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Mark Ames: Cerberus Capital - Literally Blood-Sucking the Poor to Make Their Billions
Mark Ames was founder and editor of The eXile, the notorious Moscow-based, English-language newspaper shuttered last year after a raid by Russian authorities.
2010-01-17 to bestof, business, investment, money by soobrosa
Jenny Anderson: Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance
After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money.
2009-09-19 to bestof, data, finance, insurance, investment, life insurance, wall street by soobrosa
Green shoots
No matter how bad things get, people still need to eat.
2009-06-01 to bestof, business, food, global recession, investment by soobrosa
Jeffrey Goldberg: Why I Fired My Broker
With his 401(k) in ruins, our correspondent visits investment gurus, hedge fund managers, and a freakish Arizona survivalist with one question in mind: How can the ordinary investor recover?
2009-05-25 to bestof, crisis, economy, finance, global recession, investment, survival, us by soobrosa
Shelter, or burden?
The social benefits of home ownership look more modest than they did and the economic costs much higher.
2009-04-28 to bestof, finance, global recession, housing, investment, mortgage by soobrosa
'I'm having a very good crisis,' says Soros.
He made £1billion as the world plunged into recession.
2009-03-29 to bestof, business, crisis, finance, investment by soobrosa
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Asked many years later for the secret of their success, he and his friend Bill Gates both gave the same answer: “Focus”.
2008-10-05 to bestof, biography, books, business, finance, investment, markets, portrait, story by soobrosa
The 10 worst property investments ever
The massive concrete white elephant is known locally as the "Hotel of Doom". It was conceived as a flagship project for the communist government, but embarrassed officials have since wiped it from official maps as building work floundered due to lack of
2008-06-27 to bestof, business, finance, investment, property by bagoly
Connie Bruck: Rough Rider
Where will Sam Zell take the struggling Tribune Company?
2007-11-14 to bestof, business, investment, media, profile by soobrosa
Hedge Clipping
Is there a way to get above-market returns on the cheap?
2007-06-28 to bestof, economics, freakonomics, investment by metatron

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