On this date in 1913 Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine was on a ship traveling from Antwerp, Belgium to Harwick, England when he simply disappeared.
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When I was a boy, growing up in the mid-west, I remember hearing my father remarking about the many products he bought, "The salesman told me we'll never have to buy another one, it'll last a lifetime...
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Buy a Big Mac, fries and a drink at McDonald’s and the items you throw away — the cup, straw, napkin, paper, placemat, etc. — are more costly than the meal.
People use “the value of the dollar” as a justification of higher prices. “A dollar just doesn’t buy what it used to,” they opine. But is that really true?