"Here's some hard data: DOT figures show 151 fuel emergencies at Newark in 2007, more than double the 72 incidents in 2006, and almost triple the 44 in 2005."
"A little nugget from todays Orlando Sentinel: "spending by international tourists [in Orlando] has ballooned 22 percent so far this year -- to more than $57 billion."
[www.orlandosentinel.com]
This city would be nothing without tourists, and we know it."
"@ibored: Every bill that goes to the vault teller is checked (to get there, the bills have to be "strapped" in groups, and all strapped groups are checked, always)."
"AnxiousDemographic: The cash all comes sealed, so the armored guards couldn't do it, but someone at the Wachovia Money Center could conceivably attempt that, but that would track back to individual employees (everyone has to sign each "strap" of cash (bound bunch of notes) to certify nothing is wrong with it)."
"As someone with inside information, I can assure you that multiple fake bills are highly suspicious.
Wachovia procedure is for the teller to check as the bills are deposited."
"The Wired story is, indeed, an incredibly good read.
As for Mazda, it was a choice between taking the insurance loss OR reselling the cars (or parts of them) for revenue they'd have to share with the insurance company.
Since Mazda could not absolutely control whether or not these cars / parts were eventually passed off as new, they made the right choice in destroying all of the cars.
At the very least, all of those cars had been held at a 60 degree angle for a prolonged period."
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