Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Bloomberg On the Sharing Economy

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Bloomberg Brief, June 15, 2015: The Sharing Economy: Friend or Foe? By Eric Newcomer, Bloomberg news “The shar...

"City trader in Libor scandal branded an ‘unimpressive total wide boy’"

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From CityWire's Wealth Manager: A City trader accused of helping rig Libor rates was described in court today as ‘unimpressive’ and a ...

HBR: "The Hand Signals That Drove Business in Renaissance Europe"

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From the Harvard Business Review: The textbook in which these hand signals appeared was written by Girolamo Tagliente in Venice in abo...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

"...Blythe Masters Is the Devil Incarnate"

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From the International Business Times, June 19: Max Keiser, founder of VC fund Bitcoin Capital, seeding currency startcoin, and the presen...

How to Overthrow a Martian Dictatorship

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From the BBC: The governments we create on other worlds might turn nasty. Richard Hollingham meets a group plotting revolution in space.  ...

The California Uber Ruling Means NOTHING To Sharing Economy Valuations

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I exaggerate for emphasis. My best guess is that a business model that depends on an uneven playing field for its competitive advantage-- i...

Inventory As A Service: Haircare By Andreessen-Horowitz Edition

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From Venture Capital Dispatch: Andreessen Horowitz Leads $10 Million Investment in Mayvenn  An Oakland, Calif., startup called Mayvenn I...

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology: "El Nino strengthens with models predicting it will last well into 2016"

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From the Sydney Morning Herald: The El Nino weather pattern continues to consolidate in the Pacific with most climate models indicating i...
Monday, June 22, 2015

"Saudi deputy crown prince seeks Russia deals"

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The Saudis are not happy with the U.S. administration's relationship with Iran and have been quite pointed about it. From Al-Monitor: ...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

"The Nine Schoolgirls Challenge"

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From Quanta (the Marilyn & Jim--yes that Jim--Simons Foundation): A Design Dilemma Solved, Minus Designs A 150-year-old conundru...

"The Weed Funding Bubble"

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You knew this was coming as soon as you saw the always-fashion-forward chameleons of the pink sheets make their move: " Junior Gold Min...

Apartment Rent Inflation and the Federal Reserve

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New Deal democrat at the Bonddad blog: The Fed vs. Millenials: inflation and the apartment boom  Should the Fed raise rates when inflat...

Lawrence Summers: "Greece is Europe’s failed state in waiting"

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From the Financial Times: When, as now appears likely, Greece financially separates from Europe it will at one level be no one’s fault. ...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

The Leadership Gene: DAT1

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We take dopamine very seriously, some links below. From ScienceDaily: Genes may influence leadership in the workplace Date: May 19, 201...

JP Morgan On Greece: The Collateral Has Run Out

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Watch for queues at the banks. Way back in September 2007 we noted that some lunatic at FT Alphaville was posting at 11:22 pm: All Chauf...

The Rise and Fall of New York's Private Clubs

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From Curbed, NY: [The interior of the Yale Club. Photo by the Wurts Brothers, courtesy of the New York Public Library.] In 1915, th...

Smart Talk On Uber and the Sharing Economy

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From the Financial Times: Uber driver case poses questions for ‘sharing economy’ A tremor passed through the foundations of the “sharin...

"Fistfight breaks out at Yemen peace talks"

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Probably not auspicious. From France 24:   © AFP / Fabrice Coffrini I A representative of South Yemen throws a shoe at members of a r...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Crowdfunding Equity: "New rules mean you, too, can be a startup owner"

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From cnet: Beginning Friday, crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo can give the public the chance to be startup owners, not j...

IMF's Capital Markets Head Says Central Banks May Have to Be "Market Makers"

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From Reuters: (Adds reaction from Hong Kong regulator, background) Central banks may need to become "market makers of last resort...