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Vijay Narayanan on October 2nd, 2008

The crisis on Wall Street is symptomatic of a larger problem in the United States, argues Prof Youngjin Yoo, in an article titled Wall Street 2.0, where he also proposes ways in which Wall Street can redefine itself given the changing dynamics of the global economy. A fabulous read.

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Vijay Narayanan on September 30th, 2008

From an 1998 interview with Michael Dell: “… That means we have to stay on top of our customers’ needs, and we have to monitor and understand the innovations in the material science world- everything from semiconductors to polymers to liquid crystal displays. You need to track anything having to do with the flow of [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on September 24th, 2008

Speaking on MSNBC this morning, Warren Buffett was all praise for Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, of whom he said he was “thankful Paulson had the imagination to come up with the plan.” When asked why the taxpayers should foot the bill, Mr. Buffett replied “The economy is everyone’s problem…” And he continued, tongue-in-cheek, “You see, [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on July 2nd, 2008

Today’s Morning Joe on MSNBC had some of the funniest moments on a TV news show since Chris Matthews took conservative radio talk show host Kevin James on the issue of appeasement. The topic of discussion this morning was the money that former New York Stock Exchange chairman, Richard Grasso had taken home, roughly $190 [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on June 17th, 2008

… is a company sans pareil. (Here’s one reason why.)

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