Talk:Evan Thornley

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''Evan Thornley uses the personal gain he reaped from selling Looksmart stock at high prices as a platform for credibility in commenting on Australian business and exports. ''


 * POV - Thornley uses business knowledge obtained from being head of Looksmart.

''Looksmart company filings also reveal the use of company structures in the known low tax regime of Barbados, ahead of a planned IPO of a subsidiary. Looksmart did not ever operate a business from Barbados and arguably incorporated there for the purpose of avoiding taxes. At the time of the deal, Barbados appeared on the OECD blacklist of nations who refused to co-operate in crackdowns on money laundering and tax avoidance.''


 * Unverifiable - I looked the SEC filings. I couldn't find anything like this.

Evan Thornley remarked in a speech to graduates of an Australian university "You only get to sell your integrity once, so if you feel compelled to do that I suggest you try and get a very good price for it."


 * Unverifiable - Again, no evidence.

''...a company which was once worth billions of dollars but later collapsed in value. Prior to its decline, Thornley sold over $100 million of stock in the company, to small investors who lost the bulk of their investment.''


 * Unverifiable - No evidence. Contributors are continually contending without citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.240.143.193 (talk) 03:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

- Aaron Hill 07:59, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

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