vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
There are two basic kinds of derivatives - forward contracts and options.   A forward is an agreement between two parties for one party to buy/sell some asset to the other at a price that they agree upon today at some date in the future. An option is an agreement that gives one party the right, but not the obligation, to buy/sell the asset at some date in the future.  Most derivatives that exist are a combination of these two things. For instance, a futures contract is a standardized forward contract that is traded on an exchange, and a swap is a portfolio (or chain) of forward contracts linked together. American/Bermudan options are just options that allow you to exercise on more than one day.
That means that a company that doesn't have 51% of its shares on the open market is pretty much un-buyable without getting at least some of those private shareholders to cash out. But, that's actually pretty rare; some of your larger multinationals may have as little as 10% of their equity in the hands of the upper management who would be trying to resist such a takeover. At this point, the company being bought is probably treating this as a ""hostile takeover"". They have options, such as: However, for companies that are at risk of a takeover, unless management still controls enough of the company that an overruling public stockholder decision would have to be unanimous, the shareholder voting body will often reject efforts to activate these measures, because the takeover is often viewed as a good thing for them; if the company's vulnerable, that's usually because it has under-performing profits (or losses), which depresses its stock prices, and the buying company will typically make a tender offer well above the current stock value. Should the buying company succeed in approving the merger, any ""holdouts"" who did not want the merger to occur and did not sell their stock are ""squeezed out""; their shares are forcibly purchased at the tender price, or exchanged for equivalent stock in the buying company (nobody deals in paper certificates anymore, and as of the dissolution of the purchased company's AOI such certs would be worthless), and they either move forward as shareholders in the new company or take their cash and go home."
While it is true that if the Federal reserve bank makes a change in their rate there is not an immediate change in the other rates that impact consumers; there is some linkage between the federal rate, and the costs of banks and other lenders regarding borrowing money. Of course the cost of borrowing money does impact the costs for businesses looking to expand, which does impact their ability to hire more workers and expand capacity. A change in business expansion does impact employment and unemployment... Then changes in employment can cause a change in raises, which can cause changes in prices which is inflation... Plus the lenders that lend to business see the flow of new loans change as the employment outlook change.  If the costs of doing business for the bank changes or the flow of loans change, they do adjust the rates they pay depositors and the rates they charge borrowers... How long it will take to change the cost of an auto loan? No way to tell.  Keep in mind that in complex systems, change can be delayed, and won't move in lock step. For example the price of gas\s doesn't always move the same way a price of a barrel of oil does.
Sure, sure, as long as we shift over to a socialist or post-scarcity economy first.  While I have to compete with the arbitrarily-enhanced for jobs, fuck no I'm not letting them go forward.  Note: I'm in favor of transhumanism, in favor of the Singularity, in favor of post-scarcity economies.  I'm *not* in favor of capitalism, which makes human progress into a danger to be contained.
I don't want to ruin your childhood, but, some companies are in the red with no sight of seeing black on their balance sheets in the future with whatever Kay-Bee toys business model was. Some business models just don't adapt to changes in the game, and have been too inefficient for too long. They run a business, not a charity.  EDIT: Not sure why I'm getting downvoted. We're not talking about a fantasy world where everyone will be employed and every business will succeed. That's just not realistic. If Kay-Bee toys was sold to Romney's Bain Capital means it was probably in shambles in the first place, and the employees would have lost their jobs anyway.
"I'd recommend hitting the loan the hardest, but getting something invested as well. It's tempting to see these decisions as binary, so it's good to see you wondering if a ""mix"" is best.  I admit to being a spreadsheet junky, but I think this is a good candidate for working up various scenarios to see where the pain/pleasure point is and once you've identified it, move forward with it (e.g., let's say it's a 10K lump sum you're dealing with, what does 5k on the loan and 5k invested look like over the next 6 months, 12 months, 24 months (requires assumptions on investment performance)? What about 6K loan, 4K invested? 7K loan, 3K invested? etc)"
This is actually not at all surprising. We've been pumping oil for a long time, it makes sense that the guys doing this are very good at knowing where the line between profit and loss is. With government handouts more operations are on the profit side. So those operations go forward.
