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History at the Stock Market

History at the Stock Market by Dr Jon Conlin Back on 15 November a group of students studying the history of Middle East oil visited the university’s Bloomberg Suite, normally the haunt of economics students. Their task: to price the IPO of the decade, Saudi Aramco, by bringing their historical understanding of long-term trends to bear on real-time market data accessible via the Bloomberg terminals. Continue reading →

The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, World’s Richest Man

  At a ceremony in Lisbon last Thursday His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, helped launch Jonathan Conlin's new biography of the Anglo-Armenian oil baron Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955). Published in English by Profile Books as Mr Five Per Cent: The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, World's Richest Man, Jonathan's book coincides with a year of festivities marking the 150th anniversary of Gulbenkian's birth. Continue reading →