The Eurodollar: Soviet Cold War Accounts, Regulation Q and LIBOR's End
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A eurodollar is a U.S. dollar deposit held at a bank outside U.S. jurisdiction, free of Federal ...
18 Okt 22min
Soichiro Honda: Rejected Piston Rings, Bata Bata Bikes and the Super Cub
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Soichiro Honda worked as a mechanic at the Art Shokai garage before founding Tokai Seiki in 1937...
18 Okt 18min
Silicon Valley Bank: $42 Billion in Wires on March 9 and a Sunday Rescue
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Silicon Valley Bank, founded in 1983, served venture capitalists, startups and California wineri...
18 Okt 20min
Short Sellers: Isaac Le Maire's 1609 Bet to Soros and the Short Squeeze
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Short selling flips the usual trade: borrow shares, sell them, then buy them back later at a low...
18 Okt 23min
Jefferson County, Alabama: Iron, Civil Rights and a $4.2B Sewer Bankruptcy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jefferson County, Alabama, was created in December 1819 at the southern edge of the Appalachians...
18 Okt 21min
Carried Interest: Sea Captains' 20% Cut, Oil Wildcatters and Section 1061
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Carried interest began with 16th century European ship captains who took a 20 percent cut of the...
18 Okt 26min
Sam Walton: A Lost Ben Franklin Lease, FedMart's Name and a Satellite
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1945 former JCPenney employee Sam Walton bought a Ben Franklin variety store franchise from t...
18 Okt 21min
Russia's 1998 Default: A 35-Year-Old Premier and the Ruble at 21 to $1
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the summer of 1998, Russia's ruble lost two thirds of its value in less than a month. The gro...
18 Okt 12min
