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Lloyd Blankfein Plans on Living to 117, and Probably Will

13 Jun

Reblogged from Observer:

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Much has been made of Lloyd Blankfein's comments this morning during a speech in front of the Economic Club of Chicago, where the Goldman Sachs chief executive discussed matters like the Euro crisis, the future of the financial services industry, and why Goldman Sachs is (supposedly) bullish on China.

And then there was his aside about sticking around at Goldman

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The Bacon Sundae is Coming

13 Jun

Reblogged from NewsFeed:

Just when we thought fast food news could not get any more exciting, Burger King announced that it will be offering a bacon sundae throughout the U.S. this summer.

The dessert — a 510 calorie monstrosity featuring both a whole strip of bacon and bacon crumbles atop a fudge and caramel sundae — was released in April in Nashville to…

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What the Fuzz? Swedish Tourism Board Tries to Explain @sweden's Epic Twitter Fail

13 Jun

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The Swedish tourism board has just discovered Twitter's greatest paradox: 140 characters is just long enough to say something stupid, but not nearly long enough to explain yourself when you do.

It all began innocently enough. In an effort to democratize national speech, Sweden's tourism board decided to hand over its twitter account, @sweden, to a different Swede every week.

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We're forever blowing bubbles

13 Jun

Reblogged from Fortune Management & Career Blog:

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Facebook is just the latest. And some of us will be relieved when it pops.

FORTUNE – I don't like Facebook. There, I said it, and you know what? It felt good. I don't like Facebook I don't like Facebook I don't like Facebook. I have a feeling there are a lot of people who feel the way I do but are ashamed to say so.

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