Also, the LCD panels Apple' displays are made from are available to all other phone manufacturers as well. They don't seem interested in that, so why would they go for something that is likely a higher component cost?

No, to collude, they would need to communicate in some form, written or spoken. Just guessing that the other party thinks like you and acting on that assumption is NOT collusion.

No, the banks scammed only the stock buying public instead of both them and FB.

The apostrophe denotes a contraction, not the possessive.

It's sort of a difficult question. Amazon is going to build the fulfillment centers in the location most advantageous to it. In the absence of these type negotiations, that location would be predicated on centrality of the area it will serve, available employee base, utility costs, (unaltered) tax rates, etc. There would be some small number of locations on the list with more or less equal advantages from which they would have to choose.

The cities offering these tax refunds are either not on that list, or not willing to chance not being the winner. If it is not in their interests, why would they try and do this? A few reasons I can conceive: Corruption (some kickbacks or development deals in play), PR useful for re-election, etc.

Given the way politics is played, which seems to be virtually never for the interests of the public, something along the lines of the latter two seem far more likely to me.

Have to echo that. Curious if the study looked at different levels of exercise.

  I am fast approaching 50, and in my mid 40s had pit one probably 15-20 pounds, depending on which year you look at. I scaled back my food intake from probably 3000 calories a day to 2000, but didn't really change my amount of exercise, which was low to medium, including activity at work. Probably dropped 4-6 pounds.

About 10 months ago, started doing actually strenuous workouts, although only 2-3 times a week on average, about 60-90 minutes each, and actually began eating more again, probably back up to 2500 or more, and I am down below the 20 pound loss mark, back to what I weighed in my late 20s. My metabolism is significantly higher.

I don't think moderate exercise like walking or light aerobics or things like that have the same effect.

Doesn't sound like it's me you want to play with.

Copyright would not have that problem, as you would have to file a copy of the IP being copyrighted.

In the U.S., not probably. The copyright absolutely belongs to the photographer. Barring a signed agreement that says otherwise.