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Condé Nast Portfolio, November 2008

Barely Legal

Barely Legal

He's faced three sexual harassment suits, and he's championing immigrant labor. For American Apparel's Dov Charney, it's all in a day's work. Read more

Features

The Generosity Index

The Generosity Index

A look at which billionaires are giving the most, relative to their wealth; which are giving the least; and who is refusing to say. Read more

The Price of Immortality

Does charity bring status? Ask the second-richest man in New York. How David Koch is changing Big Philanthropy. Read more
The $58 Trillion Elephant in the Room

The $58 Trillion Elephant in the Room

Like Frankenstein's monster, J.P. Morgan's derivatives inventions inflicted pain on Wall Street that it had never anticipated. Read more

A Beef With the Rabbis

After the raid of its kosher-meat plant in Iowa, a Hasidic family in Brooklyn faces accusations of violating child-labor laws. Read more

Marc of the Valley

More than a decade after inventing the modern Web browser, Netscape's Marc Andreessen predicts the future of Silicon Valley. Read more

The Brat Pack

Few Hollywood newcomers are more in demand this season than the ones in diapers. View Slideshow

School of Hard Knocks

When a business icon's alma mater spurned his offer of a $100 million donation, he didn't just walk away—he built a rival high school from scratch. Read more

CULTURE INC.

Knight on the Town

Knight on the Town

Salman Rushdie's glamorous, globe-trotting social life has at least one side benefit: It can help sell books. Read more

Potter's Field

This fall's Harry Potter movie got pushed onto next summer's schedule. Whose profits are suffering as a result? Read more
Mummies, Dearest

Mummies, Dearest

Book Review: Is it really better for stolen antiquities to be returned to their countries of origin? Read more

The Culturati: November

What's on these executives' November cultural calendars. Read more

Columns

The Morning After

The Morning After

When the new president takes office, here's how he can clean up our economic mess. Read more
Extreme Makeover

Extreme Makeover

How George W. Bush should remake his image (and he still can) after he steps down. Read more

Goldman's Conspicuous Compassion

Wall Street was once among the most ostentatious purveyors of charitable giving. Now it's burnishing its image. Read more

The Bond Market

How much has the world's most celebrated secret agent raked in since 1953? Read more

Hollywood or Bust!

Two Milwaukee lawyers who helped Wesley Snipes beat his tax and conspiracy charges are eyeing the rest of the industry. Read more

Hitting the Showers

TD Ameritrade's C.E.O. on short-selling and linebacking. Read more

BRIEF

Deny Another Day

Deny Another Day

The bankers and the government, making deals while Wall Street burns. Read more

Motor Skills

G.M. chief Rick Wagoner on whether to buy or lease. Read more

Are You Experienced?

This year's campaign issue, in the executive suite. View Slideshow

Brother, Can You Spare a ...

How 2008 measures up to 1929. View Graphic
Warner's Music Man

Warner's Music Man

Five years after Edgar Bronfman Jr. bought a label. Read more

Cabinets and Chairs

Where White House leaders go to retire. Read more

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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.

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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. Read More