Mumbles' has a job that most fresh-out-of-college grads would die for - he's making $200,000 a year at a prestigious investment bank and is clearly on the ladder to success. Except he's on the bottom rung and there's no end in sight to the all-nighters he must pull to complete the drudgery that is h[...]
Hit men stalk computer analyst Lina Alwen and financial investigator Sam Hoffman in pursuit of the knowledge the pair may have regarding a late Iraqi dictator's billions. From London to Switzerland, and from Baghdad to the mysterious corners of the just-budding Internet, this spy thriller covers the[...]
Examines the financial control of large corporations from the Civil War to the present, arguing that a small number of large American banks exhibit the largest concentration of economic power.[...]
In business, as in other aspects of life, we learn and grow from the examples set by others. Imitation can lead to innovation. But in order to grow innovatively, how do businesses decide what firms to imitate? And how do they choose what practices to follow? Learning by Example takes an unprecedente[...]
The year is 1997, and despite the machinations of its rivals, Microsoft is master of the digital universe and the darling of corporate America. Windows and Office generate staggering profits, the company's share price is stratospheric, and Bill Gates is the preeminent icon of the information age. No[...]