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Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie, Gekko forges an alliance with her fiance, Jake. But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to reclaim his rightful place at the top of Wall Street.
3) Flash boys
Author
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Ladies and gentleman, feast your eyes on the chaos with this inside look at the story about to shake Wall Street to its core. 304pp., Auth res: Berkeley, CA
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father...
5) Wall street
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet..
Description
Bud Fox an ambitious, young stockbroker who falls under the spell of the unscrupulous Gekko. As Bud descends into a tangled web of excess and corruption, he will face harrowing choices that could cost him everything, including his freedom.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"There's no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, cyberattacks, political radicalization--virtually, everywhere we look there is mayhem bearing down on us, putting trillions of assets at risk. And at least two factions have formed around how to respond. In Chaos Kings, Scott Patterson depicts how one faction, led by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of The Black Swan, believes humans...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Bea Abramovitz has a gift for math and numbers. With her father, she studies the burgeoning Wall Street market's stocks and patterns in the financial pages. After college she's determined to parlay her talent for the prediction game into personal and professional success. But in the 1920s, in a Lower East Side tenement, opportunities for women don't just come knocking. Bea will have to create them.
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