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entered the argot of securities offerings in 2006 with eBay’s innocuous statement: | entered the argot of securities offerings in 2006 with eBay’s innocuous statement: | ||
{{ | {{quote|“As we expand and localize our international activities, we become obligated to comply with the laws of the countries in which we operate.”}} | ||
eBay | Within a decade, eBay came to regard compliance with local rules as discretionary, which makes their statement a whole lot ''more'' fruity: | ||
{{Quote|As we expand and localize our international activities, we ''may'' become obligated to comply with the laws of the countries or markets in which we operate.}} | {{Quote|As we expand and localize our international activities, we ''may'' become obligated to comply with the laws of the countries or markets in which we operate.}} |