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Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. recruits a team of five dealmakers from rival Barclays

It helps to understand the foibles of the very rich.

Hindenburg's research has found that Carl Icahn's Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ:IEP) units are inflated by 75%+ due to 3 key reasons.

Carl Icahn, a legend of Wall Street, has made a classic mistake of taking on too much leverage in the face of sustained losses: a combination that rarely ends well, Hindenburg Research said in a new research.

Carl Icahn, a legend of Wall Street, has made a classic mistake of taking on too much leverage in the face of sustained losses: a combination that rarely ends well, Hindenburg Research said in a new research.Icahn has been using money taken in ...

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

What to do if and when you lose your banking job.

(Reuters) - Investment bank Jefferies Financial Group posted a 52.5% decline in fourth-quarter profit on Monday, hit by lower underwriting fees and volatile markets that dented income from its trading desks.

There were fewer mergers and public listings this year, shrinking investment banking revenue. For bankers, that means a smaller pot of money for bonuses.