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This new annual thread has been carved out of the previous thread in an effort to reduce the number of megathreads on the AC forum. For those interested previous versions are the original 2004 - 2014 thread , 2015 edition, 2016 edition and 2017 edition
The original thread started by accident but quickly became a popular place to come and discuss off topic things such as hockey, new movies, or almost anything that wouldn't fit into existing AC forum threads. More Air Canada or Aeroplan topics such as flight feedback, in-flight services issues or mileage earning/redemption are all topics that should go into existing AC forum threads so others can benefit from this information. Topics about hotels or airlines and/or their loyalty programs should be posted elsewhere on FT as should topics better suited to other forums such as Travel Products for questions about luggage or Travel Photography for discussion about cameras.
While the conversation is more relaxed as it would be in a lounge that doesn't mean however that the FT rules don't apply here as they definitely do so please refrain from controversial topics such as politics or religion, avoid profanities and treat other lounge patrons with the same respect you expect.
The original thread started by accident but quickly became a popular place to come and discuss off topic things such as hockey, new movies, or almost anything that wouldn't fit into existing AC forum threads. More Air Canada or Aeroplan topics such as flight feedback, in-flight services issues or mileage earning/redemption are all topics that should go into existing AC forum threads so others can benefit from this information. Topics about hotels or airlines and/or their loyalty programs should be posted elsewhere on FT as should topics better suited to other forums such as Travel Products for questions about luggage or Travel Photography for discussion about cameras.
While the conversation is more relaxed as it would be in a lounge that doesn't mean however that the FT rules don't apply here as they definitely do so please refrain from controversial topics such as politics or religion, avoid profanities and treat other lounge patrons with the same respect you expect.
The Forum Lounge Thread (2018)
#1081
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I've got two friends (one MBA-turned-scientist, one consultant) helping me out, but I suspect I will end up taking you up on that offer. Good luck with your exams!
#1082
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Fans shut out: Only 96 seats available for general public for Leafs first home playoff game | CBC News
Fans shut out: Only 96 seats available for general public for Leafs first home playoff game; Season ticket holders, scalpers, corporations have stranglehold on Leafs tickets CBC/Toronto Star reveal
#1083
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My recommendation is to send a message to the mods - they usually provide a rationale if you ask.
#1084
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Fans shut out: Only 96 seats available for general public for Leafs first home playoff game CBC News
Fans shut out: Only 96 seats available for general public for Leafs first home playoff game; Season ticket holders, scalpers, corporations have stranglehold on Leafs tickets CBC/Toronto Star reveal
#1085
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I do know plenty of Bruins and Leaf fans. They are corporate seats
#1086
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I wish I took more advantage of it!
In 2012 I paid an exorbitant price for third row seats at the ACC for a BUF @ TOR game... I will NEVER do that again. (at least the Leafs won that game)
#1087
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When I was with a Big 4, I had ample access to box/corporate seats at several NHL arenas for NHL pre-season and regular season games.
I wish I took more advantage of it!
In 2012 I paid an exorbitant price for third row seats at the ACC for a BUF @ TOR game... I will NEVER do that again. (at least the Leafs won that game)
I wish I took more advantage of it!
In 2012 I paid an exorbitant price for third row seats at the ACC for a BUF @ TOR game... I will NEVER do that again. (at least the Leafs won that game)
#1088
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(Plus, my friend, who I attended with, had to go home immediately after the game to tend to his family)
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My dude
#1090
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?? that's a totally valid question to ask
Case in point, Gilead has a drug that cures Hep C, Sovaldi -- but guess what, if you cure your patients, your pool of patients will eventually dry up
https://www.investors.com/news/techn...ck-abbvie-win/
Case in point, Gilead has a drug that cures Hep C, Sovaldi -- but guess what, if you cure your patients, your pool of patients will eventually dry up
https://www.investors.com/news/techn...ck-abbvie-win/
Trouble is, Gilead didn't just treat hepatitis C. For the most part, it cured patients after about three months ... Eventually, the patient pool was bound to get smaller, and it has. Sovaldi and Harvoni sales fell a respective 24% and 34% in 2016.
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After climbing rapidly in 2013 and 2014, Gilead stock started to slip in 2015 and lost 31% in 2016 as analysts issued report after report modeling what Gilead would look like without HCV.
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After climbing rapidly in 2013 and 2014, Gilead stock started to slip in 2015 and lost 31% in 2016 as analysts issued report after report modeling what Gilead would look like without HCV.
#1091
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?? that's a totally valid question to ask
Case in point, Gilead has a drug that cures Hep C, Sovaldi -- but guess what, if you cure your patients, your pool of patients will eventually dry up
https://www.investors.com/news/techn...ck-abbvie-win/
Case in point, Gilead has a drug that cures Hep C, Sovaldi -- but guess what, if you cure your patients, your pool of patients will eventually dry up
https://www.investors.com/news/techn...ck-abbvie-win/
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This is the problem with society. You're inferring so much from a very simple question.
Is it a valid business model?
Because if not, maybe governments (whose job is different than a corporation) should take a more active role in "helping people".
But I certainly think it's reasonable for a company to ask if what they're doing makes business sense.
And I say this as someone who expects to pay for insulin for the rest of my life.
Is it a valid business model?
Because if not, maybe governments (whose job is different than a corporation) should take a more active role in "helping people".
But I certainly think it's reasonable for a company to ask if what they're doing makes business sense.
And I say this as someone who expects to pay for insulin for the rest of my life.
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Like any case where market forces alone would create perverse incentives for private actors, government needs to step in with appropriate regulations to encourage the outcomes that we have collectively decided are desirable.
#1094
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Indeed it is -- if I'm a drug company and I can't make enough profits to bankroll research (remember, not all drug research pans out, e.g. https://www.genengnews.com/the-lists...-2017/77901028 ), let's say in the extreme example, the company ends up folding. Now my drug company won't be able to help anybody -- i.e. the argument of how can I help others when I can't even help myself
I don't even want to go into how F'ed things would get if the government tried to "help" ... e.g. SF spends over $200M annually and yet I have to walk past 10 crazy homeless people every day walking 5 blocks to work.
Don't want to get myself banished to OMNI, but just want to highlight that the reality of the world isn't as simple/utopian/idealistic as things "ought" to be -- especially when you start paying taxes at the level that cow and I do ugh
I don't even want to go into how F'ed things would get if the government tried to "help" ... e.g. SF spends over $200M annually and yet I have to walk past 10 crazy homeless people every day walking 5 blocks to work.
Don't want to get myself banished to OMNI, but just want to highlight that the reality of the world isn't as simple/utopian/idealistic as things "ought" to be -- especially when you start paying taxes at the level that cow and I do ugh