Wikio - Michael Lewis

One Hand, One Million Dollars, No Falsifiability (Market Movers)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:41:11 GMT

Joe Nocera has a provocative parenthetical in his list of the best business non-fiction books: "Liar's Poker" , by Michael Lewis (even though I've since become convinced that the anecdote that gives the book its title never happened). The title, and its accompanying anecdote, is half the book. (The other half is the phrase "big swinging dicks".) If it never happened, it bloody well should...

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Flashback: Eagles Chiefs 2005 (Inside the Iggles)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:29:56 GMT

This was a great game. In a season full of turmoil, the week 4 game against the Kansas City Chiefs was an all time classic. It is a very enjoyable game to watch despite the fact that TO was still an Eagle. Hollis Thomas was starting at DT, Keith Adams was the WILL Linebacker, Michael Lewis [...]

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Blast From Phil Gramm's Past (The Plank)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:38:00 GMT

Now that Phil Gramm is back on the national radar (and, hence, The Stump ), we thought we'd dig up some of our best investigative coverage of his '96 presidential campaign. From January of '96, we have former Senior Editor Michael Lewis sitting in a living room with an ordinary New Hampshire couple and a bevy of reporters, watching Gramm scare young children by rambling about the budget...

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Viens! Viens! (Filles Sourires)

noreply@blogger.com (Guuzbourg) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Making a Perfect Sextape (see here , or here ) stirs all kinds of reactions. Apparently, Minimatic 's favourite bedroom song is Belle de Jour by Saint Tropez. I knew this anonymous band from there discofied Je t'aime-cover. Laurin Rinder and Michael Lewis, the masterminds behind a lot of discopophits in the seventies, had ties with some big names in the musicbiz (Rod Temperton, Barry...

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Antisoma appoints Michael Lewis as a Non-Executive Director (EuroInvestor.co.uk)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:11:51 GMT

9 July 2008 London, UK: Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; USOTC: ATSMY) today announces the appointment of Mr Michael Lewis as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Mr Lew.. - Read more

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Antisoma plc: Antisoma appoints Michael Lewis as a Non-Executive Director (Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech: Equipment and Supplies)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:38:00 GMT

Mr Lewis is currently President for Europe, Middle East and Africa and was also Head of Global Marketing for the medical device company Gambro, with responsibility for USD 1.3 billion in sales and 1,000 staff. Before joining Gambro in 2002, he was CEO and Managing Director of Sybron, a specialist dental business based in Switzerland with 350 staff and a turnover in excess of USD 70 million....

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Oil prices set to retreat (Business Times Asiaone)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

THE oil market is quite close to a 'tipping point', says Michael Lewis, Deutsche Bank's head of commodities research, where demand gets choked off and supply is given a chance to catch up.

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Excellent introduction to the scriptures (The hermeneutic of continuity)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:54:00 GMT

A friend from my Wonersh days back in the late 1970's, Canon Michael Lewis of Menevia Diocese, has kindly sent me a copy of his pamphlet "The Depths of Scripture. The Bible in the Light of the Catechism." which has recently been published by the Catholic Truth Society (CTS) in its "Deeper Christianity Series." Canon Lewis has provided a balanced and truly Catholic introduction...

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BRIEF: BYU's McAdams Qualifies for Beijing Games (Red Orbit )

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:00:12 GMT

By Michael Lewis, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 5--EUGENE, Ore. -- Provo's Josh McAdams qualified for the Beijing Olympics today, finishing third in the men's steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field.

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The state of Cuban baseball. (SportsFilter)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:07:08 GMT

Michael Lewis writes a brilliant piece in Vanity Fair about Cuban baseball and some of the defectors. Informative, insightful, long. Single page version. Read Story .

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Interview with James Edward and Michael Lewis (On Soccer)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:43:00 GMT

I’ve really enjoyed seeing more coverage of soccer in Utah (although it’s pretty RSL -centric). I wanted to get a better feel for the coverage, so I asked Michael Lewis from the Salt Lake Tribune James Edward of the Deseret News if they’d be willing to answer some questions in a joint interview. They were both happy to respond, and the following is the result: Covering soccer seems like...

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Morgan Stanley Commodities Head Retires (DealBreaker)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:03:09 GMT

Morgan Stanley commodities chief John Shapiro has decided to follow Michael Lewis advice about what "the really shrewd people" do when times get tough on Wall Street. They "abandon the big firms for which they have happily worked for many years, and sneak off," according to Lewis. Shapiro is stepping down from his positions as the head of Morgan Stanley's huge commodities trading...

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GOLF NOT A SPORT, OR REVENGE ON TIGER (Population Statistic)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:55:35 GMT

Is the game of golf really a sport? According to Dan LeBatard and (especially) Michael Lewis, it is not, and ergo, Tiger Woods is not really an athlete. What do I think? I think both LeBatard and Lewis are closet NHL fans, and thus are retaliating for Woods’ diss on hockey during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Michael Lewis on Wall Street (Infectious Greed)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:24:51 GMT

A laugh is good on a day like today, so here is writer Michael Lewis on how Wall Street-ers can survive the current market mess: Rule No. 3: Hide your motives. Or, specifically, minimize the appearance of financial interest. Don't tell anyone how well you're doing for yourself, for example, not even women you have just met. Recessions blow in with them a general backlash against worldly...

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Florida law to safely give up babies marks eighth anniversary (Florida Sun Sentinel)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:36:00 GMT

Lori and Michael Lewis had never heard of Florida's Safe Haven law when they received a call asking them to take a newborn into their Fort Lauderdale home in June 2003.

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Vainty Fair: How the web was won (Open Sources)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:28:14 GMT

I'm not fashion-conscious enough to be a regular reader of Vanity Fair, but for some reason my wife brings it home now and again. Once in a while there's a good article by Michael Lewis ("Liar's Poker," "Next," "The New New Thing") and otherwise, I don't even pick it up. Nonetheless, the current issue has an article "How the Web Was Won: An Oral History of the Internet" by Keenan Mayo...

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William K. Wolfrum: Bloomberg columnist uses 1,100 words to say 'golf is not a sport' (WorldGolf Wire News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:00:00 GMT

Journalistic experts have been scouring through archives of all known publications, and are rapidly coming to the belief that Michael Lewis is the first writer of any type to write a column on the "golf is not a sport" subject, and may even be the first human to even think such a thought.

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Breaking News: Bloomberg columnist uses 1,100 words to say 'golf is not a sport' (William K. Wolfrum)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:23:46 GMT

In a first-of-its-kind column, Michael Lewis of Bloomberg News wrote a scathing, 1,100-word column expressing his radical opinion that golf is not a sport. Journalistic experts have been scouring through archives of all known publications, and are rapidly coming to the belief that Lewis is the first writer of any type to write a column on the “golf is not a sport” subject, and...

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Most important books: Michael Lewis (Campaign for the American Reader)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:32:00 GMT

Michael Lewis' books include Liar's Poker, Moneyball, and The Blind Side. He talked to Newsweek about his five most important books. And addressed a couple of related issues: A book to which you always return: George Orwell's "Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters" reminds me of the force of a writer working to strip his prose of pretension and nonsense. A book you hope parents give...

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Iraq: Bishop Michael Lewis Appeals For Release Of Five British Hostages Kidnapped In Baghdad (Sky News )

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:35:10 GMT

An Anglican bishop has made a fresh appeal for the release of five British men who were kidnapped in Baghdad more than a year ago.

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