Condé Nast Portfolio, January 2008
Spy vs. Spy
A consultant gets his garbage snatched off his suburban curb, and Wal-Mart execs are caught philandering. It's all in a day's work for the ex-C.I.A. (and K.G.B.) agents taking corporate espionage in disturbing new directions. Read more
Features
Will Ferrell and the End of Media as We Know It
The curly-haired comic's website Funny or Die aims to rewrite the rules of making money in showbiz—and avoid the fate of so many previous attempts at online-content distribution. Read more
Picture Imperfect
Kodak C.E.O. Antonio Perez on getting passed over for the top job at H.P. and on his second act: saving the film giant from digital-age decline. Read more
Rock Stars of Tech
Bono wants to be a tech mogul. Elevation Partners' Roger McNamee wants to be a rock star. Inside the unlikely private equity team that plans to turn around Forbes and Palm. Read more
Running the Numbers
A photographer's large-scale images reflect America's out-of-control excess with a troubling beauty. Read more
China's Next Revolution
As real estate values skyrocket, officials are seizing the homes of urban residents, sparking a wave of protests. Read more
1964: Eye Phone
More than 40 years before the iPhone, Bell's Picturephone offered the first video calls. Read more
Ducati's New Financial Cycle
Its motorcycles arouse envy from Ocean Drive to the Guggenheim. But the Italian boutique firm must now reverse course after years of disastrous U.S. ownership. Read more
CULTURE INC.
The Maverick and the Maestro
With pressure mounting to attract subscribers and fill seats, the new general manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera is going after blue-chip talent like conductor Lorin Maazel—who returns to the Met's podium after a 45-year absence. Read more
The Mad Money Men
An upstart studio owned by John Malone's Liberty Media might take a few lessons from its first movie, a caper about a gutsy profiteering scheme. Read more
The Wild Blue Yonder of Markets
A new book explores socially conscious investing-but its strategy seems far-fetched. Read more
The Gossip Girl Challenge
Merging two networks. Read more
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
COLUMNS
The Coming Oil Crash
The price of oil is poised to nose-dive. Here's why economic realities could lead to a dramatic drop. Read more
Wall Street's Next Crisis
The subprime shakeout is mostly over. Now it's time to brace for more fallout—in commercial real estate. Read more
The Phony Populist
His capital gains tax plan looks like Clinton's and Obama's, and his health insurance plan looks like Romney's. Why should business fear President Edwards? Read more
London's New Arrival
With a capacity of 12,000 bags an hour (and retail from Coach, Krispy Kreme, and Tiffany & Co.), an $8.6 billion terminal may put an end to Heathrow hell. Read more
Wall Street Family Values
Giving begins at home—in this case, at the homes of the Weills, the Kravises, and the Icahns. A look at the top 50 Wall Street family foundations and who doles out the most. Read more
What's Drudge Worth?
If Facebook is valued at $15 billion, how about the Drudge Report? Putting a price on an enigmatic and enduring Web phenomenon. Read more
BRIEF
No Obligations
What's wrong with social responsibility? Read more
Driving ForceBank Notes
Three years after J.P. Morgan Chase purchased Bank One, does their merger still make sense? Read more
Me and My Bodyguard
How much tech companies spend on their execs' security. Read more
IN PLAY
Oh, Sand Trap, Where Art Thou?
G.P.S. devices for the golf course, the ski slope—even the jogging route. Read more
If You're Going to... Davos
The best bars, bistros, and bakeries to hit during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. Read more
Real Business, Real Results
Did anyone at Microsoft ever watch the (gasp!) offensively funny show Family Guy?
Ex-Morgan Stanley exec Zoe Cruz is now heading her own hedge fund. Are Wall Street's leaders done?
Martha, Bernie and Skilling know that what you wear for court can go a long way in public perception.
spotlight on
Health Care
Bad to the Bone No More
Companies such as General Mills say they're stepping up efforts to change employees' bad
behavior and promote healthier lifestyles.
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