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A Hedge Fund Dogfight Mesmerizes Wall Street
Carl Icahn and William Ackman are longtime rivals. Last week they put on quite a show. Alerted by the buzz of social media, the eyes of Wall Street turned to CNBC. What they witnessed was verbal fisticuffs that could rival anything on reality TV. Here is the video of a spat between two hedge
What Can You Learn from an Orchestra Conductor?
Itay Talgam (photo: Frank Hamm) Last week I got an insightful lesson from someone I'd never heard of before. His name is Itay Talgam, and he used to conduct the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the keynote presenter on the opening night of a business conference … and somewhat surprisingly his message was about leadership. Some
Do You Agree With This List of the 100 Most Beautiful Songs Ever Heard?
A thread on popular net board, AskReddit, posed the question, "What is the most beautiful song you've ever heard?" The challenge was simple: Think to yourself, what is the most beautiful song you have ever heard, im not talking about your favourite song, or the most technical, or something that made you cry, I just
Can You Trust the S&P 500's Long Winning Streak to Continue?
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index closed above 1,500 for the first time in more than five years on Friday. The benchmark Index extended its rally to eight days. This winning streak is the longest in eight years and left the S&P 500 just 4% beneath its all-time closing high of 1,565.15 (set on October
Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
So proud of our 'solution' to the debt ceiling issue … Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: What a Big-Data Business Model Looks Like. (Harvard Business Review) Everything You’ll Ever Need To Know About Gamification. (TechCrunch) Google Gives $5M To Build Drones
How Can the U.S. Be Last in Such an Important Measure?
U.S. Health Worse than Nearly All Other Industrialized Nations. Bloomberg recently reported that the last-place health ranking of the United States among 17 wealthy countries (based on a U.S. study of health outcomes). Americans spend $2.7 trillion every year, more than any other nation, on healthcare costs. Yet, America fares badly in a comparison of health measures