Condé Nast Portfolio, September 2008
Zuckervision
NBC Universal president and C.E.O. Jeff Zucker has a lofty goal: to rescue television. But saving the industry will mean the end of business as usual. Read more
Features
Saving TV
Whether the big three networks get it or not, their medium as we know it is finished. Here are eight steps they need to take in order to avoid extinction. Read more
Speed Kills
Carlos Ghosn promised a hard and fast recovery for Renault. But four employee suicides at one facility have raised questions of whether staffers are working themselves to death. Read more
Haim Saban, Power Ranger
Promoting the ubiquitous superhero team helped turn Haim Saban into a billionaire. Now he's America's top political donor. Can he sell a president to his adopted country? Read more
Wireless Operator
When Dan Hesse assumed the top post at Sprint last winter, the carrier was bottoming out. In our interview, he speaks about fixing his company's infamously poor customer service, why he stars in his own commercials, and the delay of the Google phone. Read more
The Axis of Commerce
Sanctions? What sanctions? Iranians stock up every day on Pringles and Coca-Cola, courtesy of smugglers from Dubai. How one of our top trading partners is keeping Tehran flush with American laptops and toothpaste. Read more
The Quant's Bible
You may not have heard of Wilmott, perhaps the most revered publication in quantitative finance. But at $130 an issue, it's a steal. Read more
CULTURE INC.
Switch Hitter
How the onetime C.E.O. of Sony Pictures became a mogul of minor-league baseball. Read more
MAD Money
Manhattan's new Museum of Arts and Design sells naming rights to just about everything. View Interactive Feature
Women in Trouble
Picturehouse's remake of The Women hits theaters this month, after 14 painful years in gestation. Read more
The Democrats’ Lost Tribe
Book Review: If the party of John F. Kennedy can't win back the Catholic vote, it will be doomed on Election Day. Read more
The Culturati: September
What's on these executives' September cultural calendars. Read more
COLUMNS
Black Hole
Don't blame high oil prices on speculators or low supplies. Blame the market—it isn't working the way it should. Read more
Cruel Fuel World
When it comes to the price you pay at the pump, the cost of oil doesn't matter as much as where you live. A global map of gas prices. View Interactive Feature
London Banks, Falling Down
Britain's financial sector is in as much danger as ours, but we can learn from London's remedies—and its failures. Read more
The Harvard Economy
Harvard is cashing in on more than just its endowment. How America's oldest college remains its richest. Read more
Citi Under Siege
Out of nowhere, Vikram Pandit became Citigroup's C.E.O. in the middle of a crisis. Can he pull off the fix of the decade? Read more
BRIEF
Cloaked in Green
The fashion industry's eco-friendly moves are attractive—and hypocritical. Read more
Party Favors
Companies sponsoring this year's political conventions don't always pick their C.E.O.'s preferred candidates. View Graphic
The Bargain Hunter
Alan Patricof on today's VC strategies. Read more
School Daze
What stockholders spend on the tuition of executives' kids. Read more
Also In This Issue
Commentary: This Bust's For You
Giving communities $4 billion to buy up distressed properties is economic malpractice. Read more
Contributors
The writers and photographers whose work appears in the September 2008 issue. 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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