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FASB’s all wrong on this one

Aug

10

2004

“News.com – FASB’s all wrong on this one”:http://news.com.com/FASB%27s+all+wrong+on+this+one/2010-1014_3-5302648.html?part=rss&tag=5302648&subj=news.1014.5 It will mean the end of many broad-based options programs, curtailing the American innovation and creativity that sets us apart globally, and that fundamentally, America’s workers, businesses and overall economy will pay the cost. Though I have issues with the pragmatist’s argument that expensing options is too ...
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Penguin backs down on Katie.com

Aug

9

2004

Penguin Putnam’s decision to rename one of its best-selling books could mean that one of the Net’s oddest domain name battles may be drawing to a close. The dispute is odd because it is not over ownership of a domain name, but about its use as a book title. It is quite a saga, but ...
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In Soccer Loss, China’s Rising Ire at Japan

Aug

9

2004

An international soccer match is never a place for the faint of heart. But the insults aimed at the Japanese team during the Asian Cup soccer tournament, held in China this year, are being called the latest example of a strain of rising anti-Japanese nationalism among many younger Chinese that seems increasingly volatile. It’s interesting ...
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New Daleks to Have Feet

Aug

9

2004

DALEKS could be given LEGS in the new series of Dr Who. Show bosses are looking at the exterminators being able to climb stairs, fly and hover. Their legs may be like those of Star Wars robot R2D2. Or the BBC could use our ideas — and have the Doctor’s enemy with Penny Lancaster pins ...
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Fischer to renounce US status

Aug

6

2004

He has already applied for asylum in Japan and appealed against a decision to deport him to the US, where he faces a possible fine or even a jail term. I wonder if other countries often have people who attempt to renounce their citizenship as a political/other statement, or if that’s a uniquely American practice. ...
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