Boomtown, Iraq
Illustration by Bryan Christie
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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The Toxic Ten
Some of the corporations that claim to be the greenest are surprisingly eco-unfriendly.
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The Art Party
Illustration by Andy Friedman
You don't have to be a mogul to matter at Art Basel Miami Beach, but it helps.
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Inside Wall Street's Black Hole
Investors for years have relied on a complex formula to manage risk. But what happens if the Black-Scholes model is wrong—and we're in bigger trouble than ever?
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Natalie Bancroft
The new (and only) woman on Rupert Murdoch's board is a 27-year-old fledgling opera diva. Murdoch may have gotten more than he bargained for.
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Your Hospital's Deadly Secret
Hospital pharmacies across America are being contracted out to companies with little or no medical expertise. Patients are paying the price.
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Obamanomics
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are such economic twins, it's hard to tell them apart. Why his approach has the edge.
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Do You Trust This Man?
Photoillustration by Wes Duvall
The famed investor is getting into municipal-bond insurance. Too bad the industry is a racket.
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The Poor Give More
Illustration by Post Typography
Surprising findings show that low-wage earners step up to the charity plate big-time.
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The Doom Index: Housing Prices
Since the subprime crash, new home sales have fallen more than 26 percent nationwide, and prices slid 10 percent in December. The question on everyone's mind now: How much worse will things get?
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Wall Street Bonuses Explained
Photoillustration by Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford
Wall Street is still handing out bonuses for 2007, when the five biggest independent banks earned a total of $11.4 billion, down from $32.1 billion in 2006. But those banks paid their employees a record $66 billion last year, 10 percent more than in 2006. It's worth asking why banks are giving away huge bonuses at all.
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