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...parents wanted me to become an investment banker...
...Investment banker upset to realize that last year not only did he make less than a former colleague who now runs a hedge fund but he also made less than a journeyman outfielder who now plays for the New York Mets...
...market is highly cyclical--many would say current prices are at all-time highs--but there remains a core group of wealthy art collectors who will be comparatively unaffected by external conditions. It's the buyers from that group who are now turning their attention to China, argues banker and avid collector Carl Kostyal. "About 10 to 20 collectors are at the leading edge of contemporary art globally," says Kostyal. "They are already buying in China and have been for a year or so. Then there is another group of 200 to 300 for whom this buying is bringing China...
...less keeps that tension up right until the end.His first assignment thereafter—given to him by M, played by the incomparable Judi Dench—is to stop the sinister Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen, whose last American film was “King Arthur”), banker to the world’s terrorist organizations. The pic is centered around a high stakes poker game that Bond must win to keep the money from getting into the wrong hands.“Casino” fits in the series with its plentiful action and cute witticisms, but it?...
Ortega may have trouble solidifying his hold on power, as he won with only 38% of the vote. That was still 9 percentage points ahead of his nearest rival, U.S.-backed banker Eduardo Montealegre, leading some to conclude that Ortega profited from voter backlash against perceived U.S. meddling in the election. However, a bigger problem than Yanqui interference may have been Yanqui neglect. After Ortega was ousted from power in 1990, the U.S. did little to help war-ravaged Nicaragua get back on its feet. "We got rid of the Sandinistas and said everything else would take care of itself...