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Andy Serwer

@aserwer.bsky.social

I lost your mail, but yes, I will have a drink.

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The Private Jets Business Could Grow at Twice the Rate of GDP, This Executive Says Thomas Flohr, founder and chairman of the private aviation company Vista Global, says he is on a mission to rid the planet of what he calls the โ€œarchaic concept of owning a jet.โ€

Like a G6 www.barrons.com/articles/vis...

20.09.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Does This Crazy Stock Market Keep Going Up? The stock market may no longer follow an old pattern of โ€œreverting to the mean.โ€ Blame it on index funds.

When will the Rasputin rally end? My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/sto...
"Truly, this bull market is like the infamous Russian mystic Rasputinโ€”it just canโ€™t be killed offโ€”whatโ€™s a squishy macro environment got to do to get some attention around here?

13.09.2025 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Key Figures in Iran-Contra Scandal, Are Married

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward weirdness. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

10.09.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What PayPal, Affirm, and Klarna Reveal About the New Money Game Klarna, which replaced Affirm as Walmartโ€™s exclusive buy-now, pay-later partner, looks to raise up to $1.27 billion at a $14 billion valuation in its upcoming IPO.

The PayPal mafia is hardly sleeping with the fishes. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/pay...

06.09.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Citadelโ€™s Ken Griffin on Markets, the Fed, and Building His Firm for the Next Century Griffinโ€™s ambition, strategic vision, and tech savvy have propelled Citadel into Wall Streetโ€™s upper echelons. This could be just the start.

The New Mr. Big is the Most Ambitious Man on Wall Street. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/cit...

30.08.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This CEO Follows the Buffett Playbook. Heโ€™s Winning. Tom Gayner is a long-time disciple of Buffettโ€™s and Berkshireโ€”and as such, has modeled Markel Group to a degree after that company.

There's this guy in Richmond, Virginia... My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/tom...

23.08.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Arthur Brooks on How Businesspeopleโ€”and Everyone Elseโ€”Can Get Happy We recently spoke to author and Harvard Business School professor Arthur Brooks upon the release of his latest book, The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life, a collection of his essays from th...

Come on Get Happy! My Saturday story. โ€œHappiness is utterly mysterious to most folks. People think happiness is a feeling, which it isnโ€™t. Feelings are related to happiness. Like the smell of your turkey is related to Thanksgiving dinner. Itโ€™s evidence of happiness." www.barrons.com/articles/art...

09.08.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A W.N.B.A. Star Loves These Sneakers. She Gets Fined for Wearing Them.

Go Natalie! @moolah1962.bsky.social kicks A W.N.B.A. Star Loves These Sneakers. She Gets Fined for Wearing Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/n...

19.07.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Buc-eeโ€™s Is the Hottest, Craziest Rest Stop Chain in America Besides having between 80 to 100 gas pumps, each location carries a vast cornucopia of mostly comfort foodโ€”and endless racks of Buc-eeโ€™s merch.

The Best Not-So-Little Rest Stop Based out of Texas. My Saturday story. "Our nation is deeply divided today in so many ways. Perhaps no demarcation is greater, though, than between those of us who know of, go to, and love Buc-eeโ€™s, versus those who donโ€™t."
www.barrons.com/articles/buc...

19.07.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the shout out @isabellamweber.bsky.social

17.07.2025 11:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the โ€™90s? To work for Anna Wintour in Vogue's glory days, you had to know a little bit of everything. Take the quiz to find out if you would have made the grade.

Not sure I should be sharing, but I could have. "Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the โ€™90s?" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

17.07.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cuomo to Fight On in Mayorโ€™s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani

Hello @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social "Cuomo to Fight On in Mayorโ€™s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/n...

14.07.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s July Fourth. Are You Ready for Yet Another American Revolution? Americaโ€™s greatest tradition is nothing short of revolutionary.

You say you want a revolution, well you know... My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/its...

05.07.2025 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82

Had to happen sometime, but makes me sad. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...

09.06.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Private Markets Are Crowding Out Public Markets. Whereโ€™s the SEC? Weโ€™re witnessing a massive migration from capital activity regulated by the SEC into an ecosystem with much less oversight.

Lights are on, but nobody's home. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/pri...

