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The gap between the rich and poor is increasing. Some are living to eat, while others are struggling to eat enough to be able to live.
- Social activist and a lonely voice for the Indian poor Anna Hazare, currently on a fast unto death to improve the proposed anti-corruption Lok Pal Bill. (Source: Zee News)

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Daily deals web site and Groupon rival LivingSocial has raised a mind-boggling $400 million in a new round to take its total funding to over half-a-billion dollars.

Well, $600 million is LivingSocial’s total funding if you schmucks must know the exact number.

Existing investors Amazon and Lightspeed Venture Partners and newbies T. Rowe Price and Institutional Venture Partners ponied up the money (Source: NYT).

In the NYT’s calculation, the deal values LivingSocial at over $3 billion.

The money will go toward fueling the company’s frenetic growth in domestic and international markets.

Discounts, Discounts
We have never used LivingSocial although we’ve tried Groupon a few times.

Conceptually speaking, all these deal sites are the same. Continue reading »

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OMG, we haven’t stopped laughing at the box office numbers of Abhishek Bachchan’s new film Game.

Laughed so much till our sides split. ;)

When Bollywood’s pall-bearer features in a movie, you know the inevitable outcome – A Box Office Disaster.

Here are SI’s three laws of Abhishek Bachchan:

* Another Abhishek Bachchan movie releases. Another Abhishek Bachchan movie gets panned by critics.

* Another Abhishek Bachchan movie releases. Another Abhishek Bachchan movie causes incalculable pain to Bollywood fans.

* Another Abhishek Bachchan movie releases. Another Abhishek Bachchan movie kisses the dust at the box office.

Anyone surprised at the dismal fate of Abhishek Bachchan’s movies?

Speak up, you schmucks. We’re talkin to you.

The box office numbers for Abhishek Bachchan’s new movie Game are out. And they are, oh, so pitiful.

Here’s how Game fared at the U.S. box office compared to some prominent Bollywood films:

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