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Re:Ask YComb: Should I quit to do a startup during a recession? by hcho on Monday January 21, 2008 @03:47PM (#101800)
Are you serious? Hedge funds and investment banks do not really base their decissions on what press writes.
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Re:Ask YComb: Should I quit to do a startup during a recession? by DarrenStuart on Monday January 21, 2008 @06:47PM (#101894)
yes because they cause consumers to stop spending and therefore these hedgefunds etc go with it. would you invest in a retailer if you were being told that there was a recession?
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Re:Ask YComb: Should I quit to do a startup during a recession? by cellis on Tuesday January 22, 2008 @10:15AM (#102211)
that is not true. Hedges are especially mindful of the winds of change that news can bring about.
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