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A Small Step Forward
BY Matthew Cooper
President Obama is right to try something new with Cuba, but steps that include easing travel restrictions just aren't enough to get the US out of a miserable position.The Steve Jobs Economy
BY Duff McDonald and Julia Dennis
A back-of-the-envelope assessment of how much the ailing CEO has been worth to Apple and to the tech industry overall.Madoff's Hollywood Connection
BY Amy Wallace
The roster of victims goes way beyond Spielberg and Katzenberg. How did the scam of the century reach all the way across the country and into the pockets of the showbiz elite? It wasn't hard at all.Cash Me If You Can
BY Daniel Golden
University endowment managers followed Yale investment guru David Swensen into private equity and hedge funds--now they're short on cash. Luckily for Yale, Swensen didn't always follow his own advice.The Security Swamp
BY Joe Brancatelli
Secure Flight, the government's new airline passenger-screening program, wants to identify troublemakers. But making it work might be a nightmare for travelers.The Boys Club
BY David Levine
Private equity honchos, their holdings, and how they're faring.Pipe Dreams
BY Joe McGinniss
Forget "Drill, baby, drill." Sarah Palin says she's building a $40 billion gas pipeline, which even President Obama wants. The only problem: It isn't there. And it's her fault.The Crash-Test Solution
BY Mark Buchanan
We now know that few people saw the downturn coming. Scientists are working to make sure that never happens again.Project Grow
Exxon vs. Obama
BY Peter Waldman
The biggest oil company in the world is also the most resistant to the shift to green energy. The White House seems determined to make Exxon Mobil's life miserable.Detroit's Hotel Doldrums
BY Joe Brancatelli
The Motor City's top hotels have gotten a much-needed overhaul in recent years, but the downward spiral of the auto industry helps keep occupancy rates down.The Prime of Mr. Nouriel Roubini
BY Helaine Olen
Life is good for New York University's party-boy economist. Once regarded as a crank, he has parlayed his now-accurate predictions of an economic bust into fame, rising fortune, and a vigorous social life.My Toxins Made Me Do It!
BY David Ewing Duncan
A tongue-in-cheek toxicological hypothesis to explain the banking crisis.His Space
BY Kevin Maney
MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe talks about why he thinks he has a better business than Facebook and what it's like to work for Rupert Murdoch.The O Team
BY Matthew Cooper
Seven behind-the-scenes economic players you need to know in the Obama administration.The Business-Travel Blues
BY Joe Brancatelli
Economic forces, coupled with corporate mandates, are changing the long-term look of business travel.The Future of Shopping: Custom Everything
BY Sara Clemence
What happens when you can design your physical world as easily as you can reformat your blog?10 Great Getaways
BY Joe Brancatelli
Thanks to an amazing confluence of factors, almost all of them related to our current parlous business climate, now is the time to take a vacation.Where the Bears Are Now
BY Megan Barnett
One year after the weekend that marked the end of Bear Stearns, Portfolio.com checks in on the whereabouts of its leaders.Hoover Revisited
BY Roger Lowenstein
At a time when America faces the prospect of another Depression, a new biography examines the man who is widely blamed for the first one.Ads by Google
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