The US will be a third world country, full of uneducated, climate change denying, racist, debtors; who still think coal is a viable resource. Just watch as China slowly shifts its trade from heading over the pacific, to heading west towards places like India and Russia. As the US under the Trump administration is refusing to move forward in transitioning into clean and renewable energy sources, we are leaving the window open for china to become the dominant world power.
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I was typing up a long response and lost it to a backspace.. so, I apologize but I don't intend on rewriting it all.  You'll have to use a method called bootstrapping to get the forward rates.  Essentially you're looking at the spot rate today, and the forward rates, then filling in what must be the rate to make them equal out in the end.  Sorry I'm not more help!
&gt; Empowering consumers by giving them fewer choices?  We clearly disagree about whether this acquisition equates to fewer choices for the consumer!   In a year or two, as a suburbanite, I expect this move to allow me access to Amazon's grocery delivery service, which is currently only available in the big cities. This gives me an extra option for getting groceries alongside my pre-existing options (Kroger, Wal Mart, etc.).   Furthermore, while shopping at Kroger, I can compare their prices with Amazon's over my phone.   The other options know they will have to step up their game to succeed. It's increased competition for them, and therefore good for me.
"Can I rent a mailbox at UPS Store and use it as a physical business address? Depending on the type of business, this may not be allowed. However, there's no blanket restriction, so you need to check if for business of the type that you have this is not forbidden. In any case, there's ""business address"" and there's ""address of records"". The former can, for most part, be a PO box. The latter usually cannot. Check if Virginia requires ""address of records"" to be provided. Can I use my home address as a registered agent address? If yes, would my house be considered as a business property? or registered address is just an address that gonna receive mails from the government state? Yes, you can be your LLCs registered agent. The registered agent must be able to accept official deliveries during the regular business hours. PO box cannot be used for that purpose, it must be a physical address where there's someone present to sign for you when you're served with lawsuits and notices. If you are not at home during the regular business hours - you cannot provide your home address for that purpose. You will be using your home for business purposes, whether you're serving as your own registered agent or not. So depending on your county/city laws - it is likely that your home will be considered place of business either way. Can I use UPS mailbox store for both business address and registered agent? See above. What other options should I consider? You can hire a register agent in your State, it is usually $50-$100/year. They will scan whatever they receive and forward to you, usually within hours. Some also provide mail forwarding service (i.e.: they'll forward any mail for you, not only official correspondence), but that usually costs extra."
What happened in the past, the rent you paid last year, is in the past.  You shouldn't be concerned with the percentage increase, but with whether you want that apartment at the new rent for the coming year.  If your rent had been half what it was last year and the new proposal were to double it, you would be outraged at the doubling, but really you got a steal last year.   Going forward, you have three options.  You can accept the new rent, you can decline it and move, or you can try to negotiate a better rate.  It sounds like the landlord is hoping you will find the hassle of moving enough to accept the new rent.  If you do negotiate, you should know what your preferred alternative is, which you should use to set your walkaway point.  If you make a counterproposal, it is often useful to show what a comparable apartment is renting for to justify the rent you suggest.
I believe we already do? We have subsidies and stuff to entice companies to move to certain cities for example. Also the defense companies are still businesses in the end. I used to work at one for what it's worth.  But sure if it somehow makes a difference instead of businesses we can fund infrastructure projects, public transportation, education, or really anything else that benefits society in a more direct way.
"Its amazing how little users in the business subreddit know or even have a basic understanding of bitcoin/cryptocurrencies when people are literally investing [more than a billion dollars](http://blocktribune.com/september-promises-busy-ico-market/) and as the op article states is worth over a hundred billion dollars in just 9 months.  Some of you are calling it a ""bubble"" and while that may be true for the entire market (leaving some of these startups dead in the water), bitcoin is merely gaining traction as it has done since it was worth pennies. It rises, dips, rises higher, dips, rises to even higher heights. There is revolutionary technology in cryptocurrencies that people in the forefront of business should be paying attention to. Some of the cryptocurrencies are going to succeed, it's just a matter of which ones. Bitcoin is not a bad bet."
