The book is a fair overview of foreing exchange risk with lots of formulas. I couldn't find much on "advanced strategies for global corporations." For example, less than two pages are used to discuss zero-premium collar programs. It might be OK for new global investors but it's got very little for corporate treasurers.

This book is a good intro to FX risk. Plenty of real world examples serve to drive key points home. Good deal for those looking to learn the basics very quickly but also provides insight into more sophisticated theory.

This second edition has been greatly expanded with materials on the mechanics of the foreign exchange and options markets. The sections on the international monetary system have been updated, especially with respect to the European monetary system. New sections have been added on exotic currency options, specifically on barriers, average rate, basket and quantos options. There are two new chapters, one on currency option applications and another on currency overlay management.

The novel opens with explicit sexual description that is also funny and continues in this way throughout. It's hardly a conventional mystery, though there is a murder that involves a mysterious,reclusive author. Of the plot, the less said, the better. The main characters are two female English teachers in a community college in the Washington, D.C. area; the clientele is mostly minority. These students are being offered a Milton course. The novel has something of the flavor of Fay Weldon but is a little cruder and rather more vulgar. Fun if the reader doesn't mind the raunch and isn't expecting a standard mystery.

Mr. Right is an absolutely delightful dose of depravity. The juxtaposition of suspense, sex and humour keep you continuously off balance from the beginning to the end. No review could possibly do justice to this one of a kind mystery novel. You simply have to read it.

But I'm the author, so you may want to seek a less biased opinion. Actually, this book is my first, originally published 20 years ago and now being reprinted. It's sexier than any of my mysteries, but the wise-a** humor will be familiar. And my husband, Davis McAuley, did the cover!

Tom Bowers who has, as he states himself, written this book upon a suggestion and with substantial help of senator D'Amato, writes that the swiss citizens' wealth is "based on the gold stolen from the jews". A good read for anyone wishing to gain insight into international politics and propaganda. An astonishing complement to the account with the same title ("Nazi Gold") by SAYER/BOTTING.

Over the last decade much has been written regarding the wanton theft of money, precious stones and metals, and other treasures and loot during the Second World War by both the Nazis and the Swiss bankers who helped finance the German war effort. This interesting and fact-filled book by author Tom Bower details the horrifying facts surrounding the multitude of ways in which Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime were fleeced, both by the Nazi authorities in the first place, and then by a plethora of other villains after the fact. Particularly distasteful are the ways in which victims of the Holocaust were manipulated, tricked, or forced into giving all they had in an attempt to save themselves and their families, only to find they were both swindled of the valuables in the first place, and then betrayed and sent to the death camps after so doing. On many levels then, this is a shocking account of the plethora of ways in which those lost in the Holocaust were victimized.

The primary story here is the well-documented system developed and employed by the Swiss banking systems to garner the money deposited by Jews and other potential victims attempting to flee fascism, and to then safeguard it against any and all attempts to withdraw the money by the legitimate survivors of those victims. At base, this is the story of the craven and deliberate theft of what is most likely many billions of dollars by the Swiss, who have stonewalled attempts to give some kind of accounting for the money and other valuables left behind by the Holocaust victims. It is, by the way, also the story of a small group of dedicated lawyers, accountants, and other professionals to force the Swiss into accounting for the money and compensating the families of the victims, even though it is clear that there is no way all of the money can ever be accounted for, or, for that matter, ever returned.

Given this situation, then, what his book represents is the last grisly chapter in the history of the Holocaust, a chapter in which memories and dignities are shattered and held up to ridicule by bankers more interested in their own financial gains than in a fair accounting of the facts. Bower provides a stunning description of the truly despicable behavior displayed by the Swiss, and their nefarious role in denying victims' families knowledge about or access to any of the funds left in their care. He also describes a wide variety of ways in which the Swiss betrayed their pose of studied neutrality during the war by actively providing goods, materials, and money to the Germans, all of which aided and abetted the German war effort against the Allies. This book is scrupulously researched, meticulously documented, and carefully described, and as a result gives the reader a much better appreciation for the true nature of Swiss involvement was both during the war and thereafter. This is an interesting and worthwhile book, and one that I recommend to students of 20th century history. Enjoy!

