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High valuations, dry powder concerns for PE investors The top concern for consultants and asset owners that invest in private equity in 2018 is high portfolio company valuations, according to a survey by eVestment released Wednesday. Valuations were indicated as a top concern by 60 percent of...

American Airlines Lawsuit A South Carolina woman suffered an embolism on an American Airlines flight a couple years back and subsequently died. Now, Brittany Oswell's family is suing the carrier for wrongful death, claiming the flight crew didn't try to make an emergency landing when she became...

Another Wells Probe Wells Fargo is under investigation by the Labor Department, which wants to see whether the bank has been pushing people with cheaper corporate 401(k) plans to transfer their holdings to Wells's more expensive individual retirement plans. The timing is not great for the bank...

Bezos Wealth Amazon's strong results sent the company's shares up 7% to a new record and made Jeff Bezos a lot richer—by $8 billion or $12 billion, depending on whether you ask Reuters or Bloomberg. And the company's revenue may increase more in the future, as Amazon is also increasing its U.S...

The Amazon juggernaut continued last quarter, despite President Trump’s tweet attacks, with revenues jumping 43% over the previous year to $51 billion and net income doubling to $1.6 billion. While Amazon was once derided as a profit-free zone, the extraordinary success of Amazon Web Services is...

Want $100,000? Get Gold says Rich Dad, Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki

There is a good article in Latitude 38's March issue a US couple completing both the US & the European loops ( Great Circle).

Boeing’s outlook gets boost after strong results for Q1 The Boeing Co. is raising its financial sights for the year as a result of a stronger-than-expected first quarter, and that was reflected in its stock price as well. First-quarter revenue was up 6 percent year over year at $23.4 billion...

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“Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.” - Gilbert Parker

Advertisers signal to Facebook they want more data, not less Advertisers are more concerned Facebook will cut off access to data than they are about privacy, it seems. Far from boycotting the social network over highly publicized data lapses, most brands appear worried about their ability to...

Study: Using Uber, Lyft will be cheaper than owning a car The cost of owning a car could be more than traveling exclusively with ride-hailing services in Seattle and Denver by 2027, according to a new study by QuoteWizard. Two commuters – one in Seattle and one in Denver – agreed to travel using...

Sky Bidding War Comcast has formalized its bid for Sky, which it first revealed back in February. The move, at £12.50 per share, led Sky to withdraw its recommendation of 21st Century Fox's rival bid, which was only £10.75 per share. We may now see a bidding war evolve, as the news of Comcast's...

Advanced Micro Devices is dropping right before earnings (AMD) http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/advanced-micro-devices-amd-stock-price-falls-earnings-report-2018-4-1022285224

I want to get a Vincent Black Shadow... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Black_Shadow

“If you just get out of your own way... It is amazing what will come to you.” ― Laird Hamilton

"Depression is when you're out of work. Recession is when your neighbor is out of work. Recovery is Carter out of work." "I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of a national emergency, even if I am in a cabinet meeting."

"Heroes go for unattainable goals. Hero is an ordinary person who has achieved the extra ordinary. Heroes have "Grit"." - Ray Dalio