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Towers of gold
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Frances Dinkelspiel |
Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles i… |
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High Financier
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Niall Ferguson |
Bestselling author Niall Ferguson reveals for the first time the true extent of Siegmund Warburg's influence and the lessons we can learn in a time of crisis from the last of the high financiers. "Su… |
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Charlotte and Lionel
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Stanley Weintraub |
"Charlotte was young and beautiful. Lionel, almost ten years older, was rich and her cousin. Theirs was an arranged betrothal joining two branches of Europe's most powerful banking firm. It seemed an… |
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Founder
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Amos Elon |
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), patriarch of the Rothschild clan, fathered five illustrious sons who made the family name a by-word for banking, fabulous wealth, and Jewish philanthropy. Israel… |
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