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What you’re looking at right now is a snapshot that will make history. A snapshot that will become famous. A snapshot of MoneyMoose.

October was quite eventful for this fledgling site as it burst out of its warm and cozy cocoon into the dark, scary, cold, and oddly humid world of blogging. It’s a jungle out there. We launched on Thursday, October 11th (surely a day to be remembered in history) with our three first articles:

Welcome to Irresponsible Investing - an overview of our goals.

Say No To Diversification - why investing in a single stock could be is right for you.

Your Nigerian Partner - a short bit on how the top financial advisers all come from Nigeria.

Since then, we’ve gone on to cover news, provide financial advice, and more. We’re very proud of ourselves. And so are our mothers. We think.

Of course, we’ve had some gems that have shined out through the months (in no specific order):
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Forbes has compiled a list of the thirteen richest dead celebrities. Among the list (with some gratuitous parenthetic comments and yearly incomes) are:

1. Elvis Presley (Duh.) $49 million

5. Albert Einstein (Apparently, Baby Einstein DVDs earn him a killing. Kids just dig physics formulas.) $18 million

7. Dr. Seuss (Never knew, but kids dig his stuff too.) $13 million

12. Bob Marley (He’s got the good vibes. And good money, apparently.) $4 million

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This formula has been used by 99.3% of successful internet entrepreneurs. Why not you next?

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Do you suffer from any of the following symptoms?

1. Constant need to bore oneself with work.
2. Ignorance of the family pets/baby
3. Complete disregard to relatives
4. Annoyance at friends
5. Strong fear of socializing
6. Immense anger
7. Turning into the Hulk if coffee consumption is less than three cups a day
8. Stress

If you ever feel any of the things then you may be suffering from a rare condition called workaholism.
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Facebook has become the biggest thing since sliced bread air MySpace Iraq MoneyMoose SOMETHING. It’s just big, okay? Really, really, really huge. That’s why some of the biggest companies around (Google and Microsoft, namely) want a slice of the Facebook pie.

“Facebook has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google… The deal announced this afternoon after several weeks of negotiation values Facebook at $15 billion — less than four years after Mark Zuckerberg started the online social networking site in his Harvard University dorm room.”

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