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Open thread Oct. 17, 2014

Dan Crawford | October 17, 2014 5:10 am

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  • Denis Drew says:
    October 17, 2014 at 11:12 am

    Maternal deaths in childbirth rise in the U.S.
    By Carol Morello May 2, Washington Post

    “The researchers estimated that 18.5 mothers died for every 100,000 births in the U.S. in 2013, a total of almost 800 deaths. That is more than double the maternal mortality rate in Saudi Arabia and Canada, and more than triple the rate in the United Kingdom.”
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maternal-deaths-in-childbirth-rise-in-the-us/2014/05/02/abf7df96-d229-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html

  • amateur socialist says:
    October 20, 2014 at 7:58 am

    The headline probably should have read: “IBM keeps insane EPS promise by ex-ceo, sells off crown jewels, exits hardware business.”

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/globalfoundries-to-acquire-ibms-microelectronics-business-2014-10-20?reflink=MW_news_stmp

    I wish I could get paid $1.5B to buy an asset that recently got $3B investment by IBM shareholders.

  • amateur socialist says:
    October 20, 2014 at 9:10 am

    oops I guess I should have kept reading – this Bloomberg story says Madame Rometty finally gave up on the EPS target…

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-20/ibm-abandons-2015-earnings-goal-as-rometty-divests-assets-1-.html

    Don’t worry about wall street though she’s still willing to borrow money to buy IBM stock! I thought Enron proved that didn’t work…

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