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your statement is very powerful, but I think the sentiment that you describe - "projects that disregard the rules" and "push the boundaries on bad laws" could apply to Uber and AirBnB? Also, projects like Plex, Kodi, Rad
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Adding to your point, something I have thought about India: India really exploded after the development of new industries that basically moved too fast to fall under the "License Raj" mentality that exists. Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Fl
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I think Deloitte and Touche is the tax/audit arm, and Deloitte is the consulting arm.
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"Big 4" used to refer to accounting firms. Accenture used to be a part of the "Big 5" with Andersen, but they had to re-brand because of the Enron scandal. They no longer do accounting. But now all these companies are bl
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Is anyone able to download this? I am trying to download this on iOS, the App Store is giving me the message "this application is not available to download the in the US Store" strange!
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his use of flat owner is confusing, but in this context it does refer to the flat owner directly - it refers to the owner of the flat property, which would be analogous to a one-man co-op board in the USA.
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11y ago
The UK Bribery Act is actually much more severe/punitive that then US version.
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11y ago
Speaking as someone who works in a Middle Eastern country, most of these countries would totally lose their minds if AirBnB made serious penetration into the Middle East. They absolutely do not want/tolerate these types of services (Ub
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11y ago
Zahir, are these shampoos sulfate free?
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I saw this TV in Dubai Mall last week. Even with $27/bbl oil prices, they told me they sell about one a week!
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11y ago
Sounds like you have not explored Texas enough.
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11y ago
I would expect a book written in French to follow French conventions, unfortunately, in English (American), a space would read as very confusing!
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12y ago
This looks interesting - is there a gallery where you can see the reports created? Or are you only limited to the demo report?
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12y ago
As an American living in Oman, I can vouch for thousands of tourists visiting each year without running into these issues. I personally, have never experienced any sort of problems, and Oman is a MUCH nicer place to live than other parts of
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In principle I agree with you, but be aware there is no country where speech is fully protected. You can't go into a crowded theater in the USA and yell "fire!", for example.
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Those Land Cruiser LX Pickup trucks are expensive, even by American standards - and so bare bones for what you get - but you are right, they can handle anything!
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12y ago
This is probably one of the most offensive things you can do in Islam.
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A lot of this is not true. I live in Texas, and electricity is not a disaster. You can choose from a variety of rates and providers (you can visit powertochoose.org to see the site), but the local electric utility provider (the company that
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13y ago
If you sold the business, this would not be a salary - this would be a capital gains transaction.
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Saudi oil may be "free" to produce, but their entire economy is built around $70/barrel oil price.
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I'm not sure there are many Bama fans in NYC!
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The Networks don't want that. ESPN alone commands $5/a month. Don't want that? Disney has blocked all it's other channels - ABC/ABC family, Disney, etc as a huge block - that you MUST get. Want HD? another fee. Cable is increasingly becomin
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you should see the contract that American Idol makes its participants sign...not just the winner, but all the participants in the Hollywood round and beyond have to sign a contract.
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15y ago
It's only a little bit ironic that his calendar for July 2012 is wrong.
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15y ago
I agree with you, but its ironic given the article from yesterday about Pinterest (who went at it for 2 years before finally gaining traction). Really? 4 months to gain traction? I wonder how they come up with this number?
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I can see differentiation based on features - iPhones are differentiated on space. A user can distinguish between an iPod Touch, a nano, a classic, and an iPhone. I do a big WTF when I look at the Dell website. It's literally insane. It use
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MS's strategy hasn't produced a noticeable return on investment over the past decade. Argue with the business logic all you want, but all logic supports a theory that MS should be split up into various businesses. The big problem at MS seem
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What's the disadvantage in giving something like Bitlocker and UNIX to regular professional users? Windows XP Starter Edition and MC edition came after their regular editions had launched. In the case of MC edition, it was launched almost a
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If Facebook is down for 2 hours, you're not suddenly going to sign up on MySpace. By contrast, other companies can lose millions of dollars in that same timespan!
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Why does it have to be like this? Why the distinction between Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise? If Windows 7 Ultimate is the same thing sa Windows 7 Enterprise? Why the distinction? Window 95 was just...windows 95. Windows XP
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