Texas execution: How much is a death worth? 6 March 2012Last updated at 06:05 ET By Daniel Nasaw BBC News Magazine, Washington George Rivas, top right, was executed last week in the Texas death chamber in Huntsville; Keith Thurmond is to be executed on Wednesday night The cost of lethal injection drugs used in the US to kill criminals on death row has risen dramatically over the past year.
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Last year, the entire list was valued at close to $100billion, this year we lead off with a young entrepreneur who’s company is valued at $100billion alone. Each of these founders and CEOs are running incredible ventures that have taken a lot of sacrifice and hard work to get to where they are today. All of these companies are still private but we found as much financial information and data from 2011 as we could. Mark Zuckerberg. NYT: Risks of Afghan war shift to contractors - World news - The New York Times. Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate. The Local - Germany's news in English.
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