The Last Partnerships: Inside the Great Wall Street Money Dynasties (BUSINESS BOOKS) - Tapa blanda

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Charles R. Geisst, professor of finance at Manhattan College, is the author of ten books including Wall Street: A History (1997) which was a New York Times Business Bestseller, selection of the History Book Club and the Book of the Month Club, and on the Canadian Business Bestseller list. In addition, Mr. Geisst is being considered as a featured expert on the subject of Wall Street for a television documentary currently being developed by Peter Guber (Columbia Studios). One of his other recent books, Investment Banking in the Financial System (Prentice Hall, 1995) was recently published in Beijing in a Chinese language edition. Geisst has been a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Nippon TV.

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"Geisst's chronicle of runaway greed and phenomenal success provides a captivating and unique picture of the secret deals, monumental transactions, colorful characters, earth-shaking plummets and exuberant highs of the most famous street in the world."--"Accounting Today

"Geisst's comprehensive history of Wall Street qualifies as a major reference work on the subject."--"Fort-Worth Star Telegram

""The Last Partnerships is ... an enormously enjoyable read."--United Press International