Amid a business presentation heavy on numbers, Steven Shapiro slipped in this tidbit about what made a struggling U.K. bank an attractive investment to a hedge fund that specializes in distressed assets. “And then it emerged that the bank’s chairman, […]
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Media Bias: What Is The Cause? The Results May Surprise You
This is very interesting, the answers will likely surprise you. Forgot where I found this but H/T Media Bias Econometrica, Vol. 78, No. 1 (January, 2010), 35–71 WHAT DRIVES MEDIA SLANT? EVIDENCE FROM U.S. DAILY NEWSPAPERS BY MATTHEW GENTZKOW AND […]
Myanmar Press Launches Blackout Protest
Myanmar has emerged as one of the world’s success stories in recent months after the long-isolated country began to open its doors and push for reform. The march towards modernity and a freer society, however, hasn’t been without its ups […]
Win A Free One-Year Subscription To PressReader [GIVEAWAY]
When it comes to consuming newspapers and magazines, many of us still buy the paper copy and read it at our leisure. However, when our lives are going digital, and when we carry our gadgets with us all the time, […]
How To Become an Investment Guru
Via Pope Brar How to become an Investment Guru 1. Develop an Investment Process Make a presentation of about 10 to 15 slides that details your investment process. Start with how you select stocks, then describe how you manage the […]
Pop Quiz on Competitive Advantages – What Would You Do?
Pop Quiz on Competitive Advantages QUIZ: Discuss in a few words the mistakes made in these recent acquisitions in the newspaper business. If you wanted to develop an advantage in newspapers how would you do it. (Hint: What is the […]
Tribune Company Plans To Spin Off Newspapers
Tribune Co. announced plans to spin off the L.A. Times and its other newspapers into a separate company, reports the L.A. Times’ Walter Hamilton. The news comes a little over a week after it was announced that Tribune would buy […]
Newspaper Pay-walls and Prisoner’s Dilemma
Recently, Globeinvestor (Canada’s leading business publisher) converted to a paywall which got a lot of people angry but with declining print circulation numbers, it was only a matter of time. Paywalls have some elements of a prisoner’s dilema. The best outcome […]