Bower writes a good book. The first 150 pages are very interesting. Here, Bower deals with Swiss complicity with Nazi Germany. The Swiss sold to Nazi Germany nearly a billion dollars in armaments, ballbearing and other materiel to support the German war machine. As a result, the Swiss may have prolonged the war by supporting the hard pressed Nazi war machine. In addition, we see what slimy, robber barons the Swiss bankers were. Jews, whose family members had accounts in Swiss banks (and whose parents died in the camps) find themselves turned away by callous Swiss bankers. We also learn how the Communists in Poland tried to gain capital by claiming the funds of Polish Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The Polish Communists, who would persecute Jews and expel their Jews in the 60's still wanted their cash! So, this and many other interesting points come out. Still, after about 150 pages, the book drags. Accordingly, I would read the first 150 pages. Then I would skip to the end to of the book to read about Edgar Bronfman's efforts on behalf of Jews who had money in Switzerland. Overall, a well researched book on the perfidities of the Swiss banks, but a little too long. Last but not least, this book convinced me (someone who was initially against going after the Swiss Banks, and a Jew for that matter) that the Swiss Banks should be held accountable for these crimes, and should pay some amount of restitution. Whether the survivors will get a cent after taxes and legal fees is another matter.

This book published by the (Richard Mellon Scaife funded) Cato Institute is in fact dedicated to perpetuating world poverty through "Free Trade" aimed at causing the destruction of the Nation State and insuring that even the idea of the Nation State is not allowed to exist. What this book secretly advocates is world slavery. What ever do the author/editors believe the United States was fighting against in the Revolutionary War against King George's British Empire. Don't they understand that America was fighting British Empire "Free Trade" aimed at stealing raw materials from the colonies, forcing them to buy British manufactured goods, thereby forcing the colonies to remain backward and undeveloped, just as England does today with their "colonies" in Africa. This book is the very dark "shadow of the glove" and purely propaganda.

I found this to be a cogent analysis of the two organizations in question, particularly in light of the recent turmoil they've caused in East Asia and Russia.

Through this book, we see that the IMF and the World Bank were making mischief abroad long before their more recent, more well publicized disasters. The word disaster is particularly appropriate in Indonesia; I hesitate to guess how many decades the country has been set back as a result of the IMF/World Bank meddling. For a good analysis, see books by Steve Hanke, such as _The Revolution in Development Economics_. Some of his articles are available on forbes.com.

I'd like to see an updated version of the book, to take into account the more recent boondoggles. The sad thing is that they not only have wasted billions of dollars, but often have left the recipients worse off than they were to begin with. The administrators of the organizations, of course, are living high on the hog all the while (to any IMF/World Bank top dogs who've recently taken a vow of poverty, my apologies), even as they're effectively impoverishing millions.

Youre feeding a monster which doesn't care about people. It exists to perpetuate the corrupt oppressive and plain incompetent governments of various nations by bailing them out continuously. If you wanted to feed an african family would you buy them grain and tools or would you send the money to their rulers (with a couple of feeble conditions) and pretty much let them do what they like with it? The IMF is a power brokers dream, leeching funds from everyone and being accountable to none.

The previous readers precious nation states and their statists are the enemies of individual liberty, they are to blame - and we for letting them get away with it.

A good book, enough to make you think twice when you next hear about the billions pledged for this or that project which never seems to actually help anyone except global politicians.

It is not surprising that this book is about 70% sample resumes. However, only about 1 in 10 resumes focused on the type of individual who would need this guide the most: students graduating college. Most of the resume examples were of CFO's, Executive officers and others with lots of experience. This book had very little insight in how to structure your resume to be set apart from the other 10,000 graduates looking for the same jobs. The sample cover letters posed the same problem with only about 5 out of the 30 or so letters from college graduates. The rest was coming from executives looking to change jobs. For people already established who haven't touched their own resume in 30 years, this book may be helpful, but for those of us who are trying to tweek our resume to stand out, this book is not very helpful and you most surely will get your 13 bucks worth.

