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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Summary: Nebraska-based Gordman’s struggled to adapt to e-commerce (it launched an online site in 2015) and experienced declining sales since 2012. However, new leadership has recently claimed that HHGregg will make a comeback with a revamped website and smaller physical footprint. Date: March 2017. Date: March 2017.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

At the age of 26, Nebraska stockbroker and school teacher named Warren Buffett took his “retirement fund” of $174,000 and decided to start his own investment business. He mocks himself for making mistakes, and sings the praises of Berkshire’s army of CEO-managers. Management. Two decades later, he was a billionaire.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises 2005 John Jay Knox Knox, John Jay A History of Banking in the United States 2017 Timothy Koch Koch, Timothy Bank Management (8th ed.) 2014 John A. Kouwenhoven Kouwenhoven, John A. Partners in Banking: An Historical Portrait of a Great Private Bank, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.,

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