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So you’re trying to understand the GameStop story, in which a subreddit banded together and managed to bankrupt a hedge fund, causing utter chaos on Wall Street all week. If you’re not involved in finance, it can be pretty confusing, full of jargon like pulling a “short squeeze” and requiring a decent grasp of how…
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Fast Forward Seth Klarman, the New Jewish Warren Buffet, Bearish on Trump
Seth Klarman, the billionaire financier whose advice books sell for thousands of dollars on the Internet, is here to the burst the bubble of his fellow investors: Don’t get your hopes up about a Trump economic boom. Most concerning for Klarman is the new president’s personality. “The erratic tendencies and overconfidence in his own wisdom…
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News BDS Battle Heats Up on New Front — Socially Responsible Investing
WASHINGTON – While “Israel apartheid week” events on campus and student government boycott resolutions have been grabbing the attention of pro-Israel organizations, a potentially more consequential battle over pressuring Israel has been raging in corporate boardrooms and shareholder meetings. The target audience for these efforts: investors concerned about the social and moral aspects of their…
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Culture Irving Kahn, Oldest Money Manager, Dies at 109
Irving Kahn, the American Jewish money manager who died on Thursday, February 26, at age the age of 109, was more than just the oldest living investment professional, as he was often dubbed. Kahn exemplified a work ethic which stressed ever-fresh intellectual interests as a way to remain young in spirit. Always on the lookout…
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Breaking News Donald Sterling Claims ‘Duped’ Into Mental Exam That Uncovered Dementia
Attorneys for Donald Sterling told a probate court judge on Monday that the Los Angeles Clippers co-owner had been duped into medical examinations that determined he lacked the mental capacity to have a say in the $2 billion sale of his team. Sterling’s attorneys, speaking during a pre-trial hearing in the legal battle for control…
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Breaking News Sterling vs. Sterling Trial Looms Over Los Angeles Clippers — $2B Sale in Limbo
Shelly Sterling on Wednesday was granted a trial next month in Los Angeles to resolve a dispute with her estranged husband Donald Sterling over who controls the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, leaving its $2 billion sale up in the air. Shelly Sterling has asked a probate court to confirm her as the controlling owner of…
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Breaking News Mercurial Donald Sterling Won’t Sell Team After All
Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has decided not to support the sale of the team and will go forward with a federal lawsuit against the National Basketball Association. Sterling’s attorney on Monday announced that his client would not approve the $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer,…
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