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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 19. September | 75 comments (75 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Havent they suffered enough? (none / 0)

Free theatre for Lehman staff - Yahoo! News UK

Employees of bankrupt investment bank Lehman Bros have been offered free theatre tickets by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.(Advertisement)
An estimated 5,000 London staff lost their jobs on Monday but they now have until October 15 to view some of the biggest shows on the West End.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Sep 18th, 2008 at 06:25:08 PM EST
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Re: Havent they suffered enough? (none / 0)

WTF?

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Sep 18th, 2008 at 06:29:07 PM EST
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Re: Havent they suffered enough? (none / 1)

The tickets were probably paid for in advance by Lehman, and now that the vouchers are not going to be used, they want to get rid of the seats ASAP...

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$E(X_t|F_s) = X_s,\quad t > s$

by martingale on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 04:39:38 AM EST
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