Jason Kelly es un escritor centrado en la industria global de capital privado. Colabora con Bloomberg News y es autor de "The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything." Su trabajo a menudo profundiza en un amplio espectro de temas económicos. Kelly explora el desarrollo económico y el impacto de eventos como desastres naturales y guerras.
Thoroughly revised for 2008, an insightful and informative guide for beginning investors provides detailed advice on how to make wise stock selections, decodes difficult expressions and terms used on the stock markets, and more, to alleviate the tension of making the right investments. Original.
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Inside the Trillion Dollar Industry That Owns Everything What do Dunkin' Donuts, J. Crew, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King have in common? They are all currently or just recently were owned, operated, and controlled by private equity firms. The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything takes the reader behind the scenes of these firms: their famous billionaire founders, the overlapping stories of their creation and evolution, and the outsized ambitions that led a group of clever bankers from small shops operating in a corner of Wall Street into powerhouse titans of capital. This is the story of the money and the men who handle it. Go inside the private worlds of founders Henry Kravis, Steve Schwarzman, David Bonderman, and more in The New Tycoons, and discover how these men have transformed the industry and built the some of the most powerful and most secretive houses of money in the world
Připravte se. Svět je závislý na počítačích. Počítače řídí elektrárny, přepínají telefonické hovory a kontrolují banky. Protože vznikly teprve ve dvacátém století, ukládají data roků do paměti jako dvojciferná čísla, i když by správně měla být čtyřciferná. Rok 1999 je proto v paměti počítače uložen jako 99. Ale 1.ledna roku 2000 se z dvojciferných dat stane číslo 00 a počítače se zhroutí.
Ci ripetono di stare tranquilli, di non allarmarci, di non esagerare. Ma intanti, migliaia di computer in tutto il mondo aspettano il fatidico scoccare dell'anno 00. Una cifra simbolica, un anno maledetto perchè irriconoscibile. E se a causa del cosiddetto "virus del 2000" le reti informariche saltassero davvero? Se in una piccola parte del mondo, una frazione soltanto, i sistemi di sicurezza e di protezione civile non funzionassero più? La crisi si allargherebbe a macchia d'olio, fino a effetti imprevedibili. I quattro cavalieri dell'apocalisse si preparano a marciare su autostrade elettroniche spianate apposta per loro... Copertina di Massimo Rosestolato *Supplemento al n. 1373 di Urania
