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Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Michael Edesess learned early in his career that the investment industry's claims that it could beat market averages were simply not true. Professional investors, it seemed, could not predict stock prices better than the nearest cab driver. The Big Investment Lie helps readers cut through the thicket of hype in this perilous area, showing how widespread acceptance of the 'lie' allows an entire industry to prosper on the small investor's dime. Edesess...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with...
4) Inside job
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Through extensive interviews with key financial insiders and others, examines the causes and effects of the global financial crisis of 2008, which nearly resulted in a global financial collapse.
6) Inside Job
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Through extensive interviews with key financial insiders and others, examines the causes and effects of the global financial crisis of 2008, which nearly resulted in a global financial collapse.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's next blockbuster thriller"--
Gabriela McKenzie's daughter has been kidnapped. In exchange for her safe return, her abductors demand two things: $400,000 in cash, and a document known only as the October List.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In 2015, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.5...
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