Monthly Archive for July, 2007

More Docs Uncovered Regarding Chartered Saudi Flights

Judicial Watch uncovers even MORE documents regarding the flights out of this country that our government allowed to the damn Saudis.  It blows my mind.  All of these people we let go should have been detained indefinitely.  Continue reading ‘More Docs Uncovered Regarding Chartered Saudi Flights’

Above-Market Returns on the Cheap

Yet more on hedge funds and the people who run them and the academics who study them, this time from The New Yorker. Continue reading ‘Above-Market Returns on the Cheap’

Japanese Propaganda and American Mass Media

Strategypage describes the similarities between Japanese propaganda during WWII and American mainstream media during the global war on terror: Continue reading ‘Japanese Propaganda and American Mass Media’

Impact of Hedge Funds on Target Companies’ Share Prices

Continuing on with my fascination of the surge in attention on hedge funds and private equity, Knowledge@Wharton published an article recently about a study that has attempted to document the impact the effect of hedge funds upon the stock of the companies in which they have invested.  It’s an interesting article, but they now require you register (it’s free).  Here’s a snippet of one of their conclusions: Continue reading ‘Impact of Hedge Funds on Target Companies’ Share Prices’