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Cricket legends hammer dismal Aussies
Waugh on struggling S. Marsh0:00 Cricket: Mark Waugh breaks down why he thinks Shaun Marsh is struggling in the Australia vs Pakistan (2nd) Test Match. October 17th 2018 8 hours ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Cricket news and galleries/ James McKernnews.com.au Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a […]
UN committee blasts Trump adm. dismal job in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, urges secession vote
Scores of local and foreign activists have called on Washington to end its “colonial occupation” of Puerto Rico, bashing the US President for his lackluster and “insulting” response to last year’s deadly Maria and Irma hurricanes. In its annual resolution on Puerto Rico, the UN Special Committee on Decolonization demanded the US allow its Caribbean […]
Google’s Diversity Stats Are Still Very Dismal
The share of Google employees who are women, black, or Latinx barely budged last year, as the company was riven by internal debate over its diversity policies. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b22bd6c714d3b70d9ed7f30/master/pass/Google-Isn’t-Diverse_Final.png
Have yourself a dismal Christmas
ONLY an economist would think to ask whether Christmas is efficient. In 1993 Joel Waldfogel, then a professor at Yale University, turned a lunchtime conversation with colleagues into a paper entitled “The deadweight loss of Christmas”, which argued that, no, it is not. That gift-giving might actually be bad is the kind of opinion which […]
Wall Street has had a dismal year — and the latest business-by-business report card confirms it
Reuters / John Gress A dismal year on Wall Street has been further confirmed by the latest business-by-business report card. Investment banking revenues at the top-12 banks fell to $ 118.1 billion during the first three quarters of 2017, according to data from industry consultant Coalition. Banks saw a strong first quarter in 2017, but it’s been downhill […]
Wall Street has had a dismal year — and the latest business-by-business report card confirms it
Reuters / John Gress A dismal year on Wall Street has been further confirmed by the latest business-by-business report card. Investment banking revenues at the top-12 banks fell to $ 118.1 billion during the first three quarters of 2017, according to data from industry consultant Coalition. Banks saw a strong first quarter in 2017, but it’s been downhill […]
The Dismal Future of Trump’s Least Favorite Agency
The strangest thing about the man who’s expected to be named the next leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is that he has long opposed the agency’s work. This is the agency established in the wake of the 2008 market crash, whose regulatory reach touches countless financial products that Americans use every day—student loans, […]
A hedge fund connected to a legendary New York real estate family is returning money to investors amid dismal performance
Shutterstock A hedge fund run by the scion of New York real estate dynasty is returning money to outside investors amid poor performance, according to documents seen by Business Insider. The fund is O-Cap Management, a small New York-based hedge fund managed by Michael Olshan. Olshan is the son of Morton Olshan, the chairman and founder […]
A hedge fund connected to a legendary New York real estate family is shutting its doors to outside money amid dismal performance
Shutterstock A hedge fund run by the scion of New York real estate dynasty is returning money to outside investors amid poor performance, according to documents seen by Business Insider. The fund is O-Cap Management, a small New York-based hedge fund managed by Michael Olshan. Olshan is the son of Morton Olshan, the chairman and founder […]