Below you will find a link to a very interesting article on the power behind power corp: the Desmarais family. Here's a quote:
After Sarkozy was elected president in May 2007, he awarded Desmarais the Grand Croix de la Legion d’Honneur, an order of merit established by Napoleon in 1802. “If I am the president of France today, it is thanks in part to the advice, the friendship and the loyalty of Paul Desmarais,” Sarkozy remarked.
Talk about connections!
The article also talks about some of Power Corp's many and varied investments.
http://hotrodatquincy.blogspot.com/2009/08/buffett-loses-to-desmarais-as-power.html
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I've read over 50 books on investing. I find most of them are not very useful. They're either too simplistic, or too complex for an amateur. Below, I list the books and reports I have found useful. The top widget shows books that can be ordered from the US and the bottom one shows books that can be ordered from Canada.
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