07.06.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Highest-Paid CEO in America Is Someone Youโ€™ve Probably Never Heard Of CEO median pay rose 9.5% in 2024, less than the prior year but more than inflation and average worker pay. Shareholders did even better.

Average CEO pay is now $25 million. Where are the tariffs here? My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/hig...

03.05.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Mark Carney on the Labor Market, the U.S. Fed, and More: Interview From Our Archives Canadaโ€™s newly elected prime minister Mark Carney spoke with Barronโ€™s 18 months ago.

From my convo with @mark-carney.bsky.social a while back. Who is this guy? www.barrons.com/articles/mar...

30.04.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Has a Weed Problem. Can It Grow Again? A foray into marijuana didnโ€™t pay off as hoped. The company is now refocusing on its traditional lawn and garden business, CEO Jim Hagedorn explains.

Weed B-gon! My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/sco...

26.04.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Karis Dadsonโ€™s Icy Stare at Pig Shows Conquered TikTok Millions have been transfixed by videos of Karis Dadson, a California teenager who shows pigs at livestock competitions. She finds the whole thing very weird.

Karis Dadson, Pig Starerer. The โ€˜Iconicโ€™ Stare That Conquered the Internet www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/s...

23.03.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AQRโ€™s Cliff Asness on the Trump Market, Warren Buffett, Investing Mistakesโ€”and Hockey When you picture a quant hedge fund manager, you probably imagine a secretive, wildly idiosyncratic James Bondโ€“villain type. Cliff Asness, who founded and runs AQR, one of the worldโ€™s biggest quant fu...

Hey Cliff Asness. Tell us how you REALLY feel. www.barrons.com/articles/aqr...

22.03.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Mayor taps Laurene Powell Jobs, Google's Ruth Porat to lead supergroup of CEO advisers The list of luminaries set to join includes Sam Altman, Marc Benioff, Richard Dickson of Gap, Michelle Gass of Levi Strauss, and Tony Xu of DoorDash.

Go @adamlashinsky.bsky.social! Exclusive: Mayor taps Laurene Powell Jobs, Googleโ€™s Ruth Porat to lead supergroup of CEO advisers sfstandard.com/2025/03/17/l...

17.03.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When Does This Become a Trump Market and a Trump Economy? Today, whatโ€™s meant by the Trump market is markedly different from what it suggested back in those heady days of December.

Nick Lowe said it best: "And so it goes...but where it's goin' no one knows!" My Saturday story. Ninety-two years ag Roosevelt: โ€œthe only thing we have to fear is fear itself.โ€ Current commander in chief today might say โ€œthe only thing certain is uncertainty itself.โ€

www.barrons.com/articles/tru...

15.03.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThis will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.,โ€ he wrote.

13.03.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Dubai Is a Vision of the Future The city is dramatically rewriting the story of skilled migration.

Fascinating @polgreen.bsky.social I Went to Dubai, and Caught a Glimpse of the Future www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...

11.03.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Blackstone vs. BlackRock: The Greatest Wall Street Frenemy Story Ever Told Stephen Schwarzman and Larry Fink are increasingly all up in each otherโ€™s business. Just look at BlackRockโ€™s new Panama Canal deal.

"Can you believe people confuse US with THEM?" Odyssey of the Lions. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/bla...

08.03.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Super Bowl bound! Go Commies!

03.03.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Tribute to Richard Parsons: He Lived His Best CEO Life and Much More Than Too Richard Parsons died on Dec. 26, 2024, at the age of 76.

In a mellow tone. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/ric...

01.03.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bezos Narrows Washington Post Opinion-Section Focus to โ€˜Personal Liberties and Free Marketsโ€™ The change is a pivot from the current objective to cover a range of views and prompted the resignation of the Postโ€™s opinion editor, David Shipley.

"There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the readerโ€™s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job." What? Why? www.wsj.com/business/med...

27.02.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As Wall Street Chases Profits, Fire Departments Have Paid the Price (Gift Article) Fire engine manufacturing is now largely controlled by three companies. Around the country, prices have soared, and orders can take years to fulfill.

As Wall Street Chases Profits, Fire Departments Have Paid the Price www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

17.02.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Grateful Dead: What a Long, Lucrative Trip Itโ€™s Been The Dead made more money than any other touring band, says author David Davis, citing 2,400 gigs that generated over $400 million in ticket sales over 30 years.

Roll away. The Dew. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/gra...

15.02.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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