The most populous county in the American state of Alabama has just declared bankruptcy. This is an opportune time for mathematicians to revisit the calculations that led to the awarding of the 1994 Ig Nobel Prize for mathematics. That Ig Nobel Prize was awarded to The Southern Baptist Church of Alabama [who have since re-named themselves], for […]
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Ig Nobel winner Lehman Brothers “escapes bankruptcy”
Lehman Brothers, a company that shared the 2010 Ig Nobel Prize in economics, has made a spectacular rise into imminent oblivion. A Reuters report in the Oman Daily Observer tells the new details: Lehman escapes bankruptcy NEW YORK — One-time financial powerhouse Lehman Brothers emerged from bankruptcy and is now a liquidating company whose main business […]