The Lewis and Clark Expedition sights the Great Falls of the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“I could but esteem this moment of my departure as among the most happy of my life.”
May 14, 1804: The Lewis and Clark expedition departed from St. Louis, Missouri, 209 years ago today.
via The Economist: Apple’s bond issue – Pity the taxpayer
This is an interesting piece on “creative financing” by big multinational companies. Apple issued recently corporate bonds (debt) worth 17 billion dollars while sitting on a cash pile of 145 billion dollars. Why? Well, what looks like a contradiction makes perfect sense and is common practice. It is an effective way to dodge the taxman, subsidized by ordinary taxpayers. It is a good read if you can bear it.
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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
May 11, 1918: A theoretical physicist who made his work accessible and appealing, Richard Feynman was born in New York City, 95 years ago today. He won a Nobel Prize, worked on the Manhattan Project, and authored a series of irreverent science books.
Yesterday I had this idea that my blog needed a radical overhaul to make things “easier”. So I changed the layout, removed some stuff and add even more. The result was chaos. After discussing this with the most critical of my critics (my girl friend) a reverted back to my original template with only minor changes. Now everybody in the house seems to be happy with it. You too?
Italiano: Silvio Berlusconi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The stage is set in Brescia (Lombardy). PdL will rally its supporters tomorrow in order to “defend” party leader Silvio Berlusconi against “iniquitous” persecution by the Italian judicial system. During the week Berlusconi got his 4 year jail sentence upheld by the appeal court in Milan (the reason is fiscal fraud in relation to the acquisition of broadcasting licenses by Mediaset). Berlusconi as usual dismisses all charges against him as being unjust and sinister. Continue reading
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