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Liar’s Poker author Michael Lewis has a great review in The New Republic of Alice Schroeder’s biography of Warren Buffett, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. Lewis says as much about Buffett as he does about the book in his analysis. Hat tip to Paul Kedrosky for pointing to the review. Also worth a read: Canadian [...]
I had a conversation earlier today in Montreal with Jeffrey Immelt, the chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. (GE), who was pretty blunt in his assessment of the so-called Buy American provision in President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill. “I think it’s terrible,” Immelt said, before speaking at the International Economic Forum of the Americas here. [...]
Most pension plans in Canada are restricted by the Pension Benefits Standards Act of 1985 from owning more than 30% of the votes attached to shares issued by a public company. The rationale, among other things, is to prevent pension plans from controlling large chunks of the Canadian economy. This restriction has come under question lately, a [...]
I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to post much for a while but I am very excited to let you know about the new web series that launched today: Conversations about Corporate Social Responsibility. The first episode features a conversation with James Temple, Manager of Corporate Donations at Direct Energy. James provides a [...]
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