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Story-Dash: Lehman Channeled Risks Through ‘Alter Ego’ Firm
Typically, companies are required to disclose only material investments or purchases of public companies. Hudson Castle was neither. Nonetheless, Hudson Castle was central to some Lehman deals up until the bank collapsed.
2010-06-29 to banking, bestof, collapse, crime, investment, mortgage crisis by soobrosa
Shikha Dalmia: The Fable of Market Meritocracy
Markets don't reward smart people. They reward value.
2010-05-10 to bestof, investment, markets, meritocracy, smartness, value by soobrosa
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

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