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Thoughts on PwC’s Booz Purchase

Tom Spencer

PwC Chairman Dennis Nally and Booz CEO Cesare Mainardi were very upbeat about the proposed deal. Why would a trusted global accounting firm like Arthur Anderson fail to properly audit Enron’s books? The deal will almost certainly result in post-merger headaches . Background to the Deal. Enron Scandal. Gold Fever.

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Losing Faith in Gold at the Wrong Time; Did Paulson's Sale Mark the Bottom? Who's Left to Sell?

MishTalk

the largest investor in the SPDR Gold Trust, the biggest exchange-traded product for the metal, pared its stake to 10.2 Securities and Exchange Commission filings showed. However, from a sentiment standpoint, high profile gold supporters dumping their stash en masse is what it takes to make a bottom. Paulson & Co.,

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Blockchain: New Use Cases for Governments and Business

Tom Spencer

Removing the middleman offers the potential to reduce transaction costs, increase data integrity and transparency by storing transactions in an immutable ledger stored on a decentralised network maintained by thousands of users, and bolster security by verifying transactions using cryptography. In 2017, Protokol estimated that $1.2

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Obama Calls Iraq "Long Term Project"; US Bombs Its Own Weapons; "These People Are Coming Here" Says Senator Graham

MishTalk

In the decade since the 2003 US-led Iraq invasion, the US has spent a fortune training and arming the Iraqi army in the hopes of readying it to secure the country once America left. When ISIS invaded northern Iraq from Syria in June, the Iraqi forces deserted or retreated en masse. But the Iraqi army has been largely a failure.