Before leaving home for work, I checked news on CNN first. Orlando Shooting was still the most concerned news. It's the worst in US history: 50 people died and 53 were severely injured. I don't know how this kind of terrorism can be prevented from happening effectively. We just have to be very precautious whenever we sense or smell any oddities.
Turning onto CNBC, I was surprised by the news of Microsoft's bidding for Linkedin. It would be all cash acquisition and cost 26.2B at $196/share. Microsoft's price dropped because potential negative impact on its cash flow and earnings in short-term but Linkedin's price shot up almost 50%. I had noticed Twitter's price in pre-market bumped up on the platform of Ameritrade Trader but hadn't known the reason. It's the chain reaction. Twitter will be acquired, it's just unknown when it will happen and who is going to buy it. Social Media platform has played a very influential role on global stage. Governments are not able to control it. Now, the establishing groups put the hopes in giant enterprises to absorb and digest it, eventually transform it. I don't worry about Facebook's valuation because it has become a giant enterprise itself and its massive customer bases is invaluable for any extended businesses. Another indicator was Seattle to become the most important technology hub in US even in the world. If you are laughing at me, let's see how things will be rolled out in the next five years. As I predicted several years ago, actually on my Linkedin page, Seattle will become the center of the sophisticated economic region down from Eugene up to Vancouver, BC. The lands are inexpensive. The living conditions are favorable. The resources are plentiful. The education systems across Oregon, Washington and BC have the potential to be upgraded to higher level.
The match between Spain and Czecho was televised on ESPN. I saw Ramos and Rosicky on the screen. Spain was leading 1 to 0. Later on, Sweden would play Ireland but I wouldn't have chance to follow it. Hopefully, Ibrahimovic would perform as great as he played for PSG and AC Milan.
It's cloudy and a bit cold. I had hoped that the sky could be sunny in the whole week because of two Copa Centenario matches to be played at Centurylink Field. My son and I would go to the one Argentina playing Bolivia on Tuesday night. I am still weighing if I will buy the tickets for the one USA taking Ecuador on Thursday night.
On my way home, I planned to stop by Best Buy to buy inks for printer but the road was heavily congested, I had to take the exit to go home directly. When I arrived at home, the match Mexico playing Venezuela had kicked off for a while and the weaker team was leading. Later on, I appreciated the wonderful volley the venezuelan created on highlight. Toward the end of the match, No.10 of Mexico National Team dribbled through 6 defenders to make the equalizer. Mexico would avoid to face Argentina in quarterfinal.
Uruguay and Jamaica had lost the hopes to advance but both of the teams expected to end the tournament gracefully. Uruguay was apparently a better team and won the match with 3 goals.
Though I still had time to go to the gym, I decided to stay at home tonight because I wanted to sleep earlier.
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