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Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System
Robert PozenAlan Roth and Robin Sidel, “YRC to Apply For Bailout Funds.” Wall Street Journal , May 15,2009,p.B3. 13. David Enrich, Robin Sidel, and Deborah Solomon, “Fed Sees Up to $599 Billion in Bank Losses.” Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2009, A1.
Wall Street Capitalism: The Theory of the Bondholding Class
E. Ray CanterberyBreaking the chains of the bond market?This book goes behind the headlines of the Wall Street Journal to unmask the ';bondholding class';.
Sudden death: the rise and fall of E.F. Hutton
Mark StevensTraces the transformation of the small but well-regarded financial firm into a major player on Wall Street, detailing how this unprecedented growth and accompanying poor management led to the firm's bankruptcy
Women and the Law Stories
Elizabeth Schneider415 12 Cynthia Grant Bowman The Entry of Women into Wall Street Law Firms: The Story of Blank v. Sullivan & Cromwell Sullivan & Cromwell, a prestigious old- line Wall Street law firm, is having its staid routine threatened by a lawsuit quite ...
Resisting Hostile Takeovers: The Case of Gillette
Rita Ricardo-Campbell9. David Wessel, "Gillette Reaffirms Refusal of Revlon Bid, Argues for Stronger Anti-Takeover Law," Wall Street Journal, June 29, 1987, p. 8. 10. Ann Hagedorn, "Gittis Opts for a Low Profile at Revlon," Wall Street Journal, June 25, 1987, p. 30.
The Hellhound of Wall Street: How Ferdinand Pecora's ...
Michael PerinoIn The Hellhound of Wall Street, Michael Perino recounts in riveting detail the 1933 hearings that put Wall Street on trial for the Great Crash.
Wall Street to Main Street: Charles Merrill and Middle-Class ...
Edwin J. PerkinsA 1999 biography of Charles Merrill, the founder of the world's largest brokerage and investment firm.
American dynasties today
Wall Street Journal (Firm)associated with two men, Louis Fuentes and Elliott Kaplan, to whom his parents took strong exception. Elliott Kaplan dated Benson's sister, Lynn, who was, for a short time, also a student at Whittier. But Elliott says Ford family pressure finally ...
9/11 and the Canyons of Fire
B. Burnett BrownThe 9/11 tragedy is foreseen by a former Viet Nam era prisoner of war, working in the Twin Towers for a prestigious Wall Street firm.
The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its ...
Beverly GageExamines the 1920 bombing of Wall Street in which thirty-nine people died and hundreds were injured, with details on the suspects, victims, investigators, and the four year manhunt for the perpetrators.
The New Game on Wall Street
Robert SobelExplains the current Wall Street investment process, discusses the new debt, equity, and money markets, and details the emergence of big, institutional investors, negotiated commissions, and options contracts
The Widow of Wall Street: A Novel
Randy Susan MeyersA novel "about the seemingly blind love of a wife for her husband as he conquers Wall Street, and her extraordinary, perhaps foolish, loyalty during his precipitous fall"--Amazon.com.
Why Wall Street Matters
William D. CohanWhy Wall Street Matters is a timely and trenchant reminder of the actual good these institutions do and the dire consequences for us all if the essential role they play in making our lives better is carelessly curtailed.
How Wall Street Works, 2nd Edition
David ScottThe crystal-clear question-and-answer format of HOW WALL STREET WORKS, SECOND EDITION, will help you make it happen. This concise and to-the-point book explains: What a stock, bond, or mutual fund really is—and which is right for you!
Backstage Wall Street: An Insider’s Guide to Knowing Who to ...
Joshua M. BrownUntil you read this book.” —JAMES ALTUCHER, Formula Capital and author of I Was Blind but Now I See “Joshua wants Wall Street to be awesome. You can feel it every day on his amazing blog and in this great book.
The Wall Street Journal. Guide to Starting Your Financial Life
Karen BlumenthalFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education ...
Ron SuskindIn this gripping and brilliantly reported book, Ron Suskind tells the story of what happened next, as Wall Street struggled to save itself while a man with little experience and soaring rhetoric emerged from obscurity to usher in “a new ...
American Independent
PreviewSeeking to recover the numbers, Cohen is pursued by Marcy Dawson (an employee of a Wall Street firm played by Pamela Hart) and Lenny Meyer, a Hasidic Jew, both of whom are desperate to get their hands on the numbers. While Marcy's ...
Traders' Tales: A Chronicle of Wall Street Myths, Legends, ...
Ron InsanaAcclaim for Trader's Tales "I have rarely gone through a day without hearing a joke about Wall Street. Ron Insana captures the essence of the culture that creates those jokes with one hilarious tale after another. This book is great fun.
The Deal from Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered ...
James O'SheaTribune's long-term outside law firm, Sidley Austin, to conduct an in-house probe —particularly when the internal investigation contradicted Banar's witnesses, who had told her that the fraud was not limited to one small department. If Banar's ...
The Wall Street Journal: Index
More editions[Commentary] Hazardous substances; State courts; Litigation; S 30 - A.9 BERNSTEIN, ELIZABETH (BYLINER) WEEKEND JOURNAL; Giving Back; by Elizabeth Bernstein; [Commentary] Charities; Philanthropy; Domestic violence; Donations; ...
House of Cards: How Wall Street's Gamblers Broke Capitalism
William D. CohanBut HOUSE OF CARDS does more than recount the incredible panic of the first stages of the financial meltdown. William D. Cohan beautifully demonstrates why the seemingly invincible Wall Street money machine came crashing down.
Wall Street and FDR: The True Story of how Franklin D. ...
Antony C. SuttonBased on an extensive study of original documents, Sutton concludes that FDR was an elitist who influenced public policy to benefit special interests, including his own; that FDR and his Wall Street colleagues were "corporate socialists" ...
After the Rebellion: Black Youth, Social Movement Activism, ...
Sekou M. Franklin7. Rinku Sen, “Race and Occupy Wall Street,” Nation (October 26, 2011), http:// www.thenation.com/article/164212/race-and-occupy-wall-street# (accessed August 22, 2012). 8. Daniel HoSang, “Youth and Community Organizing Today” ( New ...
Journal of the Short Story in English
More editionsJOURNAL OF THE SHORT STORY IN ENGLISH N°36 TABLE OF CONTENTS Matthew GUILLEN. - Melville's Wall Street: It Speaks for Itself Jane DESMARAIS. - Preferring not to: The Paradox of Passive Resistance in Herman Melville's ...
Flashfire: A Parker Novel
Richard Stark. . . The awful fascination in these Parker tales comes from knowing the protagonist will always do whatever is necessary to protect himself and to achieve his goals.”—Wall Street Journal
Wall to Wall
Douglas Woolf" In Wall to Wall Woolf's view is evocative and is very much his own. First published by Grove Press in 1962, Wall to Wall has been an underground classic for over thirty-five years, a comic and satiric masterpiece.
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