Finnish car company gets $528.7 million
 

to build an electric car that will go a whole FIFTY MILES!!!

And all for $40,000.

What could possibly go wrong?

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...ion-govt-loan/

Guess who is right in the middle of it.

Fisker has raised tens of millions of dollars from top venture capital
firms such as Palo Alto Investors and Kleiner Perkins Caufield &
Byers, of which former Vice President Al Gore is a partner.

Now we are bailing out Al Gore. Anybody want to bet how much of that
$528 million is going to repay Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers?

Finnish car company gets $528.7 million
 

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:27:20 -0700, Toots Sweet wrote:

to build an electric car that will go a whole FIFTY MILES!!!

And all for $40,000.

What could possibly go wrong?

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...es/1115/calif-
automaker-receives-5287-million-govt-loan/

Guess who is right in the middle of it.

Fisker has raised tens of millions of dollars from top venture capital
firms such as Palo Alto Investors and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
of which former Vice President Al Gore is a partner.

Now we are bailing out Al Gore. Anybody want to bet how much of that
$528 million is going to repay Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers?

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

Finnish car company gets $528.7 million
 

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

Finnish car company gets $528.7 million
 

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

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.