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10 Weekend Reads

Barry Ritholtz

( Big Think ) • School of Hard Laughs : A rabbi, Jay Leno and a Proud Boys lawyer walk into a bar … for Adam Carolla’s inaugural Comedy Fantasy Camp. Bloomberg ) Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Michael Carmen , who is the Co-Head of Private Markets at Wellington Management.

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Yes, Twelve Dollars Is a Good Price for Two Batteries–Under the…

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To my good fortune, he did. The $6 price tag for each battery sent a not-so-subtle social message. After looking around a bit, I asked the cashier at a nearby convenience store if he had any nine-volt batteries because I didn’t see any on the shelf. I asked for two of them and pulled a $5 bill out of my wallet as he rang them up. “$12,”

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Wearables Like Apple Watch Outsell Entire Watch Industry

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The wearables category — which includes Apple Watch and AirPods — is now the biggest slice of Mac’s revenue, resembling the scope of a Fortune 150 company. Tag Heuer, for example, has released several smartwatch models, including one that costs $180,000. The window for Swiss watch brands to make an impact in smartwatches is closing.

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MiB: Women in Finance

Barry Ritholtz

We were fortunate to have been able to reach out to so many women who are working throughout finance and convinced them to join me on MiB. economist at Morgan Stanley August 19, 2017 Dana Telsey of TAG Retail Group January 7, 2017 Bethany McLean on Enron and Wall Street’s PR Machine March 22, 2016 J.P.

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thredUp’s Remade And Resetting Its Consignment Brand

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On the shoe front, both Nikes and Louboutin heels were returned at a much higher than average rate with tags still on, in the box and never worn. In any event, the owner of a Remade item will be able to track the entire selling history of the item through a QR code printed on the tag. “It

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Circle, Backed By Goldman, Squares Up To Buy Poloniex  

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In reference to the price tag, in a Twitter post , Fortune staff writer Robert Hackett said Circle paid about $400 million for Poloniex. In addition to running its network on the technology, it also remains one of the larger firms in the over-the-counter market tied to bitcoin trading. Circle also counts Baidu among its investors.

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How Clarifai Envisions Commerce — Literally

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Clarifai works with clients of all sizes, from Fortune 500 enterprises down to individual developers, Zeiler said. Clarifai offers customers an image and video recognition API that users can teach to automatically tag, organize and search visual content using machine learning. And it happens much faster than a human can do it.”.