Another week, another daredevil skydiving out of a balloon from 24 miles up and falling at over 800 mph. Wait, that doesn’t happen every week? Well, it was nice for a little variety. Google tried to repeat the feat with their surprise earnings release on Thursday, but their freefall was cut short. Of course, there was another presidential debate, and for those keeping score at home, the debates have now produced such gems as Big Bird, malarkey, and binders full of women. Those stories dominated the week, but here’s what we have our eyes on heading into the weekend.
- Man Group is seeing huge investor outflows after weak performance (International Business Times)
- Genworth is looking to sell its wealth management business (Chicago Tribune)
- Proposed US states that never quite caught on (Mental Floss)
- Wasendorf’s assets went on sale this week – does anyone want a slice of a fraudster’s life? (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
- Googlers use “20% time” to build more than just neat programs (Bloomberg Tech)
- Why the 1987 crash doesn’t matter – and why it does (Reformed Broker)
And just for fun: