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The numbers for June 28, 2013

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650,000

Guess who’s back? The good old sequester. The Pentagon will start furloughing 650,000 civilian Pentagon employees next week as part of the across the board budget cuts. (Marketplace)

1/5

According to the polling firm Gallup, one in five U.S. employees are undermining the organizations they work for. (ed note: Hmm, [looks around], I’m sitting in a room with five people.) (Gallup)

$68,500

Oh, lord, won’t you buy me…a bible signed by Einstein. One sold for $68,500 at an auction in New York City. Einstein included a note inside saying the book “is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently.” (USA Today)