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From Business and financial news – CNNMoney.com: Gas price surge: Up 10% this year
Gas prices are surging, and quickly headed toward $4 a gallon, as growing tensions over Iran sparks a run-up in oil prices.
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From Gizmodo: Ikea Could Learn Something From This Self-Assembling Rising Table
If Robert van Embricqs worked in Ikea’s design and engineering department, the company wouldn’t have to worry about creating instructional videos for assembling its furniture. All his Rising Table needs is some heavy lifting and the pull of gravity. More »
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From Gizmodo: Ikea’s Video Assembly Instructions Vastly Increase Your Chances Of Success [Video]
The ongoing joke that Ikea’s flat-pack furniture is confusingly complicated to assemble might be rendered moot now that the Swedish company is rolling out video assembly instructions that look considerably easier to follow than its printed manuals. More »
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