out packages of Gatorade Gummies for $25.99 each. The global market for gummies as it
10/19/2022
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Numlock News: October 19, 2022 • Rotoscoping, Rams, Ex-Commuters
By Walt Hickey Followers Austin Li was, for a while, the most popular salesman in China, with 150 million followers who studiously followed his shopping livestreams. As of 2021, there were 638 million
10/18/2022
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Numlock News: October 18, 2022 • Pelješac, Mountain Goats, Sushi
By Walt Hickey Sushi Japan's conveyer belt sushi restaurant industry is dominated by four massive chains: Sushiro, Kura Sushi, Hama Sushi and Kappa Sushi. The market grew 60 percent from 2011 to
10/17/2022
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Numlock News: October 17, 2022 • Rolex, Crabs, Vinyl
By Walt Hickey Welcome back! Auction A French auction house has fired an expert on staff who valued a Chinese vase at €1500 and €2000, considering that it was suspected to be a 20th century decorative
10/14/2022
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Numlock News: October 14, 2022 • Ghibli, Walleye, Westinghouse
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Fish Crime The pair of fishers who allegedly attempted to cheat at a late September competitive fishing event in Ohio by shoving lead balls down the mouths of the
10/13/2022
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Numlock News: October 13, 2022 • Secret Menu, 35mm, Orange Juice Futures
By Walt Hickey Mini Golf The people behind Topgolf — the golf driving range game — have raised $150 million this year for Puttshack, which is designed to make mini golf upscale and techy. There are