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...companies that have been bloodied by the precipitous fall of the U.S. high-tech stock market nasdaq. The RTL deal also provided outsiders an intriguing glimpse into Bertelsmann's finances. Company officials say the in-house price attributed to the RTL share swap was $9 billion, roughly a 100% premium over the actual stock market valuation of RTL's shares. Using that figure, it means that Bertelsmann values itself at around $36 billion...
...that's what bugged me about this whole exercise. I paid a premium for bouquets that would sell for $20 or less at a grocery store. By Valentine's Day, the prices will be even more outrageous. Of the five sites I tried, Flowerbud.com is the only one that will not raise prices this month...
...about that now. Sister Gina is doing a five-minute interview--"just five minutes, that's all, five minutes"--and thinking about Brother Jim. "He was sweet, soft-spoken. They talked about how all seven of them traveled around, stopping at motels to take showers. They stayed in our premium site." And how would she gauge Brother Jim's sincerity, the man who left the open Bible as his last testament? "I'm sorry," she says, "I really haven't thought about that...
...Loyalty and trust in a democracy is a tricky thing. The Bush family, it is said, has always placed a premium on loyalty, as though they were a royal dynasty that valued its own preservation and power above all else. This puts them in a similar league with the Kennedys, a family that has embraced a different political ideology but places the same value on fidelity...
...understand that Omaha is in the Great Plains, where space is not at a premium. You can pirouette down the sidewalk in Omaha if you want to. But space is limited here in New York City. And no New Yorker ever walks more than two abreast; even if you're in a group of ten people, you'll walk in five pairs, not ten across. Or even better, single file...