Portfolio.com: March 2008 - In This Issue
March 2008
Cover Story
by Denis Johnson
A journey into the fledgling oil industry of Iraq's Kurdistan region finds welcoming locals and posh hotels. Is this the next Dubai?
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Features
by Michael Lewis
Why Black-Scholes, the model traders have long used to insulate themselves from risk, may be the riskiest proposition of all.
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by Sophia Banay
A 27-year-old opera singer may not have been the likeliest member of the Bancroft family to join the News Corp. board. But don't call her a pushover.
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by Katherine Eban
Some cost-cutting hospital corporations are outsourcing their pharmacies—an arrangement that led to an infant's death in Las Vegas.
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by Harry Hurt III
Some of the corporations that claim to be the greenest are surprisingly eco-unfriendly.
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by Willow Duttge
Ogilvy & Mather chairwoman and C.E.O. Shelly Lazarus on China, TiVo, and the art of letting clients go.
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by Jay McInerney
Yes, Art Basel Miami Beach's parties, mogul sightings, and sky-high prices are shocking. That's the point.
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by Mary Bridges
What yesterday's mass transit can teach cities about today's traffic nightmares.
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by John Cassidy
Washington has been giving covert aid to the banks for months. Now it's time for a bailout with teeth.
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by Jesse Eisinger
The Oracle of Omaha's foray into the municipal-bond business sustains an unnecessary industry.
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by Matthew Cooper
Don't think Barack Obama is an able C.E.O.? Just look at how he runs his campaign—and who works for him.
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by Arthur C. Brooks
Which group of American families donates the largest percentage of its income to charity? Not the one you'd think.
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by Tory Newmyer
How Trent Lott can transition from Senate retiree to moneymaking machine.
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by Paul Smalera
With the release of the new $5 bill, the American greenback gets even less green.
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by Miriam Datskovsky
How much worse could the housing market get? Real estate experts weigh in.
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by Nancy Hass
A private equity partner stages an all-black version of Tennessee Williams' tale of Brick, Maggie, and Big Daddy.
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by Callen Bair
None of the hot new artists' work on display at the Whitney Biennial is for sale. But if it were, how much could it sell it for?
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by Willow Duttge and Matthew Malone
The annual induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a glitzy affair with a high admission price. Too bad nobody's visiting the actual museum.
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by Roger Lowenstein
What the life story of the dollar does and doesn't teach us about the nature of its fall.
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Why the presidential race is actually cheap.
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Honda's hydrogen car could come with a home filling station.
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The newest excuse for shoddy performance.
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When the trial ends, the lawyers always win. Read More
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How ad agencies have coped since AT&T consolidated its media budget.
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The three-wheel Spyder motorcycle provides safer thrills.
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A TV-top box transmits shows to laptops or handhelds anywhere in the world.
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