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A death sentence for a young Chinese businesswoman chills entrepreneurs

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Re: A death sentence for a young Chinese businesswoman chills entrepreneurs

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I don't know. 80% returns? Really? She was able to get 80% returns? GUARANTEED? This lady kind of sounds like a potential Madoff who got caught early. Yes, she may be totally innocent. That is one of many possibilities. Having mentioned that... man... 80%? guaranteed? Trading Futures? Maybe the punishment is a bit harsh, but it really does seem she was not totally on the up and up. And secondly, what kind of a person…

The 80% return thing reminds me of: http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/040203.html

However I have to say that claiming 80% returns does not make her a potential Bernie Madoff. Since he promised more reasonable rates of return and kept it going for far longer. Therefore on the surface his ponzi scheme seemed much more legitimate than the 80% return of hers.

Now the other thing that got me in the article was using animal placenta as a beauty treatment. I know people are injecting themselves with toxins, so I guess it shouldn't come as that much of a surprise.

Re: A death sentence for a young Chinese businesswoman chills entrepreneurs

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

But that's what you have even in Canada and the US if you get down to it. Discretionary = someone made noise about it.

Only the prosecution occurs regardless of who makes the noise, considering only the evidence there was reason for the noise.

I can see you've never been arbitrarily stopped by cops. Lucky you :)
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