Monthly Archives: May 2013

PepperBut just look at him.

Look.

Patrick Fagan writes:

“Our cat Pepper has gone AWOL in the Dublin 8/South Circular Road area. His coat is black with a slight ginger tinge and a few grey hairs around his neck. He’s an 11-month-old, neutered male and is not quite fully grown yet. Like most cats, he loves sitting on computers and people’s heads, but this fact probably won’t help us find him. If you live around the SCR, near Donore Avenue, please have a look in your shed if possible. He’s a great pet and we’d love to get him back.”

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Apple’s Irish company documents from the Summer of 1980.

‘Waldwill Limited’ was ‘set up’ by two Irish residents (above) as the company’s only shareholders.

The company became Apple Operations International (AOI), which retains ownership of Apple’s intellectually properties and is technically the most valuable company in the world

Valleywag writes:

These papers gave Apple an inconspicuous home away from home—only two shares in “Waldwill Limited” were issued.
Thirty years later, Waldwill Ltd. is AOI, with over 700,000 outstanding shares, shareholders that include a shadowy British Virgin Islands firm Apple taps to move money, and executive “directors” who are actually in California

 “Byzantine” plots like this are fairly standard for a company of Apple’s size, says an attorney I spoke with who’s familiar with similar tax strategies. “Companies like Apple use code names for acquisition vehicles and then don’t bother to change the name after the acquisition, particularly if the entity is only holding assets, so the stranger the name, the more likely it’s an Apple affiliate.

Here’s the Document that Started Apple’s Hidden Irish Tax Scheme (Sam Riddle, Valley Wag)

GreenCrossParcelSlideImageIsn’t it well for them?

Green Cross Parcel is a caring gift parcel service that delivers Irish-branded products to the Irish diaspora and donates all its profits to Irish charities.

Charities such as Age Action Ireland, Anam Cara, Barnardos, Caring for Carers, Crumlin Children’s Hospital, Down  Syndrome Ireland, Headstrong and Simon Community to name them all.

Starting tomorrow [Thursday] they plan to give away the controversial Tayto cheese ‘n’ onion ‘n’ chocolate bar FREE with every order.

AND they have kindly offered to ship an entire box {plus possibly ‘other’ stuff, rashers and the like] anywhere in the world to the most deserving ex-pat nominated by YOU.

Just complete this sentence;

Please send the Green Cross Parcel with ‘stuff’ to_____________because____________

Lines close at 1am.

GreenCrossParcel

Previously: Win A Box Of The Bar They’re All Talking About

Thanks Tom Fitzpatrick