As you read this, Blockbuster Video, worth $1.09 billion in 2007, now $77.65 million, is in the process of being sold to creditors for around $290 million, a mere fraction (.40 share) of what it was once worth. Yet the number of videos being sold continues to grow, making rival Netflix worth $3.44 billion. Is Walmart next?

At the same time, the world’s youngest billionaire is being credited with a revolution in the Middle East, the overthrow of Egypt without a shot being fired and facebook is allowing people to communicate and connect like never before.

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