Schleck Says Contador Signing Was No Surprise | Cyclingnews.com

Schleck Says Contador Signing Was No Surprise Cyclingnews.com

It just surprises me that it was no surprise.

Andy Schleck rules himself out of Luxembourg World Championship team

There you have it !

Australia drops out of the race for a seat at the UN Security Council, which automatically leaves that seat to Luxembourg.
Luxembourg counters with Schleck you very much, but no Schleck at the World Championship in Australia.

Andy Schleck rules himself out of Luxembourg World Championship team

I can only say that the World Championship and the World Government are both losers in those decisions. Now read that last sentence one more time.

Cycling: Wedding for Frank Schlek before Bid for Tour of Spain

Cycling: Wedding for Frank Schlek before Bid for Tour of Spain

For the record. Please disregard the missing C as in "Collar Bone" in the name Schleck. That wasn't me. Now lets go to the Vuelta. With Bjarne Riis as the team boss. Not to speak about friend of Contadors's! Next, we'll check out that Vuelta.

Luxembourg Team On Schedule For 2011 Debut | Cyclingnews.com

An expected development:

Luxembourg Team On Schedule For 2011 Debut | Cyclingnews.com

Surprisingly, a "National Team Luxembourg" runs a bit counter Luxembourg's historical experience with the Tour de France. Though "National" used to mean strictly nationals as team members. Charly Gaul would never have won the Tour de France because of the scarcity of good Luxembourg team members. It took a mixed Dutch-Luxembourg team to provide a reservoir of good domestiques to help him win the Tour 1958.

Returning to the national concept is no longer the same: it is all about the backers, which still are not well known I do hope that all this goes well. Luxembourg isn't a country that will provide many consistent backers. It is too small. For the same reason, it doesn't offer endorsement opportunities as, say, the United States.

Cycling is an immensely popular sport in Europe. But spectators don't pay. Contracts pay a little, but endorsements will make the successful athlete's living. Therefore, I stick to my guns of last year and maintain the Schlecks should have teamed up with Lance Armstrong's Radio Shack when the opportunity came knocking. Please revisit:

http://egidethein.blogspot.com/2009/07/luxembourg-tour-de-france-armstrong.html

If they had done so, imagine how the Tour de France 2010 would have evolved. Lance Armstrong would have recognized his weakness early on, releasing Andy Schleck out of a helper situation. Andy Schleck would have gotten better advice from that team than from Bjarne Riis, his sports director who secretly already knew that he would team up with .... Alberto Contador in 2011! Betrayal?

Cayman’s Financial Services Industry - How (and Why) it Works

As any so-called "offshore center", "tax haven", even "judicial and regulatory" haven, Cayman comes under attack like any other financial center, provided it is not a member of the G20.

This is an interesting swing at G20 and some good talking points for fellow havens.

Cayman’s Financial Services Industry - How (and Why) it Works

Virgin Media gets Luxembourg Tax Saver

Look here, good news, bad news.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23864899-virgin-media-in-luxembourg-tax-saver.do

Good news for Virgin. Good news for anyone in that business: why not do what Virgin does? Become a tax refugee. It is self-defense.

Here's the bad news: one day, not so far down the road, Luxembourg will wake up with yet another accusation on its sleeves. The accusation to have seduced the Virgin into unspeakable tax promiscuity. Though this one will be a tough one to build into a European crime committed by Luxembourg, without violating the so sacred European principles of free movement of services. And don't forget, the Earth is flat.

You think I'm exaggerating the bad news? Not at all, the thing started already. Doesn't the author insist on calling us a "principality"? That is already belittling and insulting the adversary before hostilities start.

Luxembourg Buys Hot Air from Estonia.

Hats off to Estonia! They just sold AAUs for € 30 million to Luxembourg. I had a number of skeptical friends calling me today asking what else Luxembourg would buy: intergalactic real estate, futures on nuclear fusion, the oil sniffing planes or residual Madoff certificates. I also heard about an interesting proposal from Dr Lulu from Nigeria.

Here is what we bought: http://www.estonianfreepress.com/2010/08/estonian-government-approves-the-sale-of-aaus-to-luxembourg/

Chapeau, those Estonians!

Luxembourg: iPhone 4 – Luxgsm, Tango and Orange Prices and Packages Compared

A very good and useful initiative and compilation by online-marketing.lu. Interesting blog.

http://www.online-marketing.lu/blog/mobile/iphone-4-luxembourg-provider-comparison

"iPhone 4 is now available in Luxembourg – Luxgsm, Orange and Tango's offers are analyzed and compared right here"