Portfolio.com: August 2008 - In This Issue
August 2008
Cover Story
by Daniel Golden
Countrywide Financial didn't just make bad loans to bad customers, it peddled influence to Congress. Inside the scandal that rocked the Hill.
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Features
by Lloyd Grove
Katharine Weymouth, the Washington Post's new publisher, has a mission beyond saving the family empire: to prove that papers have a future.
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by Matthew Malone
While rivals merge, fold, and scramble, Herb Kelleher's Southwest Airlines is still making money. In our interview, he explains how he beats the big guys—and why cigarettes, in a pinch, are better than bourbon.
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by Christopher S. Stewart
When the Kremlin went after Russia's richest oil baron, New York-born lawyer Bob Amsterdam came to his defense. A glimpse into one of the biggest corporate-fraud trials in history.
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by Karl Taro Greenfeld
The economy keeps drooping, but televangelist superstar Joel Osteen is filling arenas and selling millions of books with his message of prosperity.
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by Joel Siegel
Was the creator of Cookie Puss murdered? An 18-year legal battle over the estate of ice cream magnate Tom Carvel has his family tangled up in a whodunit.
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by Amy Wallace
Warren Cowan was Hollywood's ultimate P.R. man, working the press for Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, and Paul Newman. When he died this year, he took his cell phone with him.
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by Howell Raines
If journalists aren't asking the right questions about prices at the pump, then who is?
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by Frank Partnoy
The secret tool that puts activist investors in control of public companies.
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by James Lee
Looking for a new phone, camera, or laptop? We present the hottest gear of 2014.
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by Miriam Datskovsky
Maybe it's time for Harvey Weinstein to think about selling his hit show.
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by Peter Waldman
Meet the man who's putting the big shots in the plushest suites and seats in Beijing.
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by Jessica Liebman
When does Ethiopia ever get the chance to humiliate the U.S.? Hint: It may happen again this month.
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by Matthew Malone
Martha Stewart's C.E.O. on life after Omnimedia.
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by Megan Angelo
The Washington insiders featured in Kevin Costner's new political flick discuss their turns on the big screen.
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by Matthew Malone
After leaving HBO under a cloud, Chris Albrecht and his new company are pushing the hybrid sport of slamball.
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by Mary Bridges
The war over James Brown's fortune isn't making anyone feel good.
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by Deborah Schoeneman
How açaí became the trendiest fruit north of the Amazon.
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by Roger Lowenstein
Book Review: The first books on the housing crunch hit the shelves.
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by Deborah Schoeneman
What some leading business executives are doing this month.
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Why executives are nervous about using the social network.
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Homebuilder Bob Toll on when to buy a house and why the market will recover.
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What the money spent on New York's G.M. Building might have bought.
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How will the anti-Hillary entrepreneurs sell their DVDs and nutcrackers?
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Some C.E.O.'s get more than the average number of vacation days.
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