wall street (new york, n.y.)

Throughout history, investments have helped shape money management around the world. People began investing in companies first. Then, governments began issuing bonds. Once a formal stock exchange was established, the door was opened for Americans to easily buy and sell other investment, such as shares.

Financial whiz Andrew Falcon agrees to handle the hostile takeover of a chemical company in anticipation of a fat fee, but he belatedly learns that he is the pawn of a secret group of power-brokers, The Sevens, who are more than ready to kill him for the knowledge he now holds.

"The story of how a young social climber orchestrated one of history's biggest financial heists, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood and politics"--OCLC.

When four competitive Wall Street bankers accept an escape room challenge that they think is a team-building exercise, they become trapped in a dark elevator and must try to solve clues to survive. Their challenge quickly turns into a deadly game of revenge.

Looks at the fraudulent practices at banks that contributed to the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and investigates why Wall Street's leaders have escaped prosecution.

Twenty-six-year old Patrick Bateman is an educated, intelligent, and handsome New York businessman, who comes from old money and murders people in his spare time.

The memoir of Julissa Arce in which she charts her journey from undocumented Mexican American immigrant to Wall Street executive.

On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret that she, like many other high-achieving, successful individuals in the United States, had been forced to keep not only from her bosses, but even from her closest friends.

What caused the 2008 economic collapse? What can we learn from the Great Recession? Sheila Bair, former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, provides her take.