Money and Finance
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A Dozen Things Learned from Benjamin Franklin About Money and Investing (LINK) How Maritime Insurance Built Ancient Rome (LINK) Hardcore History podcast: Kings of Kings II (LINK) From Biblical-era coup conspiracies to the horrific aftermath of ancient...
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CNBC transcript of Warren Buffett on 'Squawk Box' yesterday (LINK) And in case anyone is interested in reviewing Warren Buffett's CNBC appearance back around the market lows on March 9, 2009 (LINK) Reassessing Berkshire’s Insurance Operations...
- What Drives Success? – By Amy Chua And Jed Rubenfeld
Link to article: What Drives Success?A SEEMINGLY un-American fact about America today is that for some groups, much more than others, upward mobility and the American dream are alive and well. It may be taboo to say it, but certain ethnic, religious and...
- Help Us, Nate Silver!
Thanks to Mike for passing this along. Statistics cannot be any smarter than the people who use them. And in some cases, they can make smart people do dumb things. One of the most irresponsible uses of statistics in recent memory involved the mechanism...
- Inflation May Be Coming. Time To Look For A Hedge. - By Whitney Tilson And John Heins
Because inflation hasn't afflicted America in some 30 years, it's worth reviewing what rising prices might mean for stock investors. In a 1977 article on the subject in Fortune, Warren Buffett went to great lengths to disabuse shareholders of...
Money and Finance
Catherine S. Neal on what corporate leaders can learn from the rise and fall of Dennis Kozlowski
Link to video: The Exchange: Dennis Kozlowski goes free
Rob Cox talks to Catherine S. Neal, author of ''Taking Down the Lion,'' about what corporate leaders can learn from the rise and fall of the former Tyco boss.
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Link to book: Taking Down the Lion: The Triumphant Rise and Tragic Fall of Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski
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A Dozen Things Learned from Benjamin Franklin About Money and Investing (LINK) How Maritime Insurance Built Ancient Rome (LINK) Hardcore History podcast: Kings of Kings II (LINK) From Biblical-era coup conspiracies to the horrific aftermath of ancient...
- Links
CNBC transcript of Warren Buffett on 'Squawk Box' yesterday (LINK) And in case anyone is interested in reviewing Warren Buffett's CNBC appearance back around the market lows on March 9, 2009 (LINK) Reassessing Berkshire’s Insurance Operations...
- What Drives Success? – By Amy Chua And Jed Rubenfeld
Link to article: What Drives Success?A SEEMINGLY un-American fact about America today is that for some groups, much more than others, upward mobility and the American dream are alive and well. It may be taboo to say it, but certain ethnic, religious and...
- Help Us, Nate Silver!
Thanks to Mike for passing this along. Statistics cannot be any smarter than the people who use them. And in some cases, they can make smart people do dumb things. One of the most irresponsible uses of statistics in recent memory involved the mechanism...
- Inflation May Be Coming. Time To Look For A Hedge. - By Whitney Tilson And John Heins
Because inflation hasn't afflicted America in some 30 years, it's worth reviewing what rising prices might mean for stock investors. In a 1977 article on the subject in Fortune, Warren Buffett went to great lengths to disabuse shareholders of...