November 2009
56 posts
“Perhaps nothing is more fundamental than knowing whom you represent. Geithner...”
– Eliot Spitzer, Geithner’s Disgrace (via soupsoup)
Miley Cyrus Is Mankind's Only Hope. →
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Ikea is owned by a "charitable foundation," pays...
Posted by Cory Doctorow, August 26, 2009 11:32 PM | permalink
Ikea’s corporate structure is insanely complicated. It is technically owned by a Dutch charitable nonprofit — a strategy that allows the group to pay 3.5% tax on annual profits of €553m. However, the charity itself appears to do almost no charitable giving. Most of the money disappears into generic line-items...
EAT Grand Sichuan International... If you like...
After this event, we decide to do three things. First, I will post the event in our website and blog to let customers know. Second, we will ask for recommendations that which chicken base without MSG will be adopted in our restaurant. Third, we will formally indicate the usage of MSG in some dishes on our menu if we still use MSG. I plan we will re-edit our menu in next two or three months to mark...
“You are probably asking yourself, what the heck does the controversial and...”
– via TechCrunch
Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays
Analysts estimate that virtual goods could bring in a billion dollars in the United States and around $5 billion worldwide this year — all for things that, aside from perhaps a few hours of work by an artist and a programmer, cost nothing to produce.
“It’s a fantastic business,” said Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that has invested $10 million in several...
