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Wall Street rarely applauds compassion. In fact, for years Costco was derided by analysts, who felt the company paid its employees far too much money. Its reward for such largesse was a price-to-earnings ratio that traditionally lagged behind Walmart and other retailers who weren’t nearly as generous to their staff.

“Private equity firms worldwide landed a total of only $246 billion for their investment funds in 2009, the lowest total since 2004.That’s not stopping some local private equity managers from jumping into the fundraising party, anyway.” Read More

“Private equity firms worldwide landed a total of only $246 billion for their investment funds in 2009, the lowest total since 2004.That’s not stopping some local private equity managers from jumping into the fundraising party, anyway.”

“While speaking with Randy Eisenman and Sunny Vanderbeck, the founders of Satori Capital, I found a new sense of respect for the idea of ‘time horizons.’”

“When Rugger Burke became a general counsel last year, it was the first time he had held such a position. Yet he had a feeling he would do a good job — a doggone good job, in fact.”