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Comparing Former RJR Nabisco CEO F. Ross Johnson, 9/11, and Richard Nixon

WSJ Obituary:  “RJR chief’s exploits helped push boards to be more vigilant” “F. Ross Johnson is mainly remembered for the fleet of corporate jets that ferried him to celebrity golf events and other luxurious perks he awarded himself as CEO of RJR Nabisco Inc. . . . Yet the Canadian-born executive may have done some...
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Barbarian at the Gate: Three GOOD Things About a Donald Trump Candidacy

Is Trump Sui Generis?** [Editor’s Note:  The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced.] Since trashing Donald Trump is — as the Wall Street boys might put it — a (very) “crowded trade” at the moment, let me play the contrarian...
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