August 31, 2007
Three Plus One Equals Billions: The Bendix-Martin Marietta War
Today's Friday M&A culture is pure candy/beach reading and the story of one of the seminal ''80s takeovers, Three Plus One Equals Billions: The Bendix-Martin Marietta War by Allan Sloan. Pac-man anyone? Enjoy your labor day weekend; and rest up for what should be an active Fall.
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August 24, 2007
Friday Culture: Lombard Street
Today's Friday culture is Bagehot's Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market. Lombard Street is a collection of essays written by the famed Bagehot for the Economist during the 1850s. The book is a classic description of the market at that time and an enduring look at market psychology. Highly relevant for our times, Bagehot also analyzes and dissects market crises, offering monetary prescriptions that remain to this day the preferred route for stemming and avoiding financial crises. In particular, his prescriptions for the injection of mass liquidity to stem market panic is, in fact, one that the central banks of the World are following today. Enjoy your weekend!
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