award points directly into the credit card

the problem with retailers' cards is that each retailer awards its own card and people end up carrying too many of them. since every retailer accepts credit cards, credit card companies should allow for an additional magnetic bar or chip to be added at the back of the credit card that will store any and all retailer's points (gas station, supermarket, groceries, malls, airlines etc). swipe the card once so that the scanner reads the balance and gives the discount, swipe it once again to make payment.

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unfinancial times

a newspaper that reports business news but doesn't report anything financial. the content is geared toward explaining how the businesses work rather than how much money they made or lost. no numbers, no financial predictions, only words and text.

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invisible mode

to be sin or not to be sin...

how about a software that works on any chat platform and allows you to see when others are on invisible mode without them knowing about it? how cool is that?

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double-dipping partitions

in ozzieland double-dipping is considered bad-etiquette and bad-hygiene. personally, i have no problem with it. sometimes i can't be bothered and i will flip the back-end to double-dip but still people don't like it. i always wondered why they don't come up with containers that have partitions for double-dippers. the partitions could be colored so each person knows which one is theirs. double-dippers can dip freely without contaminating the container. i think it's a good idea and an easy one to do.

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Scumbank

Now that Obama capped CEO compensation at $500,000, I am thinking of starting a new bank where Wall Street fat cats can park restricted stock bonuses, corporate jets, yachts and all sorts of ponzinous financial assets. Out of respect to the public, the bank's premises will be non-descript and decrepit-looking, the exact opposite of what a modern-day Poshbank would look like. Poshbanks are dead. Long leave my Scumbank in little Burglardeshi...

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trim fat for less tax

if trimming fat should always be rewarded in a recession then for every kilo an obese child loses, parents get a tax break. if weight is regained, tax rates go up again. any loss in tax revenues gets recovered from reduced health care costs. if we require principles that are easy to understand and healthy to implement, let's swap fat for tax then! :)

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posting emails

aren't you curious to read what people write to each other? how about a new category where people can post excerpts from emails in which they had an interesting talk with someone on a topic of interest? in order to respect everyone's privacy while rewarding everyone's curiosity, any names or mention of private info must be removed before posting.

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