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Would you trust this man with $35.5bn?

We certainly have some reservations about Tidjane Thiam, based on the following report from Reuters:PRUDENTIAL PLC <PRU.L> – CHIEF EXECUTIVE TIDJANE THIAM WILL NOT... (original story)

Empowering Shareholders With Help From the SEC

Judging by the deluge of mail investors are receiving--both digital and analog--it's proxy season again. (original story)

Quote du jour, Greek huff edition

From Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Thursday, via Reuters:GREEK PM SAYS WE WILL NOT ASK FOR FINANCIAL HELP FROM EU OR IMFOr rather: “Fine then! We’ll... (original story)

Deutsche Bahn Mulls Cash Offer for Arriva

Deutsche Bahn, the company in charge of German railways, said Thursday that it was in talks with the British transport firm Arriva about a possible acquisition. (original story)

Warren Rose, or Axl Buffett?

Presented without comment, because we are speechless, is the following video of the Sage of Omaha as Guns N’ Roses rocker Axl Rose:What’s the connection between... (original story)

PPP Financing: Moving towards a "new normal"?

Editor's Note: Clive Harris is Manager of the Public-Private Partnerships program at the World Bank Institute. This is the first in a series of posts on PPP Days 2010, taking place March 22nd and 23rd at the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank in Manila. The onset of the global financial crisis in the second half of 2008 raised major concerns about the ability of PPP projects in the developed and developing world to access finance. Developers—and governments—had become accustomed to relatively cheap borrowing and plentiful debt, both from banks and in some countries via the capital ... (original story)

Carlye’s Rubenstein on Human Rights in China: Don’t Ask Me, I’m Just a Businessman

David Rubenstein is bullish on China, whose economy he points out has been the world’s largest for “15 of the past 18 centuries.” But what about the country’s questionable human-rights practices and crack down on political dissidents? (original story)

Score it

The health care bill, in a nutshell (original story)

Warren Buffett Rocks Out

Warren E. Buffett has long been regarded as the biggest rock star in the financial world. But in a video made by employees of Geico, he decides to just rock out. (original story)

A little Credit Suisse FX mystery…

The name Alain Delelis was being pinged around forex dealing desks on Thursday.He’s the head of FX for the Americas at Credit Suisse.Correction: he was head of FX for... (original story)








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