This book is a good source of sample finance resumes. Other good and recommended resources for finance careers are the Vault Guide to the Top Finance Firms, the Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking, and the Vault Guide to Finance Interviews. Also try the harvard guide to finance careers.

This book is quite useful for a finance job search. Another good guide on the subject is the Vault Reports Guide to Investment Banking, which includes actual finance interview questions and answers.

Bank Wright's guide to Hawaiian surf spots touches upon some nice areas, and has a few pleasant PC poems, but ultimately falls short of telling it how it really is. How many times do we need to be warned about dangerous reefs and riptides? Maybe he should have just given this warning once at the beginning and left it at that. But his south shore Oahu map is pretty thorough, and in a few other zones he does find (like a bumbler) some good spots. Overall though, he misses more than he finds, and thus 'Surfing Hawaii' is ultimately blind. If comments such as these upset you- let me ask you, where are the islands of Molokai and Lanai? Overlooking surf spots is excusable- as there are many in the Hawaiian Islands, but calling a book 'Surfing Hawaii' and then excluding two out of five ISLANDS? That seems gravely incomplete, does it not? And I know what you are thinking- "Yea well Molokai and Lanai don't have a lot of good spots." Yeah well from my experiencing scoring on those two islands, there are enough good spots to include in his guide, backwater locals or not. I mean, if Bank is going to hype up places like Tonggs and the east side of Oahu, the least he could do is mention Manele point on Lanai. So I found his poems touching; as for his guide to the waves- not too deep. His 'Surfing California', however, is worth five stars.

This is one for the coffee table. Cheap, and well worth a minor investment. Details a majority of the breaks out there, but does however, miss a few. Fun to look back into an era past.

Bank Wright covers all the Islands, and methodically goes around each, including an insightful one paragraph description of the major breaks, including the best time of year, typical size, etc. The maps included take a while to get used to as north is not always oriented to the top. A good reference if you're traveling to Hawaii and want some fundamental information.

As far as police procedurals go, this is sort-of ok. For my taste though, the characters are a little flat and too one dimensional. I could not get through this bland piece of soft-boiled prose and had to put it down unfinished. I found Banks and his companions very wooden and not believable. Excluding the victim, there was not enough to go on to feel any true sympathy for the other characters. The plot line IS interesting but gets to a point of being turgid. Perhaps I'll give it another try someday.

For those who enjoy a police procedural, not to be confused with a thriller/suspense novel/mystery, this will not disappoint. Inspector Banks makes another appearance when a well-dressed couple pose as social workers and take away Gemma Scupham on the pretense of abuse allegations. The mother, Brenda, accepts them at their word and lets them take her away. A far from exemplary parent, the child is described as "woeful" if not abused physically, then abused by maternal neglect. Banks is on the case leading him down to various possibilities. Is it a pornographic/prostitution ring? Is it connected to a recent electronics warehouse heist? Is this related at all to another murder of a two-bit small time crook? What makes this one an exceptionally interesting read to fans of the Inspector Banks series, is Superintendant Gristhorpe, usually a behind the scenes player, takes the forefront in the investigation. We learn a bit more of his character and what his detective abilities are. He is taking this case personally after being haunted for over thirty years by a similar case. The story is far from contrived and the ending is truly surprising. Robinson does it again.

Peter Robinson's "Wednesday's Child" is about the abduction of a young girl named Gemma by a man and woman posing as child care workers. They take Gemma from her negligent and abusive mother who is too ignorant to realize that this couple are a pair of impostors . In addition, a low-class hoodlum is found viciously murdered near an abandoned smelting mill. Are these two events related? Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks and his colleagues, Superintendent Gristhorpe, Susan Gay and Phil Richmond, combine forces to uncover a cunning plan by a pair of malevolent criminals, one of whom is extremely dangerous and unpredictable. Robinson, as usual, captures the Yorkshire ambiance perfectly. His ear for dialogue is uncanny and he has a remarkable talent for setting a scene perfectly and creating memorable characters. The mystery and its solution are thoroughly satisfying. "Wednesday's Child" is a wonderful and engrossing thriller by a master of the genre.

