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Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle)

2011-11-07

List Price: $27.99Not so very long ago, Eragon?Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider?was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.... (read more)

Nov

Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)

2011-11-07

List Price: $27.99Price: $17.23You Save: $10.76 (38%)88 used & new from $13.97Not so very long ago, Eragon?Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider?was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.... (read more)

Oct

The Litigators

2011-10-24

List Price: $28.95The partners at Finley & Figg?all two of them?often refer to themselves as ?a boutique law firm.? Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers who?ve been in the trenches much too long making way too little. Their specialties, so to speak, are quickie divorces... (read more)

Oct

Steve Jobs

2011-10-23

List Price: $35.00Price: $16.85You Save: $18.15 (52%)162 used & new from $13.00Amazon Best Books of the?Month, November 2011: It is difficult to read the opening pages of Walter Isaacson?s Steve Jobs without feeling melancholic. Jobs retired at the end of August and died about six weeks later. Now, just weeks after his death, you can open the book that bears his name and read about his youth, his promise, and his relentless press to succeed. But the initial sadness in starting the book is soon replaced by something else, which is the intensity of (read more)

Oct

Steve Jobs

2011-10-22

List Price: $30.00Amazon Best Books of the?Month, November 2011: It is difficult to read the opening pages of Walter Isaacson?s Steve Jobs without feeling melancholic. Jobs retired at the end of August and died about six weeks later. Now, just weeks after his death, you can open the book that bears his name and read about his youth, his promise, and his relentless press to succeed. But the initial sadness in starting the book is soon replaced by something else, which is the intensity of (read more)

May

Former GM mortgage unit files for bankruptcy in the US - The Independent

2012-05-14

Former GM mortgage unit files for bankruptcy in the USThe IndependentResCap, the subprime mortgage lender that was once owned by the US car giant General Motors, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday in a move that is expected to help its parent company, Ally Financial, focus on its main car lending business and put ...and more »

May

Michael Hodes starts new boutique law firm - Bizjournals.com

2012-05-16

Michael Hodes starts new boutique law firmBizjournals.comHe teaches a course on elder law at the University of Baltimore's law school and has hosted a radio program, “Financial Focus” on WCBM radio. Hodes said he is talking with WBAL Radio about hosting a program on estates, trusts and elder law.

Apr

Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management Issues Paper On Complementing Portfolios ... - MarketWatch (press release)

2012-04-30

Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management Issues Paper On Complementing Portfolios ...MarketWatch (press release)BOSTON, Apr 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management announced today the release of a new Insight Paper, "Financial Focus on Social Returns: Complementing Portfolios with Impact Investments." In the paper, Reynders, ...and more »

May

Amid blaring of bagpipes, advisers are urged to fight - InvestmentNews

2012-05-13

Amid blaring of bagpipes, advisers are urged to fightInvestmentNewsOpening speaker Susan John, founder and president of Financial Focus Inc., exhorted attendees to fight proposed legislation that would put fee-only advisers under the supervision of a self-regulatory organization. She was referring to a bill introduced ...

May

The Business Matrix: Tuesday 15 May 2012 - The Independent

2012-05-14

The Business Matrix: Tuesday 15 May 2012The IndependentResCap files for protection ResCap, the subprime mortgage lender once owned by General Motors, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday in a move that is expected to help its parent, Ally Financial, focus on its main car lending business.and more »

May