This has been a long week, and I’m so glad it’s almost over. Earlier this week I spent a day spying on my company’s competition by sitting in during one of their presentations to a client (a large telecom company with a three letter name) who’s contract we’re both trying to win. After that I spent 23 hours at Newark airport which is quickly becoming one of my least favorite places in NJ. Then this morning, one of the clients for a project I’m working on held a conference call to share the news that their parent company is cutting them off, which basically means their company is disbanded until they can find new venture capital. Apparently this announcement is not going to be made public for at least a few more days, so I suppose that gives me some time to short a few stocks… but I’m not, because insider trading is illegal. ;) Anyway, at least this lightens my load at work, although you can bet it’s just a matter of time before my boss throws more stuff at me.
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