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Jim Herlihy is a published author: his novel “Deceit and Dirty Money” is available on line. He served as President of the SF Public Library Commission 1992 - 1996. While working in Latin America, he was a stringer for The Economist, The Times and the BBC. Jim serves as a director on two SF sister city boards : Bangalore, India and Cork, Ireland.
March 24, 2023
Tik Tok Ban ?
March 24, 2023
Committed to the democratic process as a Commissioner and international election observer.
March 22, 2023
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank caused regulators to act on uninsured bank deposits, above the $250,000 FDIC cap.
March 21, 2023
The global banking crisis and the failure of Silicon Valley Bank as well as Credit Suisse was worsened by a lack of diversity - shock absorbers - in the financial system. Professor Danielsson argues for a new approach to ri…
March 17, 2023
Irene Tsu has over 80 credits to her name and has been active in the entertainment world since the 1960s.
March 14, 2023
Shaun Chang reviews the Oscar Awards.
One of the few surviving Warren Commission witnesses discusses Lee Harvey Oswald, Marina Oswald Porter and her critical Warren Commission testimony the T…
A history of the company General Electric Jack Welch took over and the results.
Season 5 covers the tumultuous period from 1992 to 1997 when Charles and Diana”s marriage was publicly collapsing.