From The Economist:Both the chairman and chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent resigned as it reported its sixth consecutive quarterly net loss. The merger in 2006 of France’s Alcatel and America’s Lucent formed one of the world’s biggest suppliers of telecoms infrastructure. Since then its market value has fallen by half, thanks to difficulties with integrating the… Read More »
In her article, “Fox In Yahoo!’s Henhouse“, Wendy Tanaka of Forbes wrote: “Icahn will have help in getting a Microsoft deal done. As part of his settlement with Yahoo!, two of his cronies will also get seats on the board.” Regardless of your opinion of Carl Icahn, I find it odd that a reporter for… Read More »
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What people say and what they really mean…
Argument (ar*gyou*ment) n.A discussion that occurs when you’re right, but he hasn’t realized it yet. Airhead (er*hed) n.What a woman intentionally becomes when pulled over by a policeman. Bar-be-que (bar*bi*q) n.You bought the groceries, washed the lettuce, chopped the tomatoes, diced the onions, marinated the meat and cleaned everything up, but, he “made the dinner”.… Read More »
Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites? Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible? Why isn’t 11 pronounced onety one? Related post:Deep Thoughts and Stupid Questions (9) Technorati Tags: deep thoughts stupid questions funny stuff