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Overstock has employees stocked for the End of Days

Nov 16, 2015
Overstock.com has a food supply for employees in the event of apocalypse.

8 post-apocalpyse scenarios: The Day After the Debt Ceiling

Feb 6, 2014
The authors of "How to Win at Everything" share some predictions for what happens if Congress fails to agree about the Debt Ceiling.

Making a buck off the end of the world

Dec 12, 2012
Some business people are definitely counting on the world not ending next week, with the end of the Mayan calendar. Have a commemorative beer!

Apocalypse now -- the marketing strategy

Jul 13, 2012
From natural disasters to economic crises to a supposed Mayan prophecy of the end of the world in 2012, doomsday has galvanized some marketers.