July 2011
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Breaking News: Silph Co. Delivery Truck Stolen!
Earlier Today, the Kanto police were dispatched after receiving a report of a stolen truck owned by Silph Co. Police were told that the truck was stolen by a man with a Machamp, who Mega Punched the drivers, and then stole the truck.
After two hours of searching for the man and the stolen vehicle, the police found the truck almost completely submerged in a fishing area around Route 12. No remains...
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This Week In Economics: Silph Co. Stock Plummets
This week in Pokemon Economics saw the shocking fall of the Silph Co. stock by 190 points! Silph Company, leading manufacturer of Pokemon Battle Items and owner of all Poke Marts, literally owns the commercial economy in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. Meanwhile in Unova, another company is rising…
So why did the stock fall so much points? Our team at Pokemon News and Economics have the...
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Strange Person Spotted in Hoenn
Today’s featured article spotlights a recently enigmatic figure sighted a few days ago in a Hoenn Pokemart. Our investigation team here at Pokemon News and Economics, have spent hours the last few days trying to figure out this mysterious character!
First off, here is a screenshot of the shady man, taken from an elevator security camera.
What do we notice first? His hair. Even in this...
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July 4th: Come Join us at Silph Co. for Fireworks!
Today is July 4th, that very special day when the Kanto region adopted its current form of government. Let us take a quote from Kanto’s “A New Nation” Bill, ratified this day, [insert year].
“In my heart there’s no doubt of who I want to be Right here standing strong I will risk all I can The greatest Master of Pokemon We all live in a Pokemon World I wanna be...
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In Other News: Base Jumper Causes Scene
Yesterday afternoon a Base Jumper caused much unrest in Saffron City. The man climbed to the top of Silph Co, Kanto’s tallest building, standing at 108 pixels high. He summoned his Snorlax, and said he was going to jump down and fall on to the bouncy Snorlax to break his fall:
Local witnesses were astounded at this extreme act of sporting. A local swimmer even climbed up the back of...
Missing Bike
Reader Dan sent in an urgent letter:
“Help my bike has gone missing! It cost me 1,000,000 Poke Dollars from a man in Cerulean City! “
Dan, I don’t think you are going to get your bike back. You shouldn’t have told everybody how much it cost…
June 2011
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Our Office Location
We recently received a question in the mail:
“Hello this is Rich Boy Clayton from Johto. I recently started reading your publication ‘Pokemon News and Economics’. I must say, it was quite impressing! You views and research of the economy are simply intelligent on all levels! I too study economics at the Goldrenrod City elementary school. I have high anticipations for the economy...
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Pay Day: Pokemon of the "High-Ranked"
Today, we are featuring, what we economists like to call the Pay Day Pokemon. They are Meowth and Persian.
Meowth is the money maker Pokemon. When he uses Pay Day, the stocks literally plummet 10 points!..That was a joke…For all you economists….Yeah. Young people moving up the ladders of finance and wealth usually adopt a Meowth, mainly because of that coin on his forehead.
And...
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In Other News: Cold Case Solved, Missing Man...
While digging around the office I found some cold case files. I found old cases of missing Pokemon, stolen Gym badges, and ancient conspiracy theories. But another one caught my eye. Why? Because I remember this missing man from my older journeys:
Cold Case #78
Subject: Old Guy disappears and no one cares.
Date Opened: 4-3-2001
Date Dropped: 4-5-2001
Subject for closure: “We had...
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Featured Article: The Rise and Fall of Nugget...
Today we have our first featured article. After hours of research, and surveying random, seemingly nonexistent parts of Kanto, we have compiled an extremely comprehensive, detailed graph displaying Nugget values over the past months, give or take a few weeks.
First off, here is a map showing the hotspots of recently discovered Nuggets. Mt. Moon is the hottest spot right now, with 5 oz. being...
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Pokemon...
Welcome to the wonderful world of Pokemon economics! Let me introduce myself as the Editor-in-chief, Red. Above is a picture of me and my very talented team at our Castelia City office.
Sitting on the left end of the table shown, is our photographer Scott. He diligently travels around any and all regions looking to take any good pictures of pseudo Pokemon economic stuff.
Sitting on the...
