Diego Segura
@diegosegura
designer, writer, founder. currently obsessed with monetary theory, high finance, corporate law, regretting dropping out of high school, and sudoku. author of a 2018 book, “the dropout manifesto.”
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[...] operators are unlikely to add much supply over the next several years. For one thing, day rates aren’t high enough to justify new orders. Tidewater reckons a rate of at least $38,000 to justify the purchase of a new OSV at an assumed 15% cost of capital. In the second quarter, Tidewater itself was earning an average of $16,042 per day.... See more
I don't know if we were financially ready for our show, to be honest. I was impatient. I was ready. If you asked Vincent, our CEO, would probably say “No,” we shouldn't have done a show. I want to do all these things, but he is better with money. But that's why we work as a team. I am an emotional designer
Brenda Weischer • BRENDA’S BUSINESS with PETER DO
Well, money. There was $370 in her account. “And I made a $400 sale two hours ago,” she said, meaning she had been in the red that morning.
Jessica Testa • Should Making It in Fashion Be This Hard?
Velez’s clothes are thrashed, harsh, and even imply some kind of violence. She isn’t interested in “beauty” in the old-fashioned sense of the fashion industry, but in the chaotic multiplicities contained within femininity, even as women are portrayed exclusively as victims in the media.
Adam Lehrer • Who’s Afraid of Elena Velez?
On a chilly morning in downtown Los Angeles, a week after my visit, I put on one of the hoodies Playboy gave me. As I was standing in line for a coffee, a young skateboarder complimented it. After thanking him, I couldn’t help but ask, “What does the Playboy bunny stand for, in your opinion?”
He paused for a while.
“Uhh,
I dunno.
Boobs?”
He paused for a while.
“Uhh,
I dunno.
Boobs?”
Cassidy George • The Play-Doh Bunny: A History of Playboy
we overthink our brand strategy to be remembered as one (or two!) things.
As stated in Section 340 of the Banking Law, “No person or other entity shall engage in the business of making loans in the principal amount of twenty-five thousand dollars or less for any loan to an individual for personal, family, household, or investment purposes and in a principal amount of fifty thousand dollars or less for business and... See more
Licensed Lenders: Information and Resources
Farley conceded that there are “a lot of underwater bonds in the banking system and that can pose financial stability risks because banks are leveraged institutions. If it’s levered 10 to 1 and you have a 10 percent loss, all the equity is gone.” Which, of course, is exactly what happened to Bear Stearns, which at times was levered 50 to 1, meaning... See more