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While I was in New York City a few weeks back, I had a book handed to me by my cousin Vinit Sethi.  It was a newly released book, penned by David Einhorn, the founder of Greenlight Capital, where Vinit is also a partner.  It was quite a read.  Fooling Some of the [...]

Tagged as: Allied Capital, Federal Government, Finance, Fraud, Greenlight Capital, Hedge Funds, Small Business Administration

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My pals over at Download Squad wrote about this yesterday:  Microsoft is offering Office Accounting Epxress 2007 for free.  It’s the first time I can recall Microsoft offering a business focused application for free.  I’ve been beta testing the new Accounting 2007 for the last 2-3 months, and it seems to have a nice flow [...]

Tagged as: Budgeting, Business, Consulting, Finance, Microsoft

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It seems like every new edition of Quicken (or Microsoft Money) adds another needless layer of complexity to the personal expense management process. While it is nice to be able import your bank transactions into those applications, most of the time a quick entry into a spreadsheet is faster, more elegant, and more likely [...]

Tagged as: Budgeting, Finance, Mobile Computing, Personal Finance, web2.0

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Steve Rubel, over at Micro Persuasion, makes a brief mention of new podcast downloads at Fidelity Investments’ Registered Investment Advisor Group.  While not in the true podcast spirit (To access the actual audio, you have to go through a registration process), the fact that Fidelity is offering this service is worth noting.
I think we’re just [...]

Tagged as: Economy, Finance, Marketing, Technology

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