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Windows 7 gives DSG a much-needed lift

• UK computing sales rise thanks to Microsoft’s new operating system, says DSG
• CEO John Browett tells investors that his turnaround plans is ‘paying off’
Is the worst over for DSG? The high street and internet reta… carry on reading.

Lessons Learned From A Guy Who Made $20 Billion in Two Years

Here’s a story lead from the WSJ that should get your attention:
Even as the financial system collapsed last year, and millions of investors los… carry on reading.

Investors returning to property

By Ruth Sullivan
Published: September 27 2009 08:05 | Last updated: September 27 2009 08:05
Investor interest in commercial property is beginning to revive in spite of two years of turbulence in the sector.
More than half of UK… carry on reading.

Lack of Accountability – The Core of Failure

Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com
Recently, I was recently invited by three different investors to ‘take a look’ at compa… carry on reading.

Rewards are in view for alternative energy

By Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent
Published: August 17 2009 16:01 | Last updated: August 17 2009 16:01
Investors in clean technology have more to smile about than most at the recent upturn in sentiment in stock markets.
… carry on reading.

A full glass for BHP Billiton

By William MacNamara
Published: August 12 2009 20:02 | Last updated: August 12 2009 20:39
This year investors in mining companies have grown accustomed to seeing the glass as half empty rather than half full, as profits have evaporate… carry on reading.

Builders’ merchants make gains

By David Fickling
Published: July 27 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 27 2009 03:00
Investors have picked up on signs that builders’ merchants are starting to spruce themselves up ahead of updates this week by Wolseley and Travis… carry on reading.

Death of the Hockey Stick

A recent phone conversation drifted into the question of valuation for start-up and early-stage companies. My own opinions on the matter have been formed through work with many such companies and on behalf of many investors in them.<span… carry on reading.

Appetite for European corporate debt grows

By Jennifer Hughes and David Oakley
Published: July 6 2009 19:59 | Last updated: July 6 2009 19:59
If European bond issuers and investors needed confirmation that their markets were genuinely open again, two deals last week provided i… carry on reading.

Today in The Zombieconomy

Psst — want to know why our capital markets don’t work? Because “investors” are mostly agitpropagandists, seeking a more and more ephemeral <a rel="nofollow"… carry on reading.

Investors fear banks will return to old ways

Investors and professional services groups are concerned that buoyant equity markets will allow the City of London to wriggle away from the global financial crisis without making fundamental changes… carry on reading.

Losing Faith in the Crowd

Conventional wisdom holds that the aggregate behavior of millions of investors — or home buyers — leads to rational markets. But some of the strongest proponents of such ideas are now expressing doubts…. carry on reading.