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A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide
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Long-listed for the FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011.
The true story of how risk destroys, as told through the ongoing saga of AIG
From the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, the subject of the financial crisis has been well covered. However, the story central to the crisis - that of AIG - has until now remained largely untold. Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide tells the inside story of what really went on inside AIG that caused it to choke on risk and nearly bring down the entire economic system. The book:
- Reveals inside information available nowhere else, including the personal notes and records of key players such as the former Chairman of AIG, Hank Greenberg
- Takes listeners behind the scenes at the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Details how an understanding of risk built AIG, but a disdain for government regulators led to a run-in with New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
Fatal Risk is the comprehensive and compelling true story of the company at the center of the financial storm and how it nearly caused the entire economic system to collapse.
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One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers - right from the belly of the beast. In A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry McDonald, a Wall Street insider, reveals, the culture and unspoken rules of the game like no book has ever done.
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1 out of 5 stars
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First take: Tale of the narcissist
- De Susan Hayden en 07-28-09
De: Patrick Robinson, y otros
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Crash of the Titans
- Greed, Hubris, the Fall of Merrill Lynch and the Near-Collapse of Bank of America
- De: Greg Farrell
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 377
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 378
With one notable exception, the firms that make up what we know as Wall Street have always been part of an inbred, insular culture that most people only vaguely understand. The exception was Merrill Lynch, a firm that revolutionized the stock market by bringing Wall Street to Main Street. Merrill Lynch was an icon. Its sudden decline, collapse, and sale to Bank of America was a shock. How did it happen? Why did it happen?
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2 out of 5 stars
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The author needs an outline or timeline
- De Stephanie en 12-19-10
De: Greg Farrell
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House of Cards
- A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
- De: William Cohan
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 25 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 547
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 271
In March 2008, Bear Stearns, a swashbuckling 84-year-old financial institution, was forced to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase for an outrageously low price in a deal brokered by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who was desperately trying to prevent the impending catastrophic market crash. But mere months before, an industry-wide boom had "the Bear" clocking a record high stock price. How did a giant investment bank with $18 billion in cash on hand disappear in a mere 10 days?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting "Read" About Credit Crisis
- De Thomas en 04-25-09
De: William Cohan
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The Last Tycoons
- The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co.
- De: William D. Cohan
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 32 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 167
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were the weapons of choice at Wall Street investment bank Lazard Frères & Co. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good stuff
- De Mr. M Metwally en 09-07-07
De: William D. Cohan
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All the Devils Are Here
- The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
- De: Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,248
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 898
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 893
As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began. Should the blame fall on Wall Street, Main Street, or Pennsylvania Avenue? On greedy traders, misguided regulators, sleazy subprime companies, cowardly legislators, or clueless home buyers? According to Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, two of America's most acclaimed business journalists, the real answer is all of the above-and more. Many devils helped bring hell to the economy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- De Euri en 11-19-10
De: Bethany McLean, y otros
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Fallen Giant
- The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG, 2nd Edition
- De: Ronald Shelp
- Narrado por: Dennis Holland
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3
In Fallen Giant, author Ron Shelp - who worked within the AIG organization for more than a decade - sheds light on AIG, the company, and Hank Greenberg, the man. Through in-depth research, candid interviews, and firsthand experiences, Shelp provides a detailed look at how AIG was originally created and reveals how Greenberg's unrelenting drive to be the best may have led to his untimely departure from AIG.
De: Ronald Shelp