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The headline is linkbait. They didn't "pocket" anything, just raised $15M.
by gkop 13y ago
The headline is linkbait. They didn't "pocket" anything, just raised $15M.
- billclerico 13y agobloggers will be bloggers
- loceng 13y agoOnly reason I clicked to see what they meant..
- jusben1369 13y agoTo be fair when I read that headline I immediately knew it meant they raised $15 million. I would use that term.
- ma2rten 13y agoI knew what they meant too, but I still wouldn't use the term myself.
- dudus 13y agomaybe it's because I'm not a native english speaker and don't understand the financial side very well, but I thought they had really pocketed the profits and devalued the company in the way. The fact that they killed one of the products kinda reinforced that notion.
- qq66 13y agoThe problem is that "pocket" can also mean to steal or embezzle.
- pbreit 13y agoOh, c'mon. It's just a colloquialism because the company has to do with money and payments.