Forms for the Colorado LLCs are online. You can find the link to the dissolution form here, and instructions here. IRS instructions are here. That's what they want: To close your business account, send us a letter that includes the   complete legal name of the entity, the EIN, the business address and   the reason you wish to close your account. If you have a copy of the   EIN Assignment Notice that was issued when your EIN was assigned,   include that when you write to us at: Internal Revenue Service Cincinnati, Ohio 45999 Everything is pretty straight forward.  Note that you might be required to file a initial/final tax return if you had any transactions.
you really have your facts in hand.  are you involved in policymaking?  are you a researcher?  would you consider doing an AMA? actually with everybody being so hopped up right now, it might be a huge shitshow to try that... i just would really like to see level headed, factual information out there for people.  i guess that makes me kind of dumb, because people are not seeking level headed factual information at this point in the festivities.  sorry I'm contradicting myself right and left  may i ask, what do you think an intelligent policy would be, going forward?
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For Cook, it was finding Apple, a company that stood for something bigger than selling electronics and make money. Apple’s vision, back then, was to serve humanity. It means to look at humankind and see how it can be helped to move forward.  Why not? Sure we can criticize them for the workers conditions in China, Congo but things seem to have improved there and he has been a very vocal supporter of environment and gay rights. Also, you can search Apple and Accessibility. They did a lot ot good things for disable people. It's not black and white.
That is where I think Walmart comes in to buy up a business like this. With their network of stores and the insane buying power they have the can push a good solid quality that the middle class American wants and do it very cheaply. I feel this will be their main combat against Amazon buying whole foods. Currently Walmart makes more on grocery sales than anything else as a hole and will continue to do so because of what and how they are doing it. Walmart is sneaky as fuck when it comes to what they can do and how they can do it. Even Walmart buying up Advanced Auto Parts is a solid counter move to Amazon buying Whole Foods...the next step is buying a Blue Apron type business... and with how Blue Apron is doing financially and given their name they are entering buy off territory.  In my humble albeit non pro status in the stock market my 3 buys are Snap Chat, GoPro, and Walmart for long term retire and never have to worry about money again companies. I am by no means an expert but I have never come close to losing money in the stock market and do a good amount of research before I invest. Snapchat is my top 1 tbh. Sorry for going on a tangent lol
The thing that is working to Foxconn's advantage here is that there were several states competing for this, thats exactly it. This is actually how all business works, its no surprise. States usually compete for large businesses to move their by giving tax breaks, because it benefits their people and they will eventually still collect taxes.  Now, the first part interest me, how much does the state usually spend on a project like this? I wouldnt really consider it a gamble unless you consider all investments to be gambles, but that also connotates that you think this is high risk. What makes you say that Foxconn wont live up to its promises? Wont the state just sue based on the terms of agreement?
90% of economists agree that moving forward with production makes a society far better off as a whole even if it means short term job loss. Just think about all the employment changes that have taken place over the centuries. Clothing production, farming, transportation, plumbing just to name a few. Just imagine if we never used modern plumbing because we refused to lay off jack and Jill because it's their job to get the pale of water. This wil suck for the people that loose their job but overall this is just us growing as a society. This is worth reading.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_unemployment
&gt; Correct - I believe in freedom.  Clearly, the freedom to succeed if you can add productivity and the freedom to fail if you can't.  Follow-up question: In your system what should happen to the people who can not be productive either by handicap or a lack of skills?
Right, but the world needs an army of burger flippers and low skill level wage earners, how else would the upper echelons profit? Wait, I forgot let's let arbitrary randomness and luck determine who gets a job instead of the one's with a passion for it. And then we can finally let people with passions start up their business because of complete happen-stance, or you know we could make a system in which there are more chances for people to succeed based on previous people's capabilities and successes, but no, this is between you and the universe to determine survival of the fittest, no hand outs! Sarcasms, and such.
