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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 To you, manage your interest rate risk.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

PYMNTS

This week opened with Hector Barreto — the current Chair of the Latino Coalition and a former SBA Administrator from 2001-2008 – wondering what on Earth had happened to the economic message during this particular election season. Can someone please make capital available? 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

PYMNTS

Presented by Afterpay and featuring an interview with Daniel Demsky , co-founder of travel clothing retailer Unbound Merino , this report detailed the way installment payment plans’ popularity have surged during the pandemic, and research correctly suggested it would become only more popular during the holiday season. Buy Now, Pay Later.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In the early 2000s, venerable retailers Sears and Kmart began losing ground to Walmart and Target, with Kmart even filing for Chapter 11 in 2002. Date: September 3, 2001. In 2007, Daimler sold off 80% of Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management for $7B. Sears and Kmart. Date: March 24, 2005. Price: $11B. HP and Compaq.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

It also owns 50 subsidiary companies that have 200 more subsidiaries themselves, including Geico (acquired in 1996), Dairy Queen (1997), and Fruit of the Loom (2001). You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” ( 2001 ). In spring 2001, Cisco’s shareholders had lost a total of 28.6% table of contents.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Select Investors: CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Select Investors: BlackRock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

In venture capital, returns follow the power law — 80% of the wins come from 20% of the deals. Get the 65-page report on teardowns for Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and more. JD.com took a huge risk by stepping into a major market and investor Capital Today made a $2.4B

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