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What We’re Reading – Week of 12/18/2015

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

NB: ($) denotes subscription site.

 

Non-GAAP numbers.  They’re back!

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

China’s “Warren Buffett,” Guo Guangchang, goes missing.  The government seems to enjoy targeting “oracles” in China.

Article via Fortune

 

The Wall Street Journal has a good profile of Evan Greenberg who went from dropout to leading ACE, an insurance industry behemoth, about to acquire Chubb.

Article via Wall Street Journal ($)

 

The story of Disney’s Princesses, one of the most lucrative toy licenses of all time, is pretty amazing.

Article via Bloomberg

 

The case of curing Hepatitis C in Egypt provides an interesting look at how expensive drugs go on the market in poor countries.

Article via New York Times ($)