The take: a few dozen Spanish doubloons and lots of fascinating, but essentially valueless, maritime esoterica.

FORBES: The Yolk's On Him

Spun out in 1991, the firm now makes laser-based communication systems, and other esoterica.

ECONOMIST: Spinning it out at Thermo Electron

We were chatting away and conversation turned, as it so often does in that particular bar, to esoterica.

FORBES: iPod is Ten Years Old: I Invented it 20 Years Ago

Without invoking the esoterica of Elliott Wave analysis, the rally from March 2009 to April 2010 was followed by a correction to June.

FORBES: Chart Geeks May Finally Get Their Correction

The esoterica Mensans rant about can be mind-warping plus.

FORBES: Finding the Unfound

During a recent visit to the FORBES bureau in San Francisco, JDSU Chief Executive Thomas Waechter noted that in order to meet demand, companies making telecommunications equipment and their carrier customers are buying truckloads of the esoterica sold by JDSU and rivals.

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