Daily Archives: 08-12-19

“To our sincere regret, however, it has now emerged that the text contains deeper levels of meaning, which are not immediately accessible to a non-native speaker.”

By m3t00 | Published: 08-12-19
Sydney Morning Herald (Hutcheon, “Eminent Scientific Journal Gets Hit,” 11 Dec ’08): One of Europe’s most prestigious scientific research institutes has had to issue an apology after discovering that the calligraphy used on the cover of its flagship magazine [Max Planck Forschung] to illustrate a special China edition was in fact an ad for a [...]
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“the greatest mass murderer of the 21st century”

By m3t00 | Published: 08-12-19
Greenspan’s body count (Angry bear)
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Snip, snip, snip[, snip, snip (update)]

By m3t00 | Published: 08-12-19
Orange: “3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG). [...] The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.” Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service Djibouti: 71% out of service Egypt: 52% out of [...]
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Troubled asse(t)s

By m3t00 | Published: 08-12-19
WSJ: Some Credit Suisse Group bankers were left reeling after the bank said it would pay a substantial percentage of their 2008 compensation with an illiquid group of junk bonds, mortgage-backed securities and corporate loans. [...] This year, up to 80% of the stock portion will come via what Credit Suisse is formally calling a [...]
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