Google founders cement their power with stock coup

"Our hearts are attached to google," they wrote in a letter to shareholders published on thursday. The new structure, he said, was intended to ensure that they were able to realize their vision. "We have decided that it is in google’s best interest to maintain its fundamentally based approach."

The plan: the previous google share will be de facto divided. All shareholders receive a non-voting share in addition to their voting share, which can be traded in the same way as its "big brother". The advantage now lies in the fact that in the future, for example, bonus payments to employees or the payment of acquisitions can be made by means of these non-voting shares. The power in the company does not shift.

The blasius blessing is more popular than ever

The Blasius blessing is more popular than ever

Some older people in stadtsteinach still remember that in the old days it was called "blasiwasser" the chickens and geese to drink to protect the animals from the fox all year round.

Today this need is long forgotten, even dean hans roppelt cannot remember the "blasiwasser recall. "No, we do not bless water", he explains. Nevertheless, the blasius blessing is still very popular and fascinates people. Priests give the blessing of the blasius with the words: "the almighty god grant you health and salvation; he bless you through christ, our lord, by the intercession of saint blasius."

Fort-hood-schutze found guilty

Fort-hood-schutze found guilty

He was convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder, the newspaper "austin american-statesman" reported on friday. But the penalty will be announced later. 42-year-old hasan, who had already confessed to the crime, faces the death penalty.

Hasan caused a bloodbath at the military base in texas in november 2009. He had already pleaded guilty in the proceedings and waived any defense. Trial observers said he was virtually striving for his execution. It was the first time since 1961 that an active U.S. Soldier was executed.

Of the grobwenkheim goliath and the wermerichshauser wurfel

Of the grobwenkheim goliath and the wermerichshauser wurfel

For example, elisabeth lenhardt had the "wermerichshauser wurfel" in the pack – a block from the famous green sandstone of the stonemason village, whose four sides are worked in different stonemason techniques, it says in a press release.

And anton then referred to oswald balling from grobwenkheim, who achieved fame in the 1890s with a body size of 2.18 meters as a rough soldier in the bavarian army. Many curious or striking stories were told, from the disappearance of the sacrificial stick from fridritt to the golfing nuns at the rindhof in maria bildhausen. Stories like these attract attention and lead to further questions, which ultimately help to understand the broader context.

Kissinger eissport gmbh under preliminary insolvency administration

The bad kissingen ice rink has not developed to its advantage in recent years. Even before the sale in summer 2017, the property was considered a problem child for the city because of the regular deficit from operations. And after the sale has not become permanently better. Recently, the dispute of the owners with the ice hockey club of the kissinger wolfe made headlines. Now there are financial problems. The district court of schweinfurt placed eissport bad kissingen gmbh under preliminary insolvency administration on tuesday. The clean reason for this step came from the municipal utility bad kissingen gmbh. According to the schweinfurt district court, the city's subsidiary has filed for insolvency. The aim was "to secure the receivables" his company's head of public utilities, manfred zimmer, said in response to an inquiry. The stadtwerke gmbh "could not put this off".

Receivables in the five-digit range

Zimmer did not provide any details of the claims. But it can be assumed that over a long period of time payments must have been missed. The energy supplier certainly doesn't go straight to the insolvency court because of a non-transferred monthly payment. According to the rumor, the demand of the municipal utility is in the mid-figure range. According to unconfirmed information, the company is also said to have been concerned about the photovoltaic system it maintains on the roof of the ice rink.

Few chances for a unified community

The topic was rejected with 8:1 votes. There should not be another meeting or a citizens' survey. Mayor konrad weingart (CSU and electoral community) had carefully collected many arguments for a unified municipality and also some against it. The municipal councils received a corresponding working paper. He put the emphasis on a merger of the municipalities of euerdorf, ramsthal and sulzthal. The municipality of aura remained at first in front of.

As an argument for the coarse community, weingart mentioned the already existing water supply, the community clearing plant or also the association school. The presence of various supply and disposal lines, such as broadband, ducts to the clearing plant or water pipes, also speaks in favor of a unified municipality. The water supply and the broadband connection of the ramsthal resettlers will be provided by the municipality of sulzthal. The tiresome issue of billing the clearing system on the basis of population equivalents was also eliminated by billing in a single municipality.

China commemorates coronavirus victims with three minutes of silence

China has commemorated the deaths caused by the new coronavirus with three minutes of silence. Countrywide howled on chinese death memorial day saturday at 10.00 local time (04.00 o’clock CEST) the sirens. Also honked cars and ships love their horns sounding. National flags on public buildings and in chinese embassies around the world fly at half-mast.

The commemoration is in honor of "martyrs and compatriots who died in the fight against the epidemic," according to the council of state. On the "qingming festival", chinese people traditionally mourn their dead and go to the cemeteries to clean the graves. Usually flowers, food and other objects are laid for the dead and paper money and cigarette sticks are burned.

An advisory council for seniors

The city of herzogenaurach’s senior citizens’ advisory council, which has been in existence for 18 years, is about to hold its seventh election. On 2. July, the citizens of burgenland are called upon to submit their applications by july 11. Nominations can be made in june.

The seniors’ advisory council is elected every three years, reports michael baltz from the seniors’ office of the city of herzogenaurach. In order to be able to hold elections, a sufficiently large number of candidates are needed who are willing to take on this honorary office. At the moment, the necessary minimum number of candidates has not yet been reached, writes baltz.

Opel workers fight for their plant: protest actions

Opel workers fight for their plant: protest actions

During the morning shift, the machines were at a standstill for about an hour because of an information event, confirmed spokesmen for the plant and the works council. Similar events were planned for the midday shift and for the night shift. "And this is just the beginning, we’re starting small," said a spokesman for the works council. A good 3,000 people are currently still employed in bochum.

Employee representatives do not want to accept the discontinuation of car production in bochum. The zafira family van must continue to be manufactured in bochum after 2016 and the new mokka small landing van must also come to bochum, they demand on an information sheet. Apparently, the plant management wants to outsource the mokka to spain because the employees there are willing to give up 30 percent of their wages, according to the report.

Opera star placido domingo under pressure

opera star placido domingo under pressure

After apologizing to the women who accused him of assault, spanish opera star placido domingo comes under further pressure. Spanish government canceled two planned performances of the 79-year-old at the teatro de la zarzuela in madrid.

This decision was made "due to the seriousness" of the accusations and "out of solidarity with the women affected," the national institute for performing arts and music (INAEM), which operates the zarzuela theater and is under the ministry of culture of the socialist government of prime minister pedro sanchez, announced on wednesday.