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National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits

Zafarwal : Pakistan | about 1 year ago  
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  • National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits
    National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits
    Posted by: MsNoreenPeter
    National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits
National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits

Just in case it hasn't sunk in yet that the economy is in bad shape, consider this: the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to keep track of the nation's mounting red ink. The debt stands at about $10.2 trillion.

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  • News Source: Charlotte Observer Online | about 1 year ago
    In fact, the digital counter has been moving so much that it recently ran out of digits to display the ballooning figure: $10,150,603,734,720, or roughly $10.2 trillion, as of Saturday afternoon. The clock was put up by the late real estate mogul...
  • News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 year ago
    In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure...It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion. The Durst Organization says it plans to update the sign...
  • News Source: Turkish Press | about 1 year ago
    Shares in General Motors recovered slightly Friday a day after plunging to their lowest levels since the 1950s on concerns the giant automaker will struggle to fund its operations. At about 1520 GMT, GM's shares were up 3.36 percent at 4.92 dollars.
  • News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | about 1 year ago
    Initial results for Friday's settlement of the credit default swaps on Lehman Brothers have undershot expectations, setting the recovery rate on the firm's senior debt at 9.75 cents on the dollar. Expectations had ranged in the double-digits, with...
  • News Source: Valleywag | about 1 year ago
    In 1989, real estate developer Seymour Durst installed an electronic billboard in Times Square that tracks both America's national debt and your family's share, back before San Francisco destroyed the family. The clock has been modified by replacing...
  • News Source: Asian Age | about 1 year ago
    A replacement for the clock with two additional digits that would be able to account for up to a quadrillion dollars of debt is expected only by the next year. The existing clock can accommodate up to 9,999,999,999,999 dollars (just one dollar short...
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  • Blog Source: top-secret-at.blogspot.com
    The US government's debts have ballooned so badly the National Debt Clock in New York has run out of digits to record the spiralling figure. The digital counter marks the national debt level, but when that passed the $10 trillion point ...
  • Blog Source: mtippett.wordpress.com
    NEW YORK - In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been ...
  • Blog Source: foolocracy.com
    The National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits. As the federal deficit hit $10 trillion, the clock needed one more digit. As a short term fix, the dollar sign was replaced with a “1″. ...
  • Blog Source: androidny.stumbleupon.com
    US debt clock runs out of digits Living on borrowed time.
  • Blog Source: bigtimebrad.wordpress.com
    Until last month, the clock had enough digits to measure US debt levels. The US government’s debts have ballooned so badly the National Debt Clock in New York has run out of digits to record the spiralling figure. ...
  • Blog Source: informedpost.politicsandthecity.com
    In a sign of the time if ever there was one, the debts of the US federal government have risen to such an extent that the “National Debt Clock” in New York city can no longer display the full figure now that it was exceeded $10 trillion ...
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Posted By onlinebusinesswoman onlinebusinesswoman | about 1 year ago

This is unreal!!! YIPES (considers starting a shelter in the backyard).

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