Beard Group Inc : 17 books
by Peter S. Kaufman, Henry F. Owsley
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
This classic book, now in its second edition, is an authoritative source about the restructuring of troubled companies. It provides an insider's view on the methods and complexities of this highly specialized area of investment banking. Owsley and Kaufman are widely acknowledged leaders in this field...
by Prout G Henry
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018
This penetrating biography of George Westinghouse is a testimony to one of the greatest inventors of the last half of the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century. He was a prolific inventor, filing for 400 patents in 48 years. What is most significant is that he was primarily...
by George Frost Kennan
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2018
Edwin H. Harriman, railroad czar, was a nineteenth century turnaround specialist. He bought his first railroad at age 33, a foundering company that he reorganized and sold for a tidy profit. At the turn of the century he became Director of the Union Pacific, a property in receivership and near collapse....
Bailout
An Insider's Account of Bank Failures and Rescues
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
During the high interest times of the 1970s and 1980s, banks and savings and loan associations were under heavy financial pressure. Hundreds of them failed. The Home Loan Bank Board permitted the savings and loan associations to treat goodwill as capital, thereby allowing them to remain open and to...
Galileo
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018
A suspenseful narrative and spirited rendition of the life of Galileo Galilei, the Renaissance giant who set out on a collision course with the Roman Catholic Church. James Reston's meticulous research, astute use of excerpts from letters, poems, and church documents enliven his hero on every page.
E.H. Harriman
Master Railroader
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
This fascinating looks at E.H. Harriman, the man, railroad financier, and manager, helps to dispel the myths about this entrepreneurial giant and to define the valuable legacies that he left to following generations. Lloyd J. Mercer sketches Harriman's career from an office boy of fourteen to chief...
Going for Broke
How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming 80s to a Crash
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
John Rothchild vividly portrays the era of the Debtor Barons, the 1980s, when a new breed of undaunted entrepreneurs made untold millions buying companies with virtually no money out of their own pockets. The most astute of these Debtor Barons was Robert Campeau, a Canadian real estate developer,...
Corporate Turnaround
How Managers Turn Losers Into Winners!
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
A comprehensive guide on how to turn a financially distressed company into a strong viable one. Based on the experience of 97 corporate leaders who successfully managed turnarounds in more than 200 failing corporations, the book analyzes the reasons for corporate decline, expounds on the key factors...
Dangerous Dreamers
The Financial Innovators from Charles Merrill to Michael Milken
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2018
In this fast-paced account, Robert Sobel analyzes the causes of the "Junk Decade" against a backdrop of incisive portraits of the perpetrators of some of the most dizzying and daring financial machinations the world has ever seen. Dangerous Dreamers is the story of clever scoundrels and...
Panic on Wall Street
A History of America's Financial Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
Here is a book dealing with a subject endemic to many Eastern and Western countries - financial panic. Covering 12 of the most harrowing moments in American financial history from 1792 to 1962, it demonstrates that Wall Street and the public are at once the heroes, villains, and victims of past panics.
The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank
1397-1494
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018
A classic history of banking and trade in the medieval period, combining superb research and analysis with graceful writing.
The Medici Bank was the most powerful banking house of the 15th century. Headquartered in Florence, Italy, it established branches in Rome, Venice, Geneva, Lyons, Bruges,...
Cyrus Hall McCormick
His Life and Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2018
Here is a fascinating descriptive account of the man who invented the reaper, his life and the time in which he lived. The reaper was a major invention of the nineteenth century and contributed to the dawning of the industrial age. Told in spellbinding terms are the mechanical genius's early life...
Equity Holders Under Siege
Strategies and Tactics for Distressed Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
A must-read for all constituencies of distressed companies -- owners, creditors, buyers and professionals. Owsley and Kaufman apply principles of asymmetric warfare to the "zero sum" game of restructurings. With a sophisticated approach and tongue-in-cheek humor, Equity Holders Under Siege...
by Stephanie Wickouski
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
In a detailed Question & Answer format, the author, a nationally recognized bankruptcy practitioner, addresses both the esoteric and real world issues of indenture trustees in chapter 11 cases. Topics include conflicts, direction by holders, compensation, indemnification, fee recovery, and trustee litigation, including X-Clause, intercreditor, make-whole, and TIA disputes.
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