Condé Nast Portfolio, September 2007
The Most Dangerous Deal in America
Inside the secretive world of Cerberus Capital—and why its plan to save Chrysler spooks Wall Street. Read more
FEATURES
Baseball After the Boss
George Steinbrenner transformed the economics of America's pastime. Now with his health declining, who will take over the New York Yankees and what will it mean for the sport? Read more
Little Jets, Big Problems
How a former Microsoft executive raised $1 billion from investors to build a tiny jet, and why some are predicting turbulence ahead. Read more
Black Thursday
At 12:01 p.m., September 16, a bomb went off in New York's financial district killing 40 and injuring 300. Read more
Gucci Unzipped
Luxury-goods scion Francois-Henri Pinault's unproven plan to reshape the $23 billion conglomerate his father built from nothing. Read more
Bull Market
Little Yellow Jacket, an 1,800 pound Brahman-Angus cross, is one mean-looking, profitable beast. Read more
To Live and Die in Beirut
Saad Hariri is a Lebanese businessman who rose to power after his father was assassinated. Now, he's trying to rebuild his country. Read more
Blackmail, Sex, and Corporate Secrets
John Browne ran BP, the world's second-largest oil firm. He also led a double life. And so, it turns out, did his company. Read more
CULTURE INC.
Los Angeles Turnaround
Members of the business elite are revitalizing this city’s biggest museum–without much help from their Hollywood neighbors. Read more
Dabbling in the George Clooney Business
After losing his first Hollywood bet, a Boston real estate developer doubles down by backing two big fall films. Read more
TV for People Who Don't Watch TV
A&E couldn’t do it. Neither could Bravo. So why does an unlikely group of investors think it can turn a profit with a television channel about the arts? Read more
The Cello Syndicate
Jamie Walton earns a five-figure income and plays a seven-figure instrument—thanks to a dozen investors. Read more
Also Worth a Read . . .
Whistleblowers, number crunchers, hedge fund pontificators, high-altitude golfers–oh, and a couple of business-centric potboilers for the bedside. Read more
Garry's Gambit
World chess champion, management guru, political dissident. Kasparov is a genuine democrat with a warning for Vladimir Putin. Read more
IN PLAY
It's a WiFi World
Wireless technology gets an upgrade. Read more
Forward or Reverse?
Cadillac’s designers explain the thinking behind the car they hope will lift the brand out of its slump. Read more
COLUMNS
Little House on the Red Prairie
How China is keeping U.S. housing prices booming–for now. Read more
A Swindle to Die For
How an audacious scam allegedly turned cemeteries into buried treasure and cheated tens of thousands of frail and elderly people out of up to $80 million. Read more
A Legend's Bloated Legacy
Sandy Weill’s Citigroup is staggering under its own excessive weight. Read more
Google's Secret Formula
Google answers more queries than Microsoft and Yahoo combined. But there’s one query we had to answer ourselves: How does Google work? Read more
The Forgotten 9/11 Memorials
Three charities still have to raise millions to finish monuments to the nearly 3,000 who perished on 9/11, but they are in a race against time, apathy, and one another. Read more
Please, Not Another M.B.A. President
Mitt Romney has private equity cred, but that might not be so useful in the White House. Read more
Bad Vibes Over a Music Deal
Publishing veteran Dick Snyder says Edgar Bronfman Jr. jilted him in the Warner Music Group buyout–and $100 million should make things right. Read more
Murderers and Rapists and Tyco's Mark Swartz
The onetime chief financial officer is doing hard time for his part in Dennis Kozlowski’s avaricious money grab at Tyco. His former boss gave him the best 10 years of his life and, now, the 25 worst. Read more
BRIEF
Bipolar Nation
On the East Coast, it’s all about hedge funds. Out West, venture capitalists rule. The question: Why can’t they all just get along? Read more
Ted's Pledge Hedge
Ten years ago this month, Ted Turner promised to pay a record-shattering $1 billion to the United Nations. The only problem: He’s about $345 million behind where he said he’d be. Read more
Buy This Golfer
What is Tiger’s collar worth? For this month’s new FedEx Cup, golfers are selling everything but their soles. Read more
The Laser's Edge
It’s the coolest toy you can’t get–yet. Researchers are working on movie projectors so tiny they can fit in your cell phone. Read more
Remainders of the Day
Executive tell-alls don't sell. Read more
Musical Players
It’s time for the MTV awards, the recording industry’s annual video bacchanal. Meet six of the most influential tastemakers behind the hits. 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.
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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.
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