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What We’re Reading – Week of 01/22/2016

Below you will find the articles on economics, investing, and finance that we found most interesting for the week.

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The story of Valeant is a good example of how Wall Street can be a fickle friend, pushing managements to do something one day and eviscerating them for doing too much of it or taking it too far the next.

Article via New York Magazine

 

2015 was the warmest year on record.

Article via NPR

 

Fortune had a nice article on the flaws of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process.

Article via Fortune

 

Sometimes we can learn more from failure than success.  Canadian Business provided a post-mortem of retailer Target’s disastrous foray into Canada.

Article via Canadian Business