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<i>From </i><a href="http://slashdot.org/">http://slashdot.org/</a>
:<br>
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"In 2009, Robert Cringely speculated that the day might be coming
when Goldman Sachs decides the United States <a
href="http://www.cringely.com/2009/08/is-technology-evil/">isn't
worth dealing with</a> anymore. Crazy, eh? Maybe not. Blaming
'intense media attention,' Goldman Sachs has decided to <a
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12212043">exclude US
investors from a $1.5 billion Facebook offering</a>. In a
nicely-timed <a
href="http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/01/17/sorry-about-that-read-goldman-sachss-statement-on-excluding-us-facebook-investors/">all-investors-are-not-created-equal
MLK Day statement</a>, the <a
href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/goldman-sachs-paid-out-43-billion-us-taxpayer-money-foreign-companies">US
taxpayer bailout beneficiary</a> said, 'Goldman Sachs decided to
proceed only with the offer to investors outside the US....We
regret the consequences of this decision, but Goldman Sachs
believes this is the most prudent path to take.'"<br>
<br>
</i>Dave<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Windows, OSX, or Linux is the same choice as:
McDonald's, Burger King, or a (real) Co-Op.
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