Elsewhere on Monday,
- “No one should fear sovereign wealth funds — quite the opposite,” says… Barclays.
- “One evening last autumn a group of about 10 artist managers, including representatives for the pop stars Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams as well as an executive who oversees the Beatles catalog, clustered around a table in an executive dining room at the London headquarters of EMI.”
- Short-selling, Ackman style.
- Pik-tok, Pik-tok, delaying the inevitable.
- That temporary Fed window.
- A bubble in three chapters: 1, 2
- “Rich countries must reduce, if not eliminate, distortional agriculture and energy policies, and help those in the poorest countries improve their capacity to produce food. But this is just a start: we have treated our most precious resources – clean water and air – as if they were free.”
- “Supporting national champions is a separate mission from managing an external portfolio that maximizes risk-adjusted return.”
- “T. Boone Pickens arrived early for his brain scan.”
- Can private equity bring back Michael Jackson?
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