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What We’re Reading – Week of 07/24/2015

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

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

 

Bidding wars are back in the U.S. single family home market. 

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

Could Corporate America develop a new educational model to rival German apprenticeships?

Article via The Economist ($)

 

The U.S. is winning the war against OPEC (and how tiramisu can explain horizontal drilling).

Article via Forbes

 

A case study in capital allocation and the proper way to do share repurchases: Henry Singleton from Teledyne.

Presentation via Beowulf Capital

 

GMOs are safe and the campaign against them is fraught with misrepresentations.

Article via Slate

 

Mylan is “stichting” it to Teva in their merger battle.

Article via New York Times ($)