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The sometimes eccentric views of John Hempton
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Passed out and fully plastered: a comment on free drugs in America
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I have never really looked at Allergan but was horrified to find a rewards program for using Botox (a toxin derived from botulism and which ...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
The Better Business Bureau does not agree with Bill Ackman on Herbalife
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Here is a screenshot of the page from the Better Business Bureau on Herbalife : Yes, that is an A+ rating. The alert is for pending ...
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Friday, April 18, 2014
What if anything is civil insider trading?
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The SEC today laid civil insider trading charges against a BP executive who (they allege) had information about the magnitude of the Deepwa...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
I am in the New York Post
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There is an article in the New York Post about me. Here it is. http://nypost.com/2014/04/16/ackman-adversary-john-hempton-falls-off-herba...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
Dissenting proxies
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I have absolutely no idea of the issues involved at Harvard Illinois Bancorp - but they led to one of the funnier dissenting proxies I have...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Charlotte: an old meeting with Bank of America
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I finally got out of the hotel and walked around the street of Charlotte a little. Still sick, just less sick than this morning. The sun w...
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American Airlines vs Herbalife
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I am sick in bed in a hotel in Charlotte. Very sick. Fever. I had a flight booked tomorrow from Miami to Boston - but there is not a cha...
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Herbalife internal consumption: a comment
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The debate on Herbalife has come back to the issue of internal consumption - that is how much of Herbalife's product is consumed by thei...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Letting Qantas go bankrupt would be good for Australia
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[For non-Austrlaians: Qantas is a former Government owned airline in Australia - and still seemingly our "national carrier". Its p...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Mt Gox, bitcoin, Hordes of Chaos, Demons and armies of Orcs...
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One from the vaults . In April last year I posted on the origins of Mt Gox - the bitcoin exchange . To celebrate the collapse of Mt Gox ...
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