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Agreed, it looks like the breakdown for '49-07 is $53B military $30B economic. I have no idea how that was committed etc., but it shouldn't be discounted the unique position Israel…

"Israel is the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign assistance since World War II. From 1976-2004, Israel was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, havin…

the way I look at it, ambition is your own personal goal/view/desire (directed inward) . . . arrogance is when you push your ambitions on others (directed outward).

The actual staff report linked in that article is well worth the read. These companies are basically running shady private tax schemes. No value-added. I'm glad the senate report p…

"The last 3 years was a process you had to go through to get to where you eventually want to be. A very efficient process that not too many others ever get a chance for." Why not a…

"Do you have any idea what the current financial situation would have looked like if the government had just let the banks collapse?" No, and neither do you. That's why its called …

Goldman's business was subsidized by the Government, in the form of funding Goldman's transaction partners, so that they could pay Goldman what was owed. In normal business if my c…

couldn't agree more . . . just because something exists in a market doesn't mean it should. Capitalism is a system/strategy, how you apply that depends on your values (or what you …

and again those are decided numbers, someone was convinced of those figures.

Only if you CHOOSE to ACCEPT outside investors, and CHOOSE a board that doesn't have the same vision for the company as you do. I'm no lawyer, but I'm guessing if you own your own …

I think what Jason's getting at is to look beyond the offer/fiduciary responsibility mindset and to think bigger, to be motivated by passion and have grander ambitions than looking…

I found it curious that there's an ad unit on the onenote product page http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx .

based on what? we have a sense of prices, but how is the underlying value measured?

it sounds like they they raised a little over $30M, and the last $14M of that was @ a $140M valuation.

What a great resource. I wonder why steve jobs hasn't spoken at ted? most other great tech leaders appear to have held court there.

does it have to be a choice? why not create value with art, and exchange that value for money.

I think it's mentioned that part of his company was sold to brad greenspan of euniverse/intermix(myspace) fame. I don't know how much this reflects on Andrew and/or mailbits, but b…

If I had to guess I'd say vc oversight is part of a larger 'lets watch all the money in the system' initiative. Seeing as how the govt has pledged upwards of $12 trillion to bridge…