Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Quantitative Risk Assessment Techniques Enable Professionals to Understand Organizational Risks CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new book titled "Enterprise Risk Management and COSO: A Guide for Directors, Executives, and Practitioners," by authors Harry Cendrowski and William C. Mair of Cendrowski Corporate Advisors (www.cca-advisors.com), provides corporate board members, executives, and practitioners with a holistic methodology to quantitatively model and understand risk. This comprehensive manual features practical models and guidance rather than mathematical theory. It is written to serve both strategic corporate governance needs ...

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast growing and technologically advanced companies deeply committed to the modernization of the countries in which they operate, created by Mexican entrepreneur Ricardo B. Salinas (http://www.ricardosalinas.com), is proud to celebrate the success of the second annual Ciudad de las Ideas forum, which brings together some of the most brilliant minds in the world to present ideas. Grupo Salinas, together with other top Mexican companies and the Government of Puebla, promoted and sponsored this event, which seeks to view the world in a new light, with great pleasure. The event was held at the Benemerita Universidad ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX), a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, has acquired a minority interest in SMM Project LLC, a company funded by a group of investors to bring together the exclusive licenses and skills of world renowned deep-ocean geologist Dr. Timothy McConachy of Bluewater Metals, the deep-ocean survey and exploration expertise of Odyssey, and the offshore coring and mining expertise of Robert Goodden. SMM Project LLC recently purchased a majority interest in Bluewater Metals Pty Ltd, an Australian company with licenses for mineral ...

Firm's Principals Affiliated With 'Operation Able Danger' WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The OSINT Group, a boutique research firm specializing in open source intelligence ("OSINT") for the defense industry, and whose roster includes operatives formerly connected to a classified military intelligence program known as "Able Danger," is now using its unique expertise to offer a competitive information advantage to sophisticated accredited investors. ...

Jon D. Sawyer Appointed to Board of Directors TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq: OMEX), pioneers in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, today filed a quarterly report with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing results of the Company's third quarter 2009 and announced the appointment of Jon D. Sawyer to the Board of Directors. For the third quarter of 2009, Odyssey reported revenue of $0.8 million, compared to $2.2 million in the third quarter 2008. Odyssey also reported a net loss of ...