"More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places"

By Michael J. Mauboussin, Columbia University Press, 288 pages, $27.95 Hardcover, June 2006

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For the past two years, I've said that the new business book explains big ideas; it shows us how to look at the world differently. "The Tipping Point", "Freakonomics", and "The World Is Flat" all fit that bill. What if one book could give you a flavor for all of them? "More Than You Know" comes pretty close.

"More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places"

By Michael J. Mauboussin, Columbia University Press, 288 pages, $27.95 Hardcover, June 2006

http://800ceoread.com/products/?ISBN=0231138709

For the past two years, I've said that the new business book explains big ideas; it shows us how to look at the world differently. "The Tipping Point", "Freakonomics", and "The World Is Flat" all fit that bill. What if one book could give you a flavor for all of them? "More Than You Know" comes pretty close.

China will contribute $350 million to finance development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.

China will join the Inter-American Development Bank as a donor member, building on its growing links with Latin America and the Caribbean.  The Asian giant will become the 48th member country in the Washington, DC-based IDB, the single largest source of long-term lending for the region.