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Default Finnish car company gets $528.7 million

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:18:07 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:30:00 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:35:10 -0500, thunder
wrote:

LOL, bail out? KPC&B doesn't need any bailouts. Amongst their other
investments was $25 million for 20% of Google. What's Google's worth
now? $100 billion or so?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner...ufield_&_Byers


And just to keep it on topic, have you seen the pictures of Bill
Perkins' yacht, the Maltese Falcon?

http://sailboats.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/maltese-falcon-yacht-main.jpg

http://www.elmarine.com/images/maltese-falcon-yacht-saloon.jpg


You mean the one he sold because it cost too much to operate?

http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/200...ns_bad_inv.php

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6736074.ece




Jeez, things are tough all over I guess.