Product Description: Shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art began an ambitious program of collection building and physical expansion that transformed it into one of the world's foremost museums, an eminence that it has maintained ever since...read more

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Product Description: Unmasking Financial Psychopaths explores three unrelated - yet crucial - factors that have contributed to the rise of 'financial psychopaths' in society and what this means for financial consumers.

Product Description: Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into something remarkable— and Fortune journalist Carol Loomis had a front-row seat for it all.When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little-known Omaha hedge fund manager in a 1966 Fortune article, she didn’t dream that Warren Buffett would one day be considered the world’s greatest investor—nor that she and Buffett would quickly become close personal friends...read more

Product Description: THE BILLION DOLLAR MISTAKE: LEARNING THE ART OF INVESTING THROUGH THE MISSTEPS OF LEGENDARY INVESTORS

Product Description: Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Harriman, Gould, Frick...this is the story of the giant american capitalists who seized economic power after the Civil War and altered the shape of american life forever. Index.

The first book to fully explore the Warren Buffet investment philosophy introduces readers to the strategies and fundamentals adopted by this successful management team.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Product Description: This study of the early years of capitalism in the United States includes looks at such industrialists as J.P. Morgan, the panic of 1907, Standard Oil, Wall Street, and many more. Originally published in 1919.

Offers profiles on leading corporate raiders, looks at the Texaco-Getty-Pennzoil affair, and explains how and why corporate takeovers take place

Product Description: Gathered here are seventeen sound investment principles that will help people make sensible choices for financial security. What is surprising, however, is how applicable these principles are to life.Sir John Templeton, founder of the Templeton Mutual Funds, shares the basic rules he has used to create the world's best-performing mutual funds...read more

Examines the contributions of influential industrialists and financiers, including J.P. Morgan, Jay Gould, and Jesse Livermore.

This book puts the "yellow pages" for the foodservice industry at your finger tips! Well organized charts, lists, and tables with up-to-date information make it quick and easy to find the answers to your questions. When used as a reference, manual, or workbook, Food Equipment Digest provides instant access to vital information and is easier than referring to catalogs, booting up your computer, or waiting until you get back to the office. Stevens and Snowberger have created a hands-on, carry-with (or handout) digest for the foodservice industry serving: students, manufacturers, dealers, reps, managers, foodservice equipment specialists, commercial repair agencies, contractors, architects, and related professionals. This is the first book to contain a directory of 400 phone numbers to food equipment manufacturers with a compliment of over 400 industry related toll-free fax numbers. A concise list of zip codes for manufacturers and a list of states for freight estimates eliminates time consuming searches. You’ll find a section on the required USDA codes (HACCP), a Bacteria Control Table, Food Holding Temperature Guide, and other valuable sanitation and temperature statistics. A valuable chart on site analysis, an industry standard, is just one piece of "hard-to-find" information encompassed in these pages. Stevens and Snowberger offer information on scheduling, equipment installation, and selecting equipment for the kitchen; be it a correctional, healthcare, or banquet facility. There are mechanical charts available with plumbing and electrical conversion data, as well as information on grease traps, and beer/soda systems. Other highlights of Food Equipment Digest include a list of food trade magazines, associations, and field related video tapes. It is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive informational guide that will most assuredly save you time and money.

Product Description: Combining interview with analysis, this work looks at 15 corporate chairmen and presidents. It offers insights from leaders in the financial services industry, reviews their profiles and bank performance, and analyzes the status and future of the financial services industry.

Tells the stories of successful U.S. entrepreneurs, looks at the effect of new businesses on the development of new technologies, and examines the current state of the economy

A study focusing on the political and economic power of the five hundred super-millionaire families who control American life

Explains the reasons for the success of fifteen corporate raiders, such as T. Boone Pickens, Ivan Boesky, Carl Icahn, and Saul Steinberg, showing what they started with and the strategy they used to build their fortunes (view table of contents)