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Author
Publisher
Tauris
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
The fundamental changes that the Arab countries are currently experiencing, necessitate strong leadership in the economic and political spheres, bold decisions, and long-term strategies for future prosperity. Henry Azzam examines the options for each state, and provides invaluable data on their individual economies, banking, stock and bond markets. He provides comprehensive information on Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Syria,...
105) Flash crash: a trading savant, a global manhunt, and the most mysterious market crash in history
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The riveting story of a trading prodigy who amassed $70 million from his childhood bedroom--until the US government accused him of helping trigger an unprecedented market collapse On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneously and without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost. The Flash Crash, as it became known, represented the fastest drop in market history. When share values rebounded...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Stockbroker Annie Custer's perfect life descends into chaos as she struggles to cope with turmoil on the job and the homefront when she finds herself suspected of stealing a quarter of a million dollars' worth of stock certificates.
108) Shut up & keep talking: lessons on life & investing from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Author
Publisher
Harriman House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Bob Pisani is Senior Markets Correspondent for CNBC and has spent the past 25 years on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He has been on the front line of finance for all the major events of the last quarter century, including the Asian Financial Crisis, the dot-com bubble and collapse, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the Great Financial Crisis. What was it like to witness these events firsthand, at the center of the financial world? In...
113) Inside the meltdown
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Frontline investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. [The film] chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, the Lehman Brothers' collapse, the propping up of insurance giant AIG and the $700 billion bailout. The film examines what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke didn't see, couldn't stop and haven't been able to fix." -- Container.