A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars. ...more

July 15, 2009

Most of us can't really conceive of just how much money a trillion dollars is. I know it's a "1" with 12 zeros after it, but it's hard to get a handle on how much space that much cash would take up. I keep thinking of those old comic books with Disney's Scrooge McDuck. He kept all his money in a vault that looked like a swimming pool full of dollars. My guess is even Scrooge McDuck didn't have that much cash in his vault. ...more

March 6, 2009

Taxpayers' share of federal government loans and bailouts made last week approaches $1 trillion. ...more

September 21, 2008

Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering - including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion. ...more

January 10, 2008