Author: D. R. D. Rollo
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524597147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Drago Tosa is a roulette wheel watcherthe best in the world. Using only mental calculations, he is able to predict with uncanny accuracy the number on which the ball will land and hits casinos around the world amassing a fortune. However, his dark past continues to haunt him, until he arrives in a casino in Italy, where he meets the man responsible for his fathers death. Having exacted revenge in his own special way, he happens to meet and join up with a renegade band of Blitzkrieg roulette past posters and falls in love with one of the girls they use to distract casino staff. Sam Morris, casino investigator, desperately tries to halt their activities, fearing for his life and increasingly threatened by ruthless casino owner Steve Kruger, who has his own dark past to hide. After a massive raid in Cape Town, the wheels are set in motion for a dramatic and bloody end to Tosa the wheel watcher and his gang of roulette past posters.
The Big Bust
Author: D. R. D. Rollo
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524597147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Drago Tosa is a roulette wheel watcherthe best in the world. Using only mental calculations, he is able to predict with uncanny accuracy the number on which the ball will land and hits casinos around the world amassing a fortune. However, his dark past continues to haunt him, until he arrives in a casino in Italy, where he meets the man responsible for his fathers death. Having exacted revenge in his own special way, he happens to meet and join up with a renegade band of Blitzkrieg roulette past posters and falls in love with one of the girls they use to distract casino staff. Sam Morris, casino investigator, desperately tries to halt their activities, fearing for his life and increasingly threatened by ruthless casino owner Steve Kruger, who has his own dark past to hide. After a massive raid in Cape Town, the wheels are set in motion for a dramatic and bloody end to Tosa the wheel watcher and his gang of roulette past posters.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524597147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Drago Tosa is a roulette wheel watcherthe best in the world. Using only mental calculations, he is able to predict with uncanny accuracy the number on which the ball will land and hits casinos around the world amassing a fortune. However, his dark past continues to haunt him, until he arrives in a casino in Italy, where he meets the man responsible for his fathers death. Having exacted revenge in his own special way, he happens to meet and join up with a renegade band of Blitzkrieg roulette past posters and falls in love with one of the girls they use to distract casino staff. Sam Morris, casino investigator, desperately tries to halt their activities, fearing for his life and increasingly threatened by ruthless casino owner Steve Kruger, who has his own dark past to hide. After a massive raid in Cape Town, the wheels are set in motion for a dramatic and bloody end to Tosa the wheel watcher and his gang of roulette past posters.
Boom and Bust
Author: William Quinn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108369359
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and speculators react to new technology or political initiatives, showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately come down to being able to predict these sparks.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108369359
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of financial bubbles, visiting, among other places, Paris and London in 1720, Latin America in the 1820s, Melbourne in the 1880s, New York in the 1920s, Tokyo in the 1980s, Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Shanghai in the 2000s. As they do so, they help us understand why bubbles happen, and why some have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences whilst others have actually benefited society. They reveal that bubbles start when investors and speculators react to new technology or political initiatives, showing that our ability to predict future bubbles will ultimately come down to being able to predict these sparks.
Boom, Bust, Boom
Author: Bill Carter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439136580
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A sweeping account of civilization's dependence on copper traces the industry's history, culture and economics while exploring such topics as the dangers posed to communities living near mines, its ubiquitous use in electronics and the activities of the London Metal Exchange. By the author of Fools Rush In. 30,000 first printing.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439136580
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A sweeping account of civilization's dependence on copper traces the industry's history, culture and economics while exploring such topics as the dangers posed to communities living near mines, its ubiquitous use in electronics and the activities of the London Metal Exchange. By the author of Fools Rush In. 30,000 first printing.
Bust
Author: Jason Starr
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 0857683861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
5 [IMPORTANT / VALUABLE] LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING BUST: 1) When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath. 2) Don’t use Drano to get rid of a dead body. 3) Those locks on hotel room doors? Not very secure. 4) A curly blond wig isn’t much of a disguise. 5) Secrets can kill.
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 0857683861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
5 [IMPORTANT / VALUABLE] LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING BUST: 1) When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath. 2) Don’t use Drano to get rid of a dead body. 3) Those locks on hotel room doors? Not very secure. 4) A curly blond wig isn’t much of a disguise. 5) Secrets can kill.
Boom and Bust Banking
Author: David M. Beckworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781598130768
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Exploring the forceful renewal of the boom-and-bust cycle after several decades of economic stability, this book is a research-based review of the factors that caused the 2008 recession. It offers cutting-edge diagnoses of the recession and prescriptions on how to boost the economy from leading economists. The book concentrates on the Federal Reserve and its leading role in creating the economic boom and recession of the 2000s. Aimed at professional economists and readers well versed in the basic workings of the economy, it includes innovative proposals on how to avoid future boom-and-bust cycles.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781598130768
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Exploring the forceful renewal of the boom-and-bust cycle after several decades of economic stability, this book is a research-based review of the factors that caused the 2008 recession. It offers cutting-edge diagnoses of the recession and prescriptions on how to boost the economy from leading economists. The book concentrates on the Federal Reserve and its leading role in creating the economic boom and recession of the 2000s. Aimed at professional economists and readers well versed in the basic workings of the economy, it includes innovative proposals on how to avoid future boom-and-bust cycles.