If you are looking for the latest and greatest in a long series of banking industry troubles with Mexico's drug cartels, then avoid this book. The book is divided into two parts, one focuses on mostly events of the 1980's and Mexico drug trafficking and secondly, the other discusses banking regulation and money laundering. Although the book dicussess in depth many of the problems associated with the criminalization of drug laws and concludes legalization may be the best route to take away the profits from the illict drug trade; the book ironically, endorses draconian banking regulation as a means to ferret out drug proceeds. Clearly, the book was written durning two differnt periods and thrown together hapazardly. The section on the Mexican cartels and money laundering do not mesh well. Avoid this book.

Recently when Raul Salinas -- brother of Mexican ex-President Carlos Salinas de Gortari -- was caught sending hundreds of millions of dollars out of his country, the money trail led to Citibank in New York.

Citibank, in turn, was passing the loot along to prestigious banks in Switzerland and Lichtenstein. It appears that the chief executives of the various banks in this laundering opereation were all friends. Understandably -- this kind of money is the basis for a very good friendship.

But the money comes from the Drug Trade, responsible for the devastation of societies and families world-wide. Yet it matters not to the elite banks where the money comes from, only where it ends up: in their accounts.

What makes this book different is the knowledgeable perspective of the author, Eduardo Varela Cid, a well-kown Congressman from Argentina and also a former Vice Pres. of Latin American Parliament.Varela Cid co-authored many of the anti-drug laws currently in place in many South American countries.

Varela-Cid's good friend Lara Bonilla, a Colombian Minister, took seven cartel bullets to his head as a reward for his efforts to extradite the Drug Kings from Colombia to stand trial in the USA. This is what can happen to a fighter - a politician or a journalist - outside the spheres of power, beyond the protection of the elite banks and the cartels.

The primary thesis of this book is that the elite banks are a critical problem -- because no big business can run efficiently without them. Particularly an immense business like the world Drug Trade which counts on the banking system to pay its employees world-wide, and get illicit money back into legal channels.

And yet it is not the smaller, unknown banks that are involved, but the major banks known to all of us; the ones in which you and I keep our money.

Varela Cid gives this book his all. He is a fighter who took on the cartels in South America daily: on televison, in newspapers, from Parliament --wherever he could find a forum.

This book gives names dates and places. It is a direct challenge to the banks and the cartels, to the individuals who run these operations.

Read it!

Eduardo Varela-Cid, a former Vice President of Latin American Parliament from 1990-1995, digs deep inside the Latin American and World Drug Trade, and follows the money trail to Citibank, among others. The banks are a critical part of the problem -- they allow the drug trade to flourish by providing the financial machinery necessary to big business. When the banks could actually be a part of the solution; they are in the best positiion to deal a crippling blow to the cartels.

This book is highly interesting for its choice of events, anecdotes, and riveting analyses -- there is a pervasive sense of irony as well in the face of the alleged "war on drugs" staged by the USA and others.

HIDDEN FORTUNES is an insiders account, told from the ground level, from the trenches. It brings forward all of the hypocrisy prevalent in the current relationships between the world political and financial powers that profit off of this immense business, and the cartels.

The opening chapter on Columbia is especially good and dramatic in its description of the strange and tragic life of the young children -- the sicarios -- who pull the triggers in the streets for their bosses.

The drug business is among the most lucrative in the world -- truly an international, world-class mega-power, and this book gets deep inside it. It is risky.

Highly recommended.

When I "called up" more info on the above titled book by Jim Creiner, I noticed you have connected it with a review for a lake in Navada (Pyramid?) -- they aren't the same!

Good book that covers all the basics. I actually fished this lake while reading the book - in about 40 hours of fishing I caught (and released) over 100 beautiful Lahontan cutts that averaged apx 18" with the big one reaching 27". This place is the "real deal" and this book will prove very useful in navigating the fishing spots and gearing up to catch the fish. My only beef with the book is it should show a color picture of this very unique trout. Dan

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