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Footnotes: This Is a Pyramid Scheme; Kochblocked!; Uh, These Numbers are Off | 03.12.14

Amazon plans to raise Prime fees by $20, you outraged yet? [Reuters]

Harry Reid says Ukraine aid is getting Kochblocked [POLITICO]

Jingtian & Gongcheng Fined Over IPO Due Diligence [The Asian Lawyer]

Did someone say diversity? The invite made it clear white people were not invited. The email read: "If you want to create space for white folks to meet and work on racism, white supremacy, and white privilege to better our campus community and yourselves, please feel free to do just that." [King9]

Singapore wants to regulate Bitcoin because Bitcoin [Bloomberg]

Senate reaches bipartisan deal on unemployment benefits extension [Washington Post]

When MLM goes wrong [Twitter]

Accountant: Hamilton Twp. finances were off by $2.5M Wayne Bastin, a certified public accountant hired by the township last fall to "straighten out the books" told trustees Wednesday he found more than 1,800 accounting errors in his review of the township's finances from 2010-2013. Bastin, who's billed the township more than $15,000 since November, told trustees those accounting errors overstated the township's finances by about $2.5 million. The township's books, he explained, initially showed a total cash balance of $9.6 million as of Dec. 31. But after correcting the mistakes, he found the township's actual cash balance to be just over $7 million. [USA Today]

Sex, Drugs, or Guns: What Does Your City Spend the Most On? You guys, I see an untapped market here — prostitutes, dope dealers and weapons dealers need financial services too. Who else will tell them you're supposed to report illegal income to the IRS? [Gawker]