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Mr Wills (not his real name) owned an antiquarian bookshop in one of the up-market malls in Rosebank, Johannesburg in the 1980’s. He was a quirky, bad-tempered Englishman who made you quake if you set foot in his shop but his books were superlative. One just knew that books this beautiful had to…
Continue Reading July 25th, 2008
Doing Business And Investing in Nepal (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
Study: Vista still struggling to gain business users
Less than 10 percent of 50000 companies surveyed are using Vista, according to Forrester Research, which calls the operating system “new Coke”.
Small Businesses Need the Internet
Frank Reed had an interesting post on his Frank Thinking blog, lamenting how small businesses seem to avoid search marketing. They spend their money on Yellow Pages ads and other older forms of marketing that might not bring the best …
Microsoft CFO: Yahoo a "declining asset"
Speaking to financial analysts, Chris Liddell concedes online business hasn’t shown much tangible progress, but says Yahoo deal making less and less sense.
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July 25th, 2008
Every writer dreams of the day when they can profit from their writing. While income opportunities abound for writers each method has drawbacks.
Newspaper and magazine reporters can make a good living but their subject matter is often closely regulated and directed. Corporate writing can be…
Continue Reading July 24th, 2008
Search engine optimization is also known as (SEO). It is the process of increasing the amount of visitors to your website by ranking high in the search results of a search engine. The higher your website ranks in the results of a search, means the greater chance that your website will be visited …
Continue Reading July 23rd, 2008
Doing Business And Investing in Myanmar (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
Pa. collectibles dealer charged with deception - Philadelphia Inquirer
CARLISLE, Pa. - Prosecutors say a Cumberland County dealer is being accused of deceptive sales including autographed baseballs that have been forged and sports card packs that have been tampered with. The county District Attorney’s Office has charged
UPDATE 2-Glaxo to sell branded generics in emerging markets - Reuters
LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), the world’s second largest drugmaker, took a bold step into the branded generics marketplace on Wednesday via an alliance with South Africa’s Aspen
NATO soldier wounded in ambush in Afghanistan dies - Miami Herald
KABUL, Afghanistan A NATO soldier died after being wounded in an ambush in southern Afghanistan, while U.S.-led coalition troops killed several militants near the capital, officials said Wednesday. Militants also killed a district police chief in the
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July 23rd, 2008
The Book of Investing Wisdom: Classic Writings by Great Stock-Pickers and Legends of Wall Street (Book of Business Wisdom) Charles H. Dow, Benjamin Graham, George Soros, Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Mario Gabelli, and Donald Trump. You won’t find a seminar or lecture anywhere that boasts a panel quite like this-a group of the great stock-pickers and market gurus, both past and present, brought together to instruct you on the art of investing. The Book of Investing Wisdom offers you a unique insight into how these professionals and many others achieved financial success through intelligent investing-all from the comfort of your armchair. Never before have the writings of such a large and diverse group of brilliant investors been collected between the covers of a single book.
The Book of Investing Wisdom is an anthology of 46 essays and speeches from the most successful, well-known investors and financiers of our time. In their own words, these legends of Wall Street share their best investment ideas and advice. You’ll hear from Bernard Baruch on stock market slumps, Peter Bernstein on investing for the long term, Joseph E. Granville on market movements, John Moody on investment vs. speculation, Otto Kahn on the New York Stock Exchange and public opinion, William Peter Hamilton on the Dow theory, and Leo Melamed on the art of futures trading, to name just a few.
For easy reference, the 46 essays featured in The Book of Investing Wisdom are organized into eight categories, covering the nuts and bolts of analysis, investing attitude and philosophy, investing strategies, market cycles, views from the inside, lessons from notorious characters, insights from the Great Crashes, and advice beyond your average blue chip. Each essay is preceded by a brief introduction that provides intriguing and insightful background information about its author’s life and career, and places the essay in historical perspective. Significant statements, inspiring thoughts, and even quirky bits of wisdom have been highlighted throughout the book to call attention to each contributor’s most memorable ideas.
Offering practical advice, strategic wisdom, and intriguing history, The Book of Investing Wisdom will inspire and motivate everyone from the professional money manager to the do-it-yourself investor to the business student.
PETER KRASS is a freelance writer and editor living in Connecticut. He contributes regularly to Investor’s Business Daily. His other books include The Book of Leadership Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary Business Leaders and The Book of Business Wisdom: Class Writings by the Legends of Commerce and Industry, also available from Wiley.
Customer Review: A solid conservative investment for your reading portfolio.
An exceptional collection of essays by 46 great names business such as Pickens, Baruch, Moody, Buffet, Lynch, Forbes, Soros, and Trump. Key themes include: basic of analysis; attitude and philosophy; strategy; cycles; views from the inside; and more. Each essay includes a biographical sketch of the writer.
This collection of essays proves to be interesting, entertaining, and filled with informative thoughts. This is not a ‘how to get-rich-quick in the stock market book’; it is more of a solid, conservative investment for your reading portfolio. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, founder, Stern & Associates, author of Stern’s Sourcefinder The Master Directory to HR and Business Management Information & Resources, Stern’s CyberSpace SourceFinder, and the Compensation and Benefits SourceFinder.
Customer Review: Informative and well organized.
Krass’ style creates an easy to follow, easy to understand narrative of some of the best business minds and their approach to financial investing.
Lawyers Watch Case Of Business Owner Charged With Manslaughter - Hartford Courant
Blackwater sounds retreat from private security business - Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Professional … - MarketWatch
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July 22nd, 2008
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? This rhetorical question that has provoked thought for many years applies nicely to the quest for publicity. The first step to getting publicity is announcing yourself, or making the tree fall, and a professional an…
Continue Reading July 22nd, 2008
Some would say that a newspaper story isn’t an actual newspaper story unless it appears in the “real” version of the newspaper. That’s just not true. Online publicity is as valuable, and sometimes even more exciting, than traditional publicity. Consider these benefits of online newspaper cove…
Continue Reading July 21st, 2008
Investing Online For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) Investors are becoming a lot more independent these days. With the stock market sinking and soaring from day to day, retirement plans becoming less certain, and a longer life expectancy in retirement, more people are looking for some control over their investments. If you’re one of them, Investing Online For Dummies, 6th Edition might be just what you’re looking for.
The Internet brings a world of investment resources to your desktop, but how do you find your way through the dizzying array of investment possibilities? The Dummies Way, of course! This book helps you set reasonable expectations, assess your risk tolerance, choose an asset allocation, analyze and select investments, and maximize your financial success. You’ll discover how to
- Determine how much you can afford to invest
- Choose an online broker
- Research, trade, and track investments online
- Measure the potential return of a stock
- Maximize your investment knowledge and build a profitable portfolio
- Buy bonds online
- Understand options, commodities, and IPOs
If you’ve decided to take control of your investments but don’t want to make it your full-time job, Investing Online For Dummies, 6th Edition gives you the important information that will also give you confidence. Completely updated to cover all the new online tools and resources, it even provides some bonus assistance on the companion Web site.
Customer Review: Investing Online For Dummies
I started out on computers 15 years ago and loved the Dummies books. They made learning fun.
I have now moved into investing and enjoyed the cutting edge articles I read in this book. Much reading and learning is required in stock investing in order to prepare oneself for stepping onto Wall Street. This new 2008 edition of Online Investing is a big help.
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July 21st, 2008
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