Beyond Greed

Business & Money

Fay, Stephen

Investing

Penguin??Books

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages; Physical description: ix, 314, [16]p. : ill. , facsims. , ports. ; 23cm. Subjects: Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976. Publishing industries - Frauds against publishing companies - McGraw-Hill Book Company - Irving, Clifford. Book publishing - Frauds.

Hoax: Inside Story of the Howard Hughes-Clifford Irving Affair

Viking/Penguin

The death of Venice

Deutsch

Praeger

A true tale chronicling the diasatrous collision of old money and raw greed. In February 1995, the unthinkable happened: one of the oldest and most respected merchant banks in London went bankrupt. The story that "rogue" Barings trader Nick Leeson lost hundreds of millions of pounds speculating in the Far East was front-page news throughout the world. Accused of fraud on a massive scale, Leeson first strenuously opposed being tried in Singapore, then eventually was taken there from his prison in Frankfurt. In December 1995 he pleaded guilty - and the trial began and ended within two days. As a result, the prosecution case against Leeson was not heard. What really happened to cause the downfall of "the Queen's bank," and who was actually responsible? In The Collapse of Barings, Stephen Fay investigates the facts behind the headlines and discovers a closed network of privilege, greed, and incompetence. In the rapidly changing system of global finance, the directors of Barings came to rely on people they hardly knew - like Nick Leeson - to make their fortunes in markets they did not fully understand, like SIMEX in Singapore. The plasterer's son from Watford was still in his mid-twenties when he rose to become the golden boy of Barings, claiming to have made profits of ten million dollars in one week. His London bosses watched passively as a culture of speculation grew until it eventually destroyed them, and changed the face of London's financial heartland.

The Collapse of Barings

Economics

W.W.Norton&Company

A true tale chronicling the diasatrous collision of old money and raw greed.In February 1995, the unthinkable happened: one of the oldest and most respected merchant banks in London went bankrupt. The story that "rogue" Barings trader Nick Leeson lost hundreds of millions of pounds speculating in the Far East was front-page news throughout the world. Accused of fraud on a massive scale, Leeson first strenuously opposed being tried in Singapore, then eventually was taken there from his prison in Frankfurt. In December 1995 he pleaded guilty - and the trial began and ended within two days. As a result, the prosecution case against Leeson was not heard. What really happened to cause the downfall of "the Queen's bank," and who was actually responsible?In The Collapse of Barings, Stephen Fay investigates the facts behind the headlines and discovers a closed network of privilege, greed, and incompetence. In the rapidly changing system of global finance, the directors of Barings came to rely on people they hardly knew - like Nick Leeson - to make their fortunes in markets they did not fully understand, like SIMEX in Singapore. The plasterer's son from Watford was still in his mid-twenties when he rose to become the golden boy of Barings, claiming to have made profits of ten million dollars in one week. His London bosses watched passively as a culture of speculation grew until it eventually destroyed them, and changed the face of London's financial heartland.

Hoax: The Inside Story Of The Howard Hughes-Clifford Irving Affai by Fay, Stephen Et.Al.

Hoax

Linklater, Magnus

Chester, Lewis

VIKING

"How the two richest families in the world, the Hunts of Texas and the House of Saud, tried to corner the silver market--how they failed, who stopped them, and why it could happen again"--Jacket subtitle.

Viking Adult

Portrait of an Old Lady: Turmoil at the Bank of England

The Collapse Of Barings

Diane Pub Co.

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