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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Have any of you been following the MF Global debacle? I have. At least what I have read in the Wall Street Journal (the latest here). It’s simply unbelievable. How does $1.2 billion in customer funds vanish? These are customer funds, mind you. As I understand it (if I’m wrong, please correct me), these customer [...]
Some Tidbits from MF Global’s Website
Friday, December 9th, 2011By now, you all are probably familiar with the MF Global story so I won’t go into the details here (if you’re not familiar, Google is your friend). For fun, I went to their website this morning just to see what it looked like. The first thing I noticed was this statement on their homepage: [...]
I Wish You the Best, Mr. Jobs
Thursday, August 25th, 2011I hate to see him go: Jobs’ Resignation Marks Storied Career.
Median Pay for Presidents at 185 Large Public Universities: $444,487
Monday, April 4th, 2011From today’s WSJ: As many state legislatures debate double-digit percentage cuts in higher-education funding, presidential pay could become a sensitive subject. In Austin, for instance, University of Texas Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa is asking lawmakers to limit proposed reductions in the state’s funding of higher education, even as his compensation was third highest, by total [...]
Warren Buffett’s Heir Apparent Steps Down
Thursday, March 31st, 2011Heir
Question of the Day: Amazon or eBay?
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Which website to prefer to do your internet shopping: Amazon or eBay? Personally, I like Amazon 1,000 times better than eBay. I spend lots of money with Amazon but nearly nothing with eBay. The eBay site seems cumbersome, and gimmicky. And I don’t like feedback system, which seems like a joke. I’m asking this question [...]
Barron’s 30 Best CEOs
Saturday, March 26th, 2011Interesting list of the 30 Best CEOs from this week’s Barron’s. Of this year’s list, 18 CEOs lead American companies and 12 are from international firms. Here is their list. You can click on the link to see more information on each CEO. I’d like to see a ranking of all the CEOs of say [...]
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