Steve Jobs’ Biography Sales Jump 42,000 Percent Upon Death

The untimely death of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday at age 56 has given a boost to sales of the upcoming authorized biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

The book is No. 1 on Amazon’s “Movers & Shakers” list, as sales have increased by 42,000 percent since Apple announced Jobs’ death. The book moved from No. 424 to No. 1 on Amazon’s overall sales rankings and also is at No. 4 at Barnes & Noble.

The book is No. 1 on Amazon’s “Movers & Shakers” list, as sales have increased by 42,000 percent since Apple announced Jobs’ death. The book moved from No. 424 to No. 1 on Amazon’s overall sales rankings and also is at No. 4 at Barnes & Noble.

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Nearly Half of U.S. Lives in Household Receiving Government Benefit

Families were more dependent on government programs than ever last year.

Nearly half, 48.5%, of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2010, according to Census data. Those numbers have risen since the middle of the recession when 44.4% lived households receiving benefits in the third quarter of 2008.

The share of people relying on government benefits has reached a historic high, in large part from the deep recession and meager recovery, but also because of the expansion of government programs over the years.

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