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To put these numbers into perspective, a savings of 2.43 percentage points in one quarter amounts to $1.2 billion in saved interest costs on $203 bill...
Felix Salmon | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book is out today, and breaks some pretty stunning news, dating from the end of June, 2008. At this point, we're still months...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media
One would expect Ryan Lizza's epic New Yorker piece on Larry Summers to be somewhat glossy, but, yeah: you can basically tape this piece to the back of your child's Halloween costume for traffic safety.
Eric Schurenberