Roberto Mignone of Bridger Management, a hedge fund, does not have much of an opinion about Wall Street research. He discovered early in his career that a lot of it is incomplete or just plain wrong. Mignone and his team seek out primary sources to verify the company management’s line. They go to trade shows and industry conferences and talk to trade journalists and competitors. After doing...

The All India Management Association (AIMA), the apex body of professional management in India, has published its first ever Business School Directory. AIMA, which had come out with a Best B-Schools Survey in 2008, has now compiled a comprehensive and exhaustive list of over 1,700 business schools across India.

The AIMA directory provides listings for management institutes,...

Great historical research but suspect prognosis

The thesis of this book is simple. Starting from 1971, when defence manufacturing company Lockheed was rescued for $250 million, the US government has been consistently bailing out US companies. From loan guarantees for Penn Central in 1974 ($676.3 million), to the $1.5 billion rescue of Chrysler in 1980 and then Continental Illinois Bank in...