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  • Date posted: November 18, 2007

    Of Cassette Tapes and Compact Flash Cards

    I remember heated discussions with classmates, when I was at high school, over the supposed superiority of the Maxwell XLII-S or the TDK SA-X cassette tape over the TDK SA or the Sony UX-S.

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  • Date posted: November 12, 2007

    Private Equity: How It Works

    The private equity industry has received quite a bit of bad press over the past few months. Yet few people seem to understand how private equity actually works.

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  • Date posted: November 11, 2007

    Risk Management Does Not Eliminate Risk

    In the wake of the subprime crisis a lot is being said and written by people who understand nothing of finance and by people who should know better. I thought I’d add some of my own points of view.

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