The Big Score
Author | : Michael Shawn Malone |
Publisher | : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Shawn Malone |
Publisher | : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jacquie McNish |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Voisey's Bay is the site of a massive nickel deposit whose vast potential has riveted the attention of the international business world. The discovery of the deposit in Labrador, the struggles for controlling interest in it, and especially the extraordinary players involved drive this amazing business story, which often reads like a suspense novel. At the centre is Robert Friedland, an ex-hippie and disgraced Vancouver stock promoter, who by sheer luck ended up holding all the cards in a high-stakes poker game that pitted some of the world's most powerful and conservative mining companies against each other. When news of the Voisey's Bay motherlode began to circulate, nickel giants such as Inco and Falconbridge were swept up in the excitement, competing in a series of takeover bids for control of Diamond Fields, the company that controlled the find. It all culminated in Inco's winning $4.3-billion offer, the largest takeover price ever paid for mining property. But was the deal one of the riskiest gambles in business history? From Namibia and Singapore to the boardrooms of Toronto and Vancouver," The Big Score uncovers the big money deals, the power struggles, and the hype in an immaculately researched and compelling drama of international intrigue.
Author | : Michael S. Malone |
Publisher | : Stripe Press |
Total Pages | : 615 |
Release | : 2021-07-20 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 195395328X |
The only contemporary history of the birth of Silicon Valley—from the reporter who had a ringside seat to it all Over the past five decades, the tech industry has grown into one of the most important sectors of the global economy, and Silicon Valley—replete with sprawling office parks, sky-high rents, and countless self-made millionaires—is home to many of its key players. But the origins of Silicon Valley and the tech sector are much humbler. At a time when tech companies’ influence continues to grow, The Big Score chronicles how they began. One of the first reporters on the tech industry beat at the San Jose Mercury-News, Michael S. Malone recounts the feverish efforts of young technologists and entrepreneurs to build something that would change the world—and score them a big payday. Starting with the birth of Hewlett-Packard in the 1930s, Malone illustrates how decades of technological innovation laid the foundation for the meteoric rise of the Valley in the 1970s. Drawing on exclusive, unvarnished interviews, Malone punctuates this history with incisive profiles of tech’s early luminaries—including Nobelist William Shockley and Apple’s Steve Jobs—when they were struggling entrepreneurs working 18-hour days in their garages. And he plunges us into the darker side of the Valley, where espionage, drugs, hellish working conditions, and shocking betrayals shaped the paths for winners and losers in a booming industry. A decades-long story with individual sacrifice, ingenuity, and big money at its core, The Big Score recounts the history of today's most dynamic sector through its upstart beginnings.
Author | : Katie Purcell |
Publisher | : Bibliokid Publishing |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781736325803 |
Molly wants nothing more to score a goal for the soccer team, but just trying to kick the ball causes her to fall over. If only her legs worked as well as her brothers'. With the braces on her legs, Molly doesn't believe she'll ever be good at anything. Let alone soccer. Until her friend, Anna, encourages her to go for her dreams. Maybe now she has a chance at scoring big in the upcoming game? This friendship story opens the discussion on inclusion and children with disabilities by demonstrating no matter what our bodies say, we are all important and have value. Molly may have cerebral palsy, but she's not going to let it keep her from living life to the fullest. And neither should you.
Author | : K. J. Parker |
Publisher | : Subterranean Press |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2021-03-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781645240006 |
Author | : Michael Kilian |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2015-08-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1504019253 |
A billionaire’s commission draws an architect into a conspiracy of sex, lies, and murder The ship is dead in the water. Its lines are tangled and its sails are slack as it drifts toward the rocky coast. A fisherman spies the vessel and steps aboard, expecting it to be deserted. But there is 1 passenger: a lovely young woman with a rolled-up painting in her hand and 2 bullets in her chest. Across Lake Michigan, Matthias Curland returns to Chicago for the 1st time since he gave up architecture to devote himself to fine art. After emptying his bank accounts for the pursuit of painting, he’s shocked to find that his once-affluent family is also destitute, and their famed architecture firm is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the Curland name is linked to the dead woman’s painting, Matthias finds himself facing off against a power-mad billionaire who could bring Chicago to its knees.
Author | : Maria Raha |
Publisher | : Seal Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2004-12-31 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781580051163 |
Offers a tribute to women in the hard-edged underground music scene, including The Slits, The Plasmatics, l7, Sleater-Kinney, and Le Tigre.
Author | : Destiny Howell |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2022-06-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 133886551X |
Oceans 11 goes to the arcade in this wildly entertainng heist adventure that is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman, Varian Johnson, and Celia P rez. We do this my way. No one gets hurt. And if I call it off, it’s off. Got it? My name’s Darius James—but everyone calls me DJ. At my old school, I was the go-to guy for all kinds of tricky problems that needed creative solutions. But at my new school, Ella Fitzgerald Middle, I’m just trying to blend in. Well, I was, anyway, until my best friend, Conor, got himself transferred to the Fitz too. Now Conor owes 100,000 arcade tickets to the biggest bully around—and he only has two weeks to make it happen. Impossible? Not with my head in the game.
Author | : Richard Gerard Sheehan |
Publisher | : Taylor Trade Publishing |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
As featured in The New York Times, USA Today, and Sports Illustrated, this Diamond title is one sports fans will definitely want to check out for the facts behind their favorite pro and collegiate team's business sense -- or lack thereof. From the impact of finances on a team's chances of winning to free agency and salary problems to the difficulties of settling strikes, Sheehan presents research on both professional and college sports that will startle even the most knowledgeable fan -- and perhaps even change the reams you root for.
Author | : Bessel A. Van der Kolk |
Publisher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0143127748 |
Originally published by Viking Penguin, 2014.