by Kim Walker on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky For further evidence that some bankers just abuse the system, here is a disturbing story about how the Tetragon Financial Group is paying its partners tens of millions even as its fund suffers hundreds of millions.
by Kim Walker on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Nick Kristof examines the dangers of chemicals that we encounter in our daily lives, and it’s scary. The last paragraph of his article offers valuable advice for parents aiming to secure their home from such dangers. December 6, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist Cancer From the Kitchen? By NICHOLAS [...]
By Kim Walker on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky This article in the New York Times by four law school professors is a sad and poignant indictment of how regulators have become tools of the regulated financial industry and how Wall Street companies have lost all scruples and damaged the economic system as a result. [...]
This interview mentions my uncle Larry Lubetzky – my Dad’s older brother. I recall how as a child my Dad recounted his liberation by American soldiers. It was many years later that I learned the platoon that rescued him was composed of all Asian-Americans – Japanese Americans to be specific. A few weeks ago my [...]
by Kim Walker on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Here is an interesting chart from the Environmental Working Group of pesticide levels of a sampling of fruit and vegetables. The ones with high levels (low rank) should be bought organic.
by Kim Walker on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky British newspaper The Independent recently highlighted Natalie Portman for her new vegan shoe line and her involvement in good causes, including OneVoice! April 17, 2010 Best celebrity: Natalie Portman By Chosen by Harriet Walker After Lily Allen for New Look and the car crash that was [...]
I started twitting for anyone interested in the journey from Skoll World Forum in Oxford and through London into NYC. Paul Van Zyl and I are heading out on train, boat, car, and donkey to Madrid – or by camel to Morocco if necessary and then hopefully on to the USA.
With extremism being particularly rampant among some religious followers who become increasingly zealous about their convictions and practices, and with the cartoonish tensions created by black and white contrasts set out by desensitized uber-capitalism vs. new age parsimoniousness, I was struck by the depth and timeliness of these contrasting messages: With regard to all human [...]
Ok, ok, this picture is actually a joke. I was at the Pentagon, but I just asked an officer to stand there by this podium they keep at the visitors center for silly visitors like me to take a picture. The pentagon is like a city unto itself, and the building includes all the shops [...]
Sometimes in business you are faced with the decision to invest up front more capital resources but ensure that over the long term you see savings, vs. save up front, but at a steady higher cost of production per widget on an ongoing basis. The problem with choosing the path that is "inexpensive" up front [...]