Great Bust Ahead
Author: Daniel A. Arnold
Publisher: Vorago-US
ISBN: 159196153X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Vorago-US
ISBN: 159196153X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Bust
Author: Matthew Lynn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119990688
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Athens, Greece—May Day 2010. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) were putting together the final details of a $100 billion euro rescue package for the country. The Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, had agreed to a savage package of “austerity measures” involving cuts in public spending and lower salaries and pensions. Outside, riot police were deployed as protestors gathered to fight the austerity program. A country with a history of revolution and dictatorship hovered on the brink of collapse—with the world’s financial markets watching to see if the deal cobbled together would be enough to both calm the markets and rescue the Greek economy, and with it the euro, from oblivion. In Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis, leading market commentator Matthew Lynn blends financial history, politics, and current affairs to tell the story of how one nation rode the wave of economic prosperity and brought a continent, a currency, and, potentially, the global financial system to its knees. Bust is a story of government deceit, unfettered spending, and cheap borrowing: a tale of financial folly to rank alongside the greatest in history. It charts Greece’s rise, and spectacular fall from grace, but it also explores the global repercussions of a financial disaster that has only just begun. It explains how the Greek debt crisis spread like wildfire through the rest of Europe, hitting Ireland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain, and ultimately provoking a crisis that brought the euro to the edge of collapse. And it argues that the Greek crisis is just the start of a decade of financial turmoil that will eventually force the break up of the euro, and a massive retrenchment in the living standards of all the developed economies. Written in a lively and entertaining style, Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis is an engaging and informative account of a country gone wrong and a must-read for anyone interested in world events and global economics.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119990688
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Athens, Greece—May Day 2010. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) were putting together the final details of a $100 billion euro rescue package for the country. The Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, had agreed to a savage package of “austerity measures” involving cuts in public spending and lower salaries and pensions. Outside, riot police were deployed as protestors gathered to fight the austerity program. A country with a history of revolution and dictatorship hovered on the brink of collapse—with the world’s financial markets watching to see if the deal cobbled together would be enough to both calm the markets and rescue the Greek economy, and with it the euro, from oblivion. In Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis, leading market commentator Matthew Lynn blends financial history, politics, and current affairs to tell the story of how one nation rode the wave of economic prosperity and brought a continent, a currency, and, potentially, the global financial system to its knees. Bust is a story of government deceit, unfettered spending, and cheap borrowing: a tale of financial folly to rank alongside the greatest in history. It charts Greece’s rise, and spectacular fall from grace, but it also explores the global repercussions of a financial disaster that has only just begun. It explains how the Greek debt crisis spread like wildfire through the rest of Europe, hitting Ireland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain, and ultimately provoking a crisis that brought the euro to the edge of collapse. And it argues that the Greek crisis is just the start of a decade of financial turmoil that will eventually force the break up of the euro, and a massive retrenchment in the living standards of all the developed economies. Written in a lively and entertaining style, Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis is an engaging and informative account of a country gone wrong and a must-read for anyone interested in world events and global economics.
Billions to Bust and Back
Author: Thor Bjorgolfsson
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782831169
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Thor Bjorgolfsson is a self-styled adventure capitalist with an addiction to debt and an insatiable appetite for business deals who became Iceland's first billionaire. After 10 years establishing his financial empire with alco-pops and beer in the lawless 'Wild East' of newly-capitalist Russia in the 1990s, he moved on to merging, floating, spinning off and privatising businesses from Finland to Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and the Czech Republic. On his 40th birthday, and worth $3.5 billion, he was sitting on top of the world; only 250 people in it were richer than him. His most spectacular triumph was the takeover of Iceland's second-largest bank, Landsbanki - he had expected his investment's value to double or treble in four years, and instead it rose ten-fold. But when financial meltdown hit Iceland in October 2008, Landsbanki crashed and burned, taking Bjorgolfsson with it. Within 12 months he had lost 3.3 billion euros - 98.5% of his wealth - and was treated as a scapegoat in his native country for supposedly bringing about the disaster. Faced with appalling debts, Bjorgolfsson has made good on his promises to repay his creditors, and at the age of 47 is now a billionaire once again.
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782831169
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Thor Bjorgolfsson is a self-styled adventure capitalist with an addiction to debt and an insatiable appetite for business deals who became Iceland's first billionaire. After 10 years establishing his financial empire with alco-pops and beer in the lawless 'Wild East' of newly-capitalist Russia in the 1990s, he moved on to merging, floating, spinning off and privatising businesses from Finland to Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and the Czech Republic. On his 40th birthday, and worth $3.5 billion, he was sitting on top of the world; only 250 people in it were richer than him. His most spectacular triumph was the takeover of Iceland's second-largest bank, Landsbanki - he had expected his investment's value to double or treble in four years, and instead it rose ten-fold. But when financial meltdown hit Iceland in October 2008, Landsbanki crashed and burned, taking Bjorgolfsson with it. Within 12 months he had lost 3.3 billion euros - 98.5% of his wealth - and was treated as a scapegoat in his native country for supposedly bringing about the disaster. Faced with appalling debts, Bjorgolfsson has made good on his promises to repay his creditors, and at the age of 47 is now a billionaire once again.
Money Mania
Author: Bob Swarup
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608198413
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
From ancient Rome to the Great Meltdown of 2008, this account of financial crises throughout history reveals the common human foibles that drive economic booms and busts.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608198413
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
From ancient Rome to the Great Meltdown of 2008, this account of financial crises throughout history reveals the common human foibles that drive economic booms and busts.
Baby Bust
Author: Stewart D. Friedman
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1613631332
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A new book based on a groundbreaking cross-generational study reveals both greater freedom and new constraints for men and women in their work and family lives.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1613631332
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A new book based on a groundbreaking cross-generational study reveals both greater freedom and new constraints for men and women in their work and family lives.