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Two Harvard Twins (No, Not Those Twins) Run One of the World’s Worst BDCs. They’re About to Get Rich. Seth and Brook Taube (Illustration by Melody Newcomb) Inside the weird world of business development companies ByJulie Segal October 30, 2019 Okay, pay attention. Medley Management, for all...

Would you move to Tulsa for $10k? 10k people tried to How did Tulsa, a Great Plains town historically known for oil and evangelicals (what up, Oral Roberts), become a hotspot for priced-out Californians and New Yorkers? By giving them $10k to move there through a plan called Tulsa Remote...

‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Review: Genius in Its Many Stages The multifaceted exhibition at the Louvre commemorating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death shows not just his finished works, but the process and evolution behind their creation. Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘La Belle Ferronnière’ (c...

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These Hedge Funds Do Better Hedge funds under three years old have delivered additional gains of almost 4 percent annually, according to a study from Preqin and 50 South Capital. Amy Whyte October 29, 2019 Illustration by II Investors are often wary of investing inhedge fundswithout a...

Video game companies want criminals to stop using their games to launder real-life loot Valve, the video game developer behind “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,” announced that players would no longer be able to trade keys purchased in the game’s internal marketplace. Why? Because, as Valve...

A Long-Forgotten Renaissance Painter Gets Her Due Plautilla Nelli, a Dominican nun and Italian Renaissance artist, is joining other ‘rediscovered’ women artists with the unveiling of her restored ‘Last Supper’ A detail of Christ and Saint John in Plautilla Nelli's 'Last Supper,' following the...

“It is almost as important to know what is not serious as to know what is.” - John Kenneth Galbraith

What makes Greek numbers suspect in my view is the brain drain even if those numbers do not show mean wealth.... https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/greeces-brain-drain.334657/

Alphabet's Fitbid Google parent Alphabet reportedly made an offer to buy Fitbit, sending the fitness-tracking firm's stock soaring. It rose 18% before trading was halted; after a resumption in trading, it ended the day more than 30% up. Fitbit's market cap is now around $1.5 billion. It's not...

Alphabet's Fitbid Google parent Alphabet reportedly made an offer to buy Fitbit, sending the fitness-tracking firm's stock soaring. It rose 18% before trading was halted; after a resumption in trading, it ended the day more than 30% up. Fitbit's market cap is now around $1.5 billion. It's not...

Yes and in case there is a third world billionaire desperate to take some funds out of their countries and will pay almost anything eg Russian, Chinese or Arab...

check out "Libra Woes" thread, Facebook is facing hurdles....

Hedge Funds Keep Losing Assets — But Hiring Fundraisers The sector led hiring for alternatives marketers in the third quarter as investors pulled nearly $30 billion. Amy Whyte October 28, 2019 Jin Lee/Bloomberg Hedge funds were active hirers in the third quarter, bolstering their...

Wall Street investors take a big gulp of water resources As aquifers dry out -- thanks, climate change -- investors are betting water rights will be more than a liquid asset. In Washington state, a Wall Street-backed firm called Crown Columbia Water Resources is looking to change the water...

“Let me listen to me and not to them.” - Gertrude Stein

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” - Pablo Picass

Tiffany Bid LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton wants to buy Tiffany & Co. at a valuation of almost $14.5 billion, or around $120 a share—reportedly a 30% premium on Tiffany's trading price at the time of the bid, which occurred sometime in the last couple weeks. Tiffany will apparently work...

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” - Charlie Chaplin

“Self-discipline is self-caring.” - M. Scott Peck