Portfolio.com: July 2008 - In This Issue
July 2008
Cover Story
by David Margolick
After Howard Schultz stepped down as Starbucks' C.E.O., the coffee empire lost its caffeine high. Will his return bring back the froth?
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Features
by Bill Lerach
On his way to a low-security prison, a famed Milberg Weiss partner explains why he pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
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by James Verini
You know those Mexican drug-lord gun battles you keep reading about in the news? Guess who's arming the cartels. We are.
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by Jessica Liebman
The waters off Malibu and Key West are more polluted than you think. Here's the dirt on some of America's ritziest beaches.
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by Daniel Golden
Muhammad Abdulqaadir seems to have all the right moves for becoming an N.F.L. running back. But he hasn't made the cut. Is his foot speed the issue–or his father's alleged links to terrorism?
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by Peter Waldman
The great spectacle of the Summer Games will cap the triumphant ascent of Beijing. But the Olympics threaten to empty the country's water supply.
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by Russ Mitchell
Back as the computer giant's C.E.O., Michael Dell is thinking less these days about H.P. and more about China, Nike, and cloud computing.
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by Kevin Maney
As movie-ticket sales sag, Hollywood is placing big bets on 3-D effects. But at the moment, it is a catch-22: There aren't yet enough theaters ready for the new technology.
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by Howell Raines
Reexamining the media's longtime favorite gossip site.
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by John Cassidy
…a big fat paycheck. A new study's surprising conclusion about what money can buy.
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by Miriam Datskovsky
For Led Zeppelin's best-known ballad, all that glitters is not gold.
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by Matthew Cooper
Does Carly Fiorina's C.V. justify the chatter that McCain might tap her for V.P.?
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by Joshua Hammer
Is it ever right for investors to make money from the debt of poor nations?
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by Kevin Gray
Bonnie Fuller, ex-Star editor, on leaving her $2 million-a-year post at American Media Inc. Which pages will she turn to next?
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by Jesse Eisinger
Financial firms from Citigroup to Lehman are raising money at a breakneck pace, convincing investors that the worst is over. They couldn't be more wrong.
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by Matthew Malone
Michael Eisner's son Eric started a production company with a Russian émigré—and there the trouble began.
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by Julia Dennis
From the hype that surrounds the release of each new Batman installment, the Caped Crusader would appear to be a cash cow for Warner Bros.—but the franchise may be falling to earth. Read More
by Judith H. Dobrzynski
New York's new opera director promises a radical new approach. Will it work?
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by Roger Lowenstein
Book Review: Lessons from Business 1.0's ultimate turnaround expert.
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by Megan Angelo
Choreographing the Olympics' opening ceremonies.
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Why Olympics backers should speak out on human rights in China.
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Steve Rattner on how you should really invest.
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The cronies who corral the candidates' cash.
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Profiting from the lockers, seats, and urinals of Shea and Yankee stadiums.
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How much shareholders pay when C.E.O. spouses come along on business trips.
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