"I also spend countless hours of my own time studying. It's the only way to continue to move forward in the tech world. I have to disagree with you on this point:  ""Given the fact that tech is ever evolving, no one should ever be surprised to find out that there are long hours involved""  That's is the complete opposite of what should happen. Evolving technology should make our lives easier. I see that in my current position which allows me to telecommute whenever I feel like it. Hell I could probably move across the country and maintain my current position. We're pretty much post startup mode at this point though.   My last position was for a fortune 100 shipping company. Was required to work 12 hour swing shifts. Required to be on 8 am meetings when I worked 6pm-6am. Why? Because ""fuck you"" that's why (this is the reasoning coming from my manager).  Also I find it crazy that so many people have an issue with the use of the word fuck. What are we children? The fucking point of the post is to slap you in the fucking face. I also find it much more entertaining to read then your standard business journal.  ""Sadly, her reputation with prospective employers might be influenced by her choice of words in the interest of ""fucking glory.""""  When you clear of half a million I don't think you are exactly on the job hunt. Even if she was someone would be stupid to not hire her the second she walked in the door on the track record of creating successful products.   Also I personally have had ups and downs trying to escape working for others. I made my employer over 75k last quarter alone. They don't pay me that much a year. From dec-feb of last year I made double my yearly salary online. I've also lost more than I care to mention investing in new ideas. I'm young and stupid. I didn't need to recklessly spend the money the way I did but somethings you learn the hardway. The point is that if you own the product/business you reap the rewards. That also means possible taking a hit for losses, but if you succeed it is going to be well worth it.  This idea isn't for everyone. Business/product creators need people who want to work hourly while they earn the big bucks. I'm starting to see that I need to build my own dreams not some investors."
I am touched that you think I can start a civil war on reddit.  You are a presumptuous fool and completely missed the point.  I did not blame my employers for this country's oppressive monetary system.  They did not design it, and they also struggle under it.  Your incapacity for empathy of people who were not born lucky and have to struggle to make ends meet and live every day with financial worries is the asshole attitude of the rich fuckers of whom I speak.  I am sure you enjoyed masturbating over your hallucinations about who you think I am.  You must be one of privileged brats who has never applied for a job and has no idea what it takes to start or succeed in business if you think it is so easy.  Or maybe you have stockholm syndrome and learned to enjoy taking it in the ass.
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i dont suppose elon's intention is to make money. which ironically is one of the reasons he will succeed. turning a quick buck business model wont work for an industry disrupter like telsa. right now they are getting the early adopters to fund the tech for more readily affordable cars. the money made is reinvested in r&amp;d. they need a few breakthroughs before things take off, its a long term strategy. investing in tesla isnt for everybody, but the few people with enough forsight to put some money into this concept could be looking at very large gains. its kinda like investing in apple when steve jobs was just a crazy smelly hippy.
Firstly if your Partnership makes less than $20,000 in revenue (before expenses are applied), then you cannot claim any net losses from the Partnership against your other income. However, you still need to include the Partnership details in your Tax Return showing your portion on the net loss, and you will also be required to submit a separate Tax Return for the Partnership showing the net losses. Any net losses from the Partnership will be carried forward to future tax years and can be used as a deduction against your Partnership Income when and if it does start to make a profit.
We're on the Business subreddit here, right? Just checking, because most of the comments are against Netflix &amp; Weed.  From a business standpoint, both the show and this new wave of Netflix inspired strains is genius marketing - going with a successful new niche/sector is always a smart move.  Am I missing something?
That whole sexual harassment thing isn't really enforced. Most married couples meet at work and it has to start somewhere. If you see a nice piece of ass and there isn't a ring on the finger, go for it. If there is a ring, well, that's makes it a bit more fun.   Besides, nobody stays at companies for 30 years anything, the tail you're nailing will most likely move up and out or something.
"That's increasingly untrue. Zynga products are essentially ""poke with cows"" which means that they need access to the user's social graph. That doesn't necessarily require facebook or google plus or whatever, though those platforms do make it easier. Once they have an installed base, and know the connections between users, they could move away from those sites if they had to. It's not ideal for them, but if facebook wants to impose some serious margins, it could be a viable path forward."