Mark Leslie

The Panic of 1893 reached its frenzied apex on May 5, 1893. This event, and the depression that followed it, represent a major turning point in the economic growth of the United States. Let's take a good...... (read more)

There's a funny ad in the Washington Post for bespoke suits. Their CFO suit special goes for $1,299 (3 suits, 8 shirts), the CEO special is $1,699 and  the Board of Directors special is $2,499. What...... (read more)

A restructuring storm continues to blow through China's battered solar sector, with word of a potential major asset sale by Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE:STP) and a debt default by LDK Solar...... (read more)

The average American worker made $19.77 per hour last year. Let's contemplate the hourly pay of some other Americans' wages. Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL)'s Larry Ellison made $46,000 per hour. General...... (read more)

Latest data out has Chase Coleman’s hedge fund Tiger Global up 5 percent in the first quarter. The rise comes as Apple was last reported as Tiger Global's largest holding, making up 20 percent of the...... (read more)

It’s tough being a jeweler these days. Raising prices to stay in sync with commodity prices and customer demand is a challenging balancing act that only some of the strongest names in the industry -...... (read more)

Bill Hwang was once a star at Tiger Management, the gilded hedge fund empire run by the billionaire investor Julian Robertson. In 1995, as an ambitious young stock salesman, Mr. Hwang won Tiger’s annual...... (read more)

Hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer staked millions of his own money to take on big oil and then to close a corporate-tax loophole costing California $1 billion a year -- and won both times. Ever heard...... (read more)

The fund, offered by Fir Tree affiliate Camellia Advisors, raised $96 million starting Dec. 1, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made public on Wednesday. Also in the filing, the...... (read more)