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Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the manhunt for founder Sam Israel, who bet his final millions on a federal-run "secret market" society of clandestine bankers, shady European nobles, and spies tied to a mysterious cabal.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"An inside look at what makes a successful financial services companyIrv Rothman may not have considered a career in the financial services early on, but he ended up in leadership positions at AT&T, Compaq and, for over a decade, Hewlett-Packard. His consistent record of success and insider perspective make him the perfect guide to the art of building and growing a financial services company, and in Out-Executing the Competition he shares his remarkable...
Publisher
Asphalt Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Tells the riveting, behind-the-scenes story of Cantor Fitzgerald. On September 10, 2001, financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald was headquartered on the top 5 floors of the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, 658 of their 960 employees were missing, presumed dead, in the nation's worst terrorist attacks. Tells twin stories' the saga of the ravaged business and surviving employees, and an insider's take on the unusual community of families that formed...