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Archive for November 28th, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005 Vive la difference By Ian Mylchreest Lots of people talk about the difference between the American and European economies: the different work ethics, the longer hours, our more flexible labor market.
Here, James Surowiecki explains how America and Europe have diverged in the last generation or two. And it's a pretty compelling argument.
It's not all about sloth or socialism. It is partly [...]
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Monday, November 28, 2005 Heads investment bankers win … By Ian Mylchreest If you're a shareholder and ever thought that you got a bad deal in a merger, take a look at this analysis in the New York Times.
Andrew Ross Sorkin asks the perfectly reasonable question: "Is there a better way to pay banks that advise the players in a large corporate merger? Recent mergers on the [...]
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Monday, November 28, 2005 As dividends slow, funds seek better odds By Ian Mylchreest Or should that be bettor's odds. A new report suggests that hedge funds, once thought a risky investment suitable only for the rich, are the new big thing for pension funds.
The much bigger share of pension funds going into hedge funds seems to be putting retirement money at risk and got started because those [...]
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Monday, November 28, 2005 Facts being replaced by opinion By Len Butcher “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the deliberate, contrived, and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” — John F. Kennedy
Facts. That’s what the news [...]
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Monday, November 28, 2005 Goodman for Senate '06 By Steve Sebelius
Run, Oscar, run!
That was our reaction after reading — in our friend and colleague Jon Ralston's Flashpoint in today's Las Vegas Sun, that Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is thinking of running not for governor, but for United States Senate.
And just who is up for re-election to the U.S. Senate? Our very own [...]
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Monday, November 28, 2005 Weekend reading By Steve Sebelius As students the Vegas Way of politics, we are naturally interested in the sub-study of Bill Walters. He's a one-man juice machine the likes of which we've rarely seen. To that end, the Review-Journal had a couple of must-reads this weekend that we commend to anyone who fell behind in their newspaper reading.
First, Adrienne [...]
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