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The hidden pitfalls of the JOBS Act
Re:One Drug to Shrink All Tumors
on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @01:19AM (#3760140)
The real cancer cure is white blood cell transfusion. Check with LEF for more info (they are funding the trial). Certain Chinese doctors in China will perform it (under the cover), for those in need.
Re:Justin Kan’s Exec Starts Running Errands For Companies And Startups...
on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @01:04AM (#3760105)
Kozmo.com 2.0?
Re: How I survived a plane crash
on Sunday March 25, 2012 @10:25PM (#3754651)
No, there's no way she'd be able to save her. She could not carry her on the 9 day journey.
FastShip files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Re:A fast paced stock exchange trips over itself
on Saturday March 24, 2012 @10:22PM (#3751500)
The efficient market has found the true value of BATS exchange at $0.038 per share. :)
San Francisco start-up Seesmic laid off 18 employees this week
Re:Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Pro...
on Monday March 19, 2012 @11:41PM (#3727714)
And this for people who don't understand how stock buyback "works"
The stock purchased is "canceled". Yes, canceled.
So if a company has no operation but 100 billion in cash, after a stock buyback of 100 billion, the company is worth $0. It's a super bad deal for the employees who sees nothing, but great for Wall Street traders
Re:Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Pro...
on Monday March 19, 2012 @11:33PM (#3727691)
So instead of increasing employee wages they decide to piss the money away and give it to the Wall Street fat cats...
Kony video director to be released from mental ward
E. B. White on the Free Press
Re:Study of 160k men finds no all-cause mortality benefit from prostat...
on Monday March 19, 2012 @12:29AM (#3722308)
"Modern medicine" is in the stone ages due to the profit motive. Cure stops all income while "treatment" keeps the money coming in.
Antibiotic Resistance Could Bring ‘End of Modern Medicine’
Re:Self-made Red Bull co-founder dies
on Sunday March 18, 2012 @12:08AM (#3719073)
All that Monopoly money now goes back into the box, for the next player.
Scans on astonauts reveal serious damage to eyes and brains
Re:Ask HN: Leaving a critical project for a better job (more money). W...
on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @01:44AM (#3697191)
Almost always go for the higher offer. As odd as it sounds, company value the higher paid person more, it's almost a rationalization on the part of the company.
One more thing: never accept counter offers from your current employer.
Why God never received a PhD
Re:Ask HN:Can I start a company on an H1B visa?
on Sunday March 11, 2012 @07:54PM (#3691695)
You can start one but can not work for one.