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...But it’s a story that risks an unhappy ending,” said Dan Thorp, CEO of Cambridge Ahead. that will hold a series of events, research reports and hearings to search for solutions....
...Tim Thorp Malvern, Worcestershire, UK...
...A lovely touch is Kahlen’s awkward inability to respond to the decorous flirtation of De Schinkel’s cousin and intended bride (Kristine Kujath Thorp)....
...Sandie Hobley Birmingham, UK Letter in response to this letter: Maths is foundational to understanding the world / From Tim Thorp, Malvern, Worcestershire, UK...
...Longevity master Edward Thorp, the legendary hedge fund manager who mastered besting casinos, is now 91 and taking on his next challenge: beating ageing, Bloomberg reports....
...Kristine Kujath Thorp plays Signe, a young café worker with no apparent talent, and seemingly little redeeming character, but who is desperate for attention....
...Mr Thorp said the warning should focus minds. “We haven’t lost a life directly to wildfires in this country, yet. But it’s only a matter of time.”...
...Michelle Thorp, chief executive of the IPA, said the organisation was “starting to have a real impact on the way these businesses operate” but acknowledged that problems were “by no means all sorted”....
...Michelle Thorp, the IPA’s chief executive, said it had uncovered no evidence of endemic mis-selling, although some companies “definitely need to work on the quality of their calls”....
...Edward Thorp, a mathematician who achieved considerable success at blackjack and as a hedge fund manager, found that the true risks he faced in the casinos were not an unlucky turn of the card, but crooked...
...His interest was reinforced by Thorp’s second book, Beat the Market....
...A Man for All Markets: Beating the Odds, from Las Vegas to Wall Street, by Edward Thorp, Oneworld, RRP£10.99/Random House, RRP$30 A maths prodigy now in his eighties, Thorp progressed from casinos (having...
...Last year, I was here and met with Ed Thorp and wrote about it for Lunch with the FT. He is regarded as the godfather of all quants....
...Similarly illuminating for investors is A Man for All Markets , by Edward Thorp, a mathematician who applied his skills, from Las Vegas to Wall Street, from the blackjack tables to the world of hedge funds...
...Thorp had gone to Shannon for advice on his academic paper on blackjack. Shannon asked if he had any other ideas, and leapt with excitement at Thorp’s ideas on roulette....
...Thorp for a piece that will appear in the Weekend FT....
...In December 2015, Ms Thorp was sent home from work for refusing to wear high heels at her job as a temporary receptionist....
...A subsequent parliamentary report issued in January in response to Ms Thorp’s petition said that forcing women to wear high heels remains a “widespread” practice....
...– A dozen lessons on investing from Ed Thorp. – The real reason Dimon went berserk about America’s “stupid shit”....
...Ms Thorp expressed dissatisfaction at the government’s response. “If current government isn’t brave enough to change this law, let’s vote for one that will,” she tweeted....
...Thorp It has been very gratifying to receive a warmly positive response to my Lunch with the FT with Ed Thorp, the man widely recognised as the first ever quant....
...Ms Thorp is to be commended for having the persistence to raise the profile of this treatment of female workers....
...Ms Thorp’s case was far from isolated....
...Ms Thorp said: “This may have started over a pair of high heels but what it has revealed about discrimination in the UK workplace is vital.”...
...Then we come to A Man for All Markets by Ed Thorp. I treated him to Lunch with the FT back in January....
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