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Examples include the diamond hoax of 1872 and the Bre-X gold fraud of the mid-1990s. This trick was featured in the HBO series Deadwood, when Al Swearengen and E. B. Farnum trick Brom Garret into believing gold is to be found on the claim Swearengen intends to sell him. This con was also featured in Sneaky Pete.
Just for Feet – bankrupt in 1999, acquired by Footstar, final stores closed in 2004. MC Sports – filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2017. Modell's Sporting Goods – first store opened in 1889. On March 11, 2020, the company filed for bankruptcy, and announced it would close all 115 stores.
Stupid.com was a website that sold gag-gift products such as bizarre assortments of toys, candy, and kitchen utensils. According to the website, it is the "best source of Stupid Gifts, Stupid Toys, Stupid Candy, and pointless useless, weird, ridiculous, and funny stuff." It also features games and cartoons. [1]
Box office. $20.7 million [ 4][ 5] Dumb Money is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021.
Here are three of the best grocery price comparison apps that can help you save money on food and other products: Flipp. Instacart. Grocery AI. 1. Flipp. Used by millions of shoppers across North ...
Price gouging is a pejorative term used to refer to the practice of increasing the prices of goods, services, or commodities to a level much higher than is considered reasonable or fair by some. This commonly applies to price increases of basic necessities after natural disasters. Usually, this event occurs after a demand or supply shock.
August 15, 2024 at 12:37 AM. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/File. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday is expected to call for a federal ban on price gouging to lower grocery prices and everyday ...
Es de Velasco (High-end, department store, founded in 1939, acquired by González Padín, closed in 1995.) New York Department Stores (Founded in 1931, acquired by the Melville Corporation in 1994, most stores turned into Marshalls .) Pitusa (Discount, department store, founded in 1976, bankrupt in 2014.)