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Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research

Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research

Remarks by President Barack Obama at the Signing of the Executive Ordering Lifting the Bank on Stem Cell Research President Barack Obama: Thank you.  Please, have a seat.  Thank you...

Is Your Broker A Crook?

Like many people interested in learning about Wall Street, George L. Forbes spent years educating himself about stocks and bonds. Forbes, head of the Cleveland NAACP and former president of...

The Turnaround Kings: BE 100s Financial Services Company of the Year

By applying its proprietary operating principles (the details of which were not fully disclosed), Vista turned Sunquest around. In two years, Sunquest’s revenues increased to $185 million with $100 million in EBITDA. Four years later, revenues grew to $200 million with $120 million in EBITDA. Vista ended up selling Sunquest to Roper Industries, a provider of engineered products and solutions, for $1.4 billion, a return of more than 400% on Vista’s initial investment. “We’re not guessing. We’re not stock picking. We’re not placing bets,” says Smith. “We have designed a system that we use to give us a predictable outcome.”

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