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Movie recommendation! – “The Inside Job”

Posted on January 8, 2012 | Leave a comment

I just watched the Netflix DVD “The Inside Job“. WOW!

As a former bond trader with Bankers Trust Company (formerly located at 16 Wall Street but now long gone) I have two reactions to this “sobering, Oscar-winning documentary that presents in comprehensive yet cogent detail the prevasive and deep-rooted corruption that led to the global economic meltdown of 2008″ (from the Netflix liner notes).

1. I think this documentary is very insightful and revealing.

2. My heart is broken that a profession I loved has been so perverted.

If you want to understand the influence of Wall Street on our global economy watch this documentary. And after you have seen it, let’s discuss it.

- Mike

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SBA Research data

Posted on May 14, 2010 | Leave a comment

SBA Research – Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories

The Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories supply data on small businesses in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The publication also provides national-level data and limited data on the U.S. territories. The usefulness of the publication is the great detail it provides about small businesses at the state level. The following topics are covered: the number of firms, demographics of business ownership, small business income, banking, business turnover, industry composition, and employment gains and losses by size of business. Detailed historical data may be found in the Small Business Economy.