The 10 Worst Corporate Accounting Scandals
Source: Accounting-Degree.org
Groupon
Whilst having a cuppa my news feed apparently picked up that the co-founder and CEO of Groupon had been given the arse and had written a rather whimsical note to staff about his sacking. This is the note – “People of Groupon, “After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon,…
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From Forbes….good work if you can get it. I have snipped out the top ten from here –
DetailsWhen I Was A Broker…..
I was constantly amazed at how brokers via their analysts were constantly telling other businesses how to run their business. This was amazing to me because outside of any and all aspects of the Greek economy, stockbroking firms were the worst run businesses I had ever seen. What is interesting is that this unsolicited advice…
DetailsHuman Extinction
Well this is depressing but it looks at risk which is central to our business… The Atlantic……Bostrom, who directs Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, has argued over the course of several papers that human extinction risks are poorly understood and, worse still, severely underestimated by society. Some of these existential risks are fairly well known, especially…
DetailsBillion Dollar Start Ups
Courtesy of: Infographix Directory
Billionaires In The World
Dont ask me why I looked this up – I was bored.
Academia Is Late To The Party Again….
This article popped into my inbox this morning – Where the Black Swans Hide & the 10 Best Days Myth Here is the abstract – Below we examine market outliers in financial markets. How much effect do these outliers have on long term performance? Can the investor prepare for these anomalies, or are they truly…
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