Musings

“New Contact Information”

By David Feldman at 29 October, 2009, 8:11 pm

Reprinted from our sister blog at www.reboundpost.com:
How many emails with this as the subject line have you gotten lately? I seem to be getting about two a day. Everyone is moving around. In a good number of cases it is people who were laid off finally finding new employment. This is a good sign [...]

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California Dreamin’

By David Feldman at 12 October, 2009, 9:14 am

Reprinted from our sister blog at www.reboundpost.com:
For those of us old enough to remember (I am almost not quite), one of the greatest rock songs ever, “California’ Dreamin,” was written by the Mamas and the Papas in 1963 and released in 1965 (well I was in kindergarten). The classic has been covered a million times by the [...]

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Pre-Order the Second Edition of my Book!

By David Feldman at 1 October, 2009, 3:29 pm

I have just learned that Amazon can take pre-orders for the second edition of my book Reverse Mergers. Here is the link if you are interested: http://www.amazon.com/Reverse-Mergers-Other-Alternatives-Traditional/dp/1576603407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254426705&sr=1-1
I am very proud of the job we did updating the world of IPO alternatives in this new edition, which is officially available on December 2. I am very [...]

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Let Us Not Forget…

By David Feldman at 11 September, 2009, 6:08 am

Reprinted from our sister blog at www.crisispost.com:
I thought I would share with my faithful blogees an email that I sent yesterday to my employees and firm alumni.
All: As the bus taking us to the Ellis Island dinner for a conference last night passed the World Trade Center site, so many thoughts brought back the unspeakable [...]

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Take Me Out…

By David Feldman at 22 August, 2009, 10:35 am

I took a break from reverse mergers, stagnant economy, rising unemployment, 144(i) and green sprouts to take my 7-year old son to a baseball game last night. A friend and business contact was kind enough to invite us. The seats were incredible, the hot dogs hot and the game delayed by a downpour representing the [...]

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A True Worldwide Reach - You Come from 127 Countries!

By David Feldman at 15 August, 2009, 8:05 am

Occassionally we take a look at who is visiting this humble blog. In the last year in particular, your geography has become quite diverse. Yes, visitors to the Reverse Merger & SPAC Blog have come by from 127 different countries, according to the very cool analytic tool that Google provides.
Who is the most? Of course [...]

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Check out our Sister Blog at www.crisispost.com!

By David Feldman at 27 July, 2009, 6:39 am

For a number of months now your humble blogger has offered commentary outside of the reverse merger world at www.crisispost.com, which I started back in March; I hope you will take a look! Crisis Post seeks to be your key resource for information and commentary about the economy, Wall Street, the President and his policies, Bernie [...]

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The Dog Days..

By David Feldman at 17 July, 2009, 8:41 pm

As July rapidly draws to a close we will soon enter what are often referred to as the “dog days” of summer in August. Traditionally, it’s vacation time, Europe basically shuts down, etc. Different in places like China, where more people take time off around New Year’s in January and February. But this year is [...]

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Here’s What Happens in Vegas…

By David Feldman at 21 June, 2009, 8:18 pm

Reprinted from our sister blog at www.crisispost.com.
As the travelogue part of the blog continues, I thought I would get into the top 10 things I loved about Las Vegas, where I just attended the Reverse Merger Conference and stole a few extra days with the family.
1. My 7-year old son telling one of the conference [...]

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Finance Industry Regulatory Reform: Not So Much

By David Feldman at 9 June, 2009, 5:59 am

The Wall St. Journal reported something quite major today: that the Obama administration is severely cutting back on its ambitious plan to completely remake the regulatory environment for the financial markets. They had originally said their goal was to combine and consolidate existing agencies to remove inefficiencies and overlapping jurisdictions. Now, well, they just want [...]

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