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In This Issue of Condé Nast Portfolio
Fat Profits
Marriage From Hell
Three years ago, the hedge fund that owns Kmart bought Sears. Now it has two flailing retailers. How the fiasco ruined dealmaking for everyone.
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From Limelight to Blue Light
The Pirates Can't Be Stopped
A high-school student with an old computer hacks into the service that Hollywood hired to halt file sharing. Why is the industry so vulnerable?
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Pirate Booty
The Revolution (May Take a While)
Former AOL chief Steve Case on his attempt to resurrect himself as a health-care exec, and why Facebook isn't going to be the next AOL. Read More
Rogue on the Run
In 1973, an infamous embezzler fled the U.S. in a sauna-equipped jet. Where in the world is Robert Vesco?
An excerpt from a new book goes in search of the original fugitive financier.
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Where's Vesco?
Bringing Business to Its Knees
Everybody who wants to be anybody in Iran—business leaders, intellectuals, and politicians—attends weekly prayers in Tehran. Read More
Is Bruce Wasserstein Finally Right?
While the big banks stumbled, has-been Lazard managed to climb back on top. So why does its C.E.O. still have a chip on his shoulder?
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All Sewn Up
How a publicist shifted fashion's flashbulbs from war-torn Paris to New York's Seventh Avenue. Read More
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Nascar's Race Problem
The car-racing league is looking for its own Tiger Woods. Whether fans (or sponsors) want one is another question. Read More
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The Worst-Kept Secret
The Next President, Revealed
Economic formulas are proving better predictors of election results than opinion polls. What the numbers tell us this year. Read More
The Economics of the Presidency
Requiem for a Friend
In the wake of a very personal murder case, the Supreme Court's review of a law that bans handguns in Washington, D.C., leaves this resident feeling conflicted. Read More
Guns and Votes
The Britney Economy
With Britney Spears' career reduced to tabloid trash, what is her brand worth to the multitudes who make money off of her?
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Britney-Industrial Complex
Lost in Space
With its glory days of Apollo overshadowed by space-shuttle tragedies, NASA now has a new mandate: Get to Mars. And that mission is keeping its budget astronomical. View Interactive Feature
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When Harry Met Vegas
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has cultivated a clean, green record in dusty Nevada. But scientists and farmers say the water pipeline he's pushing may dry up the region and sink the state's economy. Read More
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Duel in the Desert
Oscarnomics
The film world's best and worst financial performances of 2007. Read More
Cinema's Winners and Losers
The Other Middle East Talks
As the market finds that it has a taste for Middle Eastern artwork, Dubai is quickly emerging as a mecca for auction houses and galleries.
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Just Add Water
The Third Way
Jon and Peter Shapiro hope their innovative U2 concert film will secure a future for a new movie format: digital 3-D. Read More
Let Them Eat Cake
Looking at the estate tax through the lives of Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. MacArthur.
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The Power Zip Code
How capitalists in Manhattan divide their political donations (and bets).
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Suite Deals
What does an ousted C.E.O. really need? Office space.
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Chief Executive Vintners
C.E.O.'s who find a great wine aren't always content to order it by the case. Some just buy the winery. Read More
Executive Wine
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