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For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug
This month marks 40 years since Danaher was founded. And over those 40 years, Danaher has delivered total shareholder returns over 180,000% and is the only US publicly traded company that has outperformed the S&P 500 in every five year period.
Today, I wanted to share with you their very first shareholder letter.___LINE... See more
In late 1970, Lockheed was near bankruptcy because of the large debt they had built up to fund the L-1011 Tristar commercial aircraft program. They approached the Nixon administration for a $250 million loan guarantee to avoid insolvency. That is about $1.9 billion in today’s dollars. Here was an opportunity to transfer the assets to a private defe... See more
Condorman • A Conceptual View of a UAP Reverse Engineering Program
You get a blood test at your annual physical.
The doctor says, "we see evidence of cancer floating in your blood."
You're ordered to get Larry Ellison's patented AI gene therapy that costs $500,000 per dose.
You get four treatments and the last dose kills you.___... See more
Toby Rogersx.comThey told the story of how KPMG partners resolved $21 billion in conflicting financial claims, which laid the groundwork for the release of fifty-two American hostages from Iran in 1981.
David Burkus • Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams
Anthony Drexel, of the long-established Philadelphia banking family, changing the firm to Drexel, Morgan & Co., with the older man again named first.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
Crédit Suisse AG Research Division_Public Safety_ Multi-Year Tailwinds Ahead; Initiating on AXON with Outperform, TYL with Neutral_09_May_2022 (1)
The document provides an initiation report on the public safety industry in the United States, highlighting the increasing crime rates, growing public safety budgets, and the role of technology in improving public safety.
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Each quarter we try to study an admirable company and discuss it with our Operating Group managers and board members. We focus on high performance conglomerates that have demonstrated at least a decade of superior shareholder returns.