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Investor Lawsuit Blames NSA For $12B Loss In IBM Value
Jah-Wren Ryel writes "IBM Corp has been sued by the Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund which accused it of concealing how its ties to what became a major U.S. spying scandal reduced business in China and ultimately caused its market value to plunge more than $12 billion." While anyone can file a lawsuit, being sued by an institutional investor is a little different than being sued by John Q. Disgruntled.
Be careful. That chip is labeled as being a 74LS245 but it's really a PIC16F84 programmed to act as one.
About 40 people I was going to hire to start this business won't see the light of day.
Where do you keep these candidates and why not let them have some sunlight even if you don't hire them?
Vampire-based businesses traditionally don't do well anyway. Employee retention is difficult because when you tell them you're going to give them a stake in the "business" they misunderstand and flee.