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Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the biggest names on Wall Street - Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine - created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions - until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America's most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice.

Roger Lowenstein, the bestselling author of Buffett, captures Long-Term's roller-coaster ride in gripping detail. Drawing on confidential internal memos and interviews with dozens of key players, Lowenstein crafts a story that reads like a first-rate thriller from beginning to end. He explains not just how the fund made and lost its money, but what it was about the personalities of Long-Term's partners, the arrogance of their mathematical certainties, and the late-nineties culture of Wall Street that made it all possible.

Why do 70 percent of wealth-transition plans fail? This is the question that Emily Griffiths-Hamilton sets out to answer in Build Your Family Bank, an audiobook that looks closely at the core causes of wealth erosion and failed transition plans and offers a set of strategies for building successful wealth-transition plans that will benefit many generations.

For most people, qualifying for a loan isn't a very pleasant experience: banks and financial institutions demand your highly sensitive information but may not know you or your values. Your family members and loved ones, on the other hand, care deeply about you and have a personal interest in your success.

Do you want to become your own best version? Do you want to showcase your charismatic, authentic self so that you attract people and become popular? If so, this book How to Be Charismatic, Develop Confidence, and Exude Leadership: The Miracle Formula for Magnetic Charisma, Defeating Anxiety, and Winning at Communication is the right book for you!

Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were the weapons of choice at Wall Street investment bank Lazard Frères & Co. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.

In this newly updated 2018 edition, authors Clayton and Natali Morris help you beat the system by paying down your home loan and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest payments along the way. This step-by-step system only works with understanding and a disciplined plan. Clayton and Natali give you that by breaking it all down for you in this book. They arm you with the knowledge, inspiration, and several game plan options to free yourself from the dead weight of your mortgage.

If you’re like most Americans, you’ve spent your entire adult life paying the banks, your creditors, and your expenses. At the same time, you’ve watched your retirement funds and legacy drastically fluctuate or evaporate in the markets. In Mapping Out the Millionaire Mystery, Money Multiplier’s founder Brent Kesler and America’s number-one money mentor Chris Naugle expand upon the 200-year-old strategy used by the wealthy to eliminate debt, grow their wealth, minimize taxation, and leave a legacy.

Smart Mom, Rich Mom explores how women today are navigating the financially challenging career/parenting years. Written by a national money columnist and mom of two, the book chronicles people who have stayed in the game - full-time, freelance, self-employed, and more - and emerged more prosperous and empowered. Kids change our lives, adding joy but draining bank accounts. Smart Mom, Rich Mom helps you adopt healthy habits - and make hard decisions - that pay off in abundance.

Living with ADHD as an adult can feel like a constant uphill battle, with your mind in chaos and stress always around the corner. You might long for focus, crave mental peace, and need strategies to manage emotional resilience without burning out.

Why are stress and anxiety neurodivergent issues? Quite simply, because much of the modern world isn’t designed by or for us. Most of us are constantly bombarded by demands we struggle to meet in environments we struggle to tolerate. The larger the gap between what we are expected to do and what we can do comfortably, the greater our stress and anxiety will be. When we experience this ongoing, gnawing pressure from childhood, trauma is almost inevitable.

In a world with more and more photographers, where everyone has phones with multiple cameras in them, many photographers who want to make their job what they love find it difficult. I have been blessed and worked hard to make a living out of creating images with the press of the shutter button. I'm proud to be a working professional photographer, and I am happy to share 10 important principles I followed to get here.

Develop a Positive Mindset and Attract the Life of Your Dreams teaches listeners how to feel better about themselves and create a clear action plan for sustainable improvement. In this book, the author explores the power of the mind to help the listener discover the endless possibilities of thinking positively. Included also is How to Stop Being Negative, Angry, and Mean. With this second book, listeners will discover how to manage emotions, the importance of a growth mind-set and how to develop one, the major causes of anger, and more.

Your culture is your number-one competitive advantage. But here's the rub: Inspiring cultures don't happen by accident. You can't buy, borrow, or fake a great culture. You need to be deliberate about building a truly inspiring culture. That's where The Humor Advantage comes in.

Not a book for those looking for a new and better get-rich-quick scheme, but an ideal guide for those who desire to create wealth, are determined to succeed, and are disciplined enough to rise above the status quo. Prescription for Wealth provides a simple and time proven way to personally free yourself from the power of those who control the wealth of the world, even in these times of financial uncertainty.

Do you want to improve your relationships and productivity, all by simply changing your listening habits? You already understand the importance of quality communication. But good communication is built not on speaking but on listening. In 10 easy steps, you can go from being a poor listener to an excellent one. At each step, you’ll learn how to navigate the pitfalls of strained communication, transforming your ability to exchange accurate, complete information and deepen emotional understanding and connectedness.

Den of Thieves tells, in masterfully reported detail, the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice. Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the biggest names on Wall Street - Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine - created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions.

From award-winning columnist and journalist Gillian Tett comes a brilliant examination of how our tendency to create functional departments - silos - hinders our work and how some people and organizations can break those silos down to unleash innovation.

Désirez-vous ouvrir et gérer vous-même votre compte bancaire aux États-Unis? Si vous êtes un entrepreneur étranger, ce guide pratique est pour vous! Ce troisième guide dans la série Oui Aux Entrepreneurs® va vous permettre de bien comprendre le fonctionnement du système bancaire américain. Il va aussi vous fournir les outils nécessaires pour ouvrir et gérer votre propre compte bancaire aux États-Unis, aussi bien professionnel que personnel. Ensemble, nous allons explorer plusieurs aspects du monde bancaire aux États-Unis.

In Inside Money, acclaimed historian, commentator, and former financial executive Zachary Karabell offers the first full and frank look inside this institution against the backdrop of American history. Blessed with complete access to the company's archives, as well as a thrilling understanding of the larger forces at play, Karabell has created an X-ray of American power - financial, political, cultural - as it has evolved from the early 1800s to the present.