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Tenants who fell behind either had to accept unpleasant, degrading, and sometimes dangerous housing conditions or be evicted. But from a business point of view, this arrangement could be lucrative. The four-family property that included Doreen’s and Lamar’s apartments was Sherrena’s most profitable. Her second-most profitable property was Arleen’s
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Invest for a reason: Rosenfield is a living reminder that wealth is a means to an end, not an end in itself. His only child died in 1962, and his wife died in 1977. He has given much of his life and all of his fortune to Grinnell College.
Allen C. Benello • Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors
A short-lived capital stock will manifest in accelerated depreciation and a fragile capital structure will incur an undue interest charge.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
William Louis Dreyfus
Isadore Sharp • Four Seasons
Quand nous avons acheté la filiale européenne du numéro un mondial des centres commerciaux, « Simon Mall », le milliardaire David Simon m’avait expliqué que l’Europe était une zone impénétrable : en dix ans, il n’avait rien pu acheter ni ouvrir de significatif en France. Il nous remettait les clés de ses projets français, pour la plupart échoués de
... See moreGuillaume Poitrinal • Plus vite ! : La France malade de son temps (Essai blanche)
According to Ivar, by 1932 he had 225 subsidiaries. He had operations in every civilized country except Russia, and he manufactured three-quarters of the world’s matches. Ivar had secured match monopolies in twenty-four countries. During seven years, he had loaned almost 300 million dollars to European governments. Ivar’s loans had helped borrower
... See moreFrank Partnoy • The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
Ramon Felciano
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the Byzantine management atmosphere at first Rexall and then Hughes Aircraft had convinced me that the only real security lies in having your own business, and this left-hander was well ahead of the curve on that one. Also, I was convinced that I was on a holy mission in preserving a company owned significantly by its employees. My
Patty Civalleri • Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
