Nathaniel Bradley Baker (September 29, 1818 – September 11, 1876) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as Governor of the state.
Initial public offerings are back on the table as a viable exit strategy. That much is clear to anybody who has turned on CNBC recently. But what types of companies are pursuing IPOs? And where are they pursuing them? More importantly, what about ...
Data provider Preqin came out with their latest measure of private equity returns Friday. The news is not good: -30% in the 12 months to March 31. Of course, this number needs to be put into context: Public markets performed well worse over the same ...
Thursday's New York Times DealBook offers a compelling suggestion of what caused last year's financial crisis: smart guys working on Wall Street. If it weren't for these Ivy League types with their fancy quantitative models, derivatives (including ...
An editorial in Monday's Financial Times argues that a weak dollar is desirable because it will help the U.S. achieve "the right type of recovery." The argument is neither new nor particularly complex: A weak U.S. dollar makes exports cheaper, which in ...
This is certainly a fair, if not overdue critique. But it begs the question: Where was Sachs when Greenspan was actually setting this interest rate policy? If these fiscal moves were such a grave injustice, Sachs surely should have been challenging ...
With 12 games to play, Arsenal are five points clear of Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table. Not an insurmountable lead by any stretch of the imagination, but one that could nevertheless prove decisive. The two teams' schedules ...
It would be easy to criticise the powers that run the English Premier League for being money-hungry louts (many of them from overseas) with no respect for the sport's traditions and culture. Easy, and probably true on several levels. But that doesn't ...
Reports out of Los Angeles indicate that Celtic are making a run at US goalkeeper Brad Guzan, of Chivas USA - crosstown rivals to David Beckham's LA Galaxy. The L.A. Times and other media reckon the Parkhead club have already made an offer for the 23- ...
When I wrote recently that Liverpool were out of the Premier League title race, I received hate mail and death threats from Reds fans. And those were the positive responses. The negative ones were a lot worse. Now that this has effectively become a ...
Now it's official. Spurs won't be signing any one of the 726 players with whom they have been linked over the past couple of months. Chairman Daniel Levy will not be seeking major acquisitions when the January transfer window opens tomorrow, a ...