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Top 20 most expensive domain names

Domain names are virtual real estates and good one are sold for unbelievable numbers. Here’s the top 20 most expensives:

Sex.com – Sold for: $14 million on January 19th, 2006
Fund.com – $9,999,950 – Sold in 2008
Porn.com – Sold for $9,500,000 sometime in 2007
Business.com – Sold for $7,500,000 in 1999
Diamonds.com – Sold for $7,500,000
Beer.com – Sold for [...]

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Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises

Luxury ocean liners in Russia are offering pirate hunting cruises aboard armed private yachts off the Somali coast.
Wealthy punters pay £3,500 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders.
“They are worse than the pirates,” said Russian yachtsman Vladimir Mironov. “At least the pirates have the decency [...]

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Nine-year-old starts up web business

A nine-year-old girl has become India’s youngest CEO after starting up her own online design business.
Shreelaxmi Suresh received recognition for her work after she developed a website for Kerala Bar Council, located in the country’s south.
The youngster has displayed a keen interest in computers and art since she was in Kindergarten.
With a little assistance from [...]

Entrepreneurial Lifestyle, News, Off-The-Wall, Online Business, Start-Up, Teens

Niche Business In Living Wills For Your Dog Or Cat

Living wills are recommended for all individuals over the age of 65, or those who are younger who are living with a serious medical condition. The principle behind these Living Wills is that the person’s wishes with regards to medical care are outlined and documented so that others know what they want from their medical [...]

Niche, Off-The-Wall

Filipino invention lets fish live without water

Yes, it’s not magic but through hibernation. This is what the multi-awarded Filipino Scientist Bonifacio “Boni” Comandante Jr. said of transporting live fishes for many hours without water such as grouper, tiger prawn, shrimps, snapper, seabass, tilapia, pompano, milkfish, shellfish and crabs by using what he calls the “Buhi Waterless Live Fish Transport Technology”. He [...]

Inventions, Off-The-Wall

Tweeting for profit

Smart entrepreneurs are now doing deals in 140 characters or less on Twitter.
(Fortune Small Business) — A year ago Kris Drey couldn’t care less about Twitter. With 13 years of Web site experience, Drey is no technophobe. He serves as vice president of product marketing at Fliqz, an online video-hosting service with 20 employees in [...]

Marketing & Sale, Off-The-Wall, Success

An Anti-Stab Knife

Fearful that your spouse might impulsively stab you? The New Point might be your perfect kitchen knife.
A new knife, meant to make impulse stabbings of a co-worker or a spouse more difficult, is ready for the market.
Manufactured by Taylor’s Eye Witness (a cutlery company whose amazingly apt name is a total coincidence), the [...]

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