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    The essays of Warren Buffett : lessons for corporate America / Essays by Warren E. Buffet, selected, arranged, and introduced by Lawrence A. Cunningham.

    • Title:[Essays. Selections]
      The essays of Warren Buffett : lessons for corporate America / Essays by Warren E. Buffet, selected, arranged, and introduced by Lawrence A. Cunningham.
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    • Author/Creator:Buffett, Warren.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Cunningham, Lawrence A., 1962-
    • Published/Created:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2013]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Corporations--United States--Finance.
      Corporate governance--United States.
      Investments--United States.
      Stocks--United States.
      Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States.
      Accounting--United States.
    • Edition:Third edition.
    • Description:307 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
    • Summary:The author's annual letters to the stockholders of Berkshire Hathaway are edited to present the main themes regarding business, investing, price, value, corporate governance, and other important topics.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781611634099 (alk. paper)
      1611634091 (alk. paper)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: I. Corporate Governance
      A. Full and Fair Disclosure
      B. Boards and Managers
      C. Anxieties of Business Change
      D. Social Compacts
      E. Owner-Based Approach to Corporate Charity
      F. Principled Approach to Executive Pay
      G. Risk, Reputation and Oversight
      II. Finance and Investing
      A. Mr. Market
      B. Arbitrage
      C. Debunking Standard Dogma
      D. "Value" Investing: A Redundancy
      E. Intelligent Investing
      F. Cigar Butts and the Institutional Imperative
      G. Life and Debt
      III. Investment Alternatives
      A. Surveying the Field
      B. Junk Bonds
      C. Zero-Coupon Bonds
      D. Preferred Stock
      E. Derivatives
      F. Foreign Currencies and Equities
      G. Home Ownership: Practice and Policy
      IV. Common Stock
      A. Bane of Trading: Transaction Costs
      B. Attracting the Right Sort of Investor
      C. Dividend Policy and Share Repurchases
      D. Stock Splits and Trading Activity
      E. Shareholder Strategies
      F. Berkshire's Recapitalization
      V. Mergers and Acquisitions
      A. Bad Motives and High Prices
      B. Sensible Share Repurchases Versus Greenmail
      C. Leveraged Buyouts
      D. Sound Acquisition Policies
      E. On Selling One's Business
      F. Buyer of Choice
      VI. Valuation and Accounting
      A. Aesop and Inefficient Bush Theory
      B. Intrinsic Value, Book Value, and Market Price
      C. Look-Through Earnings
      D. Economic versus Accounting Goodwill
      E. Owner Earnings and the Cash Flow Fallacy
      F. Option Valuation
      VII. Accounting Shenanigans
      A. Satire
      B. Standard Setting
      C. Stock Options
      D. "Restructuring" Charges
      E. Pension Estimates
      F. Realization Events
      VIII. Accounting Policy
      A. Mergers
      B. Segment Data and Consolidation
      C. Deferred Taxes
      D. Retiree Benefits
      IX. Tax Matters
      A. Distribution of the Corporate Tax Burden
      B. Taxation and Investment Philosophy.
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