Remember when they were shot out of rifles?
BIC sells 100 billionth pen: More than half a century after honing a cheap version of the ballpoint pen, Bic, the French firm which built an empire out of making things to be thrown away, said Thursday it had sold its 100 billionth -- 100,000,000,000th --- disposable ballpoint.
The group started small after the war and now has annual revenues of around 1.4 billion euros, including sales of razors and lighters. It reported the milestone along with first-half profits.
"The pens have been sold on average 57 times a second since 1950," BIC said.
(Sources: Reuters, Yahoo! News, & MSNBC)
