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Market Movers
by Felix Salmon

Extra Credit, Friday Edition

Vikram Pandit, Citigroup’s Chess Master: Has shunted Alberto Verme all the way off to Dubai. Repo home tours: Should you jump in? Auto Erotic: Dan Neil on the Bugatti Veyron.... Read Blog

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Media

Mixed Media
by Jeff Bercovici

Late Breaks: Ixnay on the McCain Support

-A Fox News assistant was fired for confusing the stuff you think in your head with the stuff you say out loud. [TV Newser] -Newsday blah blah Cablevision blah blah News Corp. blah blah blah. Nothing to ... Read Blog

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News

Daily Brief

How to Spend Your Weekend

Once upon a time the world was one, at least geographically. All land masses on Earth were united in a supercontinent that scientists have named Pangaea. The unity suggested by that idea has been adopted to promote ... Read Blog

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Business Travel

Seat 2B
by Joe Brancatelli

Summer Forecast: Clear(er) Skies

Despite all the gloomy travel predictions, this season might not be as bad as last year's. Here's why. Read Column

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Economics

Odd Numbers
by Zubin Jelveh

Legalizing Insider Trading, With a Catch

Following up on Felix's case for why insider trading should be illegal, allow me to paraphrase another argument along those lines: Imagine four types of investors: - noise - those who trade on information they believe to ... Read Blog

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Executives

World According to ...
by Lloyd Grove

Robert Shiller

The rock-star economist who called the bubble in stocks says the housing slump could be worse than that of the Depression. Read Column

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Entertainment

Hollywood Deal
by Fred Schruers

Sumner Redstone's Song of Himself

Normally these days, Sumner Redstone, at 84, prefers to run his schizophrenic media empire from his hilltop retreat in Los Angeles, taking breaks, per Bryan Burrough's razor-edged 2006 profile in Vanity Fair, to take nude swims in ... Read Blog

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Technology

Tech Observer
by Kevin Maney

Bill G Puts Faith In "Microsoft Innovation"; Rest of Us Wonder if That's an Oxymoron

From way over in Indonesia, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates let it be known that Microsoft never needed to buy Yahoo to make headway in search and advertising. It just kind of wanted to. "We have always felt ... Read Blog

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Politics

Capital
by Matt Cooper

The Last Clinton Election

If you take the Clinton brand out of politics, it's worth asking how the Clintons changed the marketing and branding of politics. Read Blog

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Spin

Business Spin
by Jack Flack

Parsing Yahoo's Victory Announcement: The Rabbit Will Be Coming Out of the Hat Any Day Now

With the "distraction" now behind it, Yahoo says "the most important transition in our history" is coming. Read Blog

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Beer

First Draft
by Lew Bryson

Defending Your Beer

The truth about skunking, why freezing can be good, and other tips for making sure beer tastes its best. Read Column

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Science

Natural Selection
by David Ewing Duncan

You 2.0: Closing the Genetic Gap

So far, DNA websites provide mixed results. But the role of commerce is crucial to push medicine and government to take individual DNA testing seriously. Last in a four-part series. Read Column


 
Sports

The Windup
by Franz Lidz

Meet the New Boss. Same as the Old Boss?

Hank Steinbrenner has the style, but not the sway, of the Yankees' owner. Read Column


Economics
by John Cassidy

The Great Depression Debate

As an economist, Bernanke studied it. Now he has to avoid it while cracking down on Wall Street. Read Column


Washington
by Matthew Cooper

Mr. Personalities

While John McCain wages war with himself, what's business supposed to do? Read Column


 

Wall Street
by Jesse Eisinger

It's (Really) the Economy, Stupid

The worst Wall Street turmoil in a generation is going to wipe every other issue off the table for the next president. Read Column


Media
by Howell Raines

Murdoch vs. the Times

Hedge funds are circling, but Rupert may be the one who forces a sale of the Gray Lady. Read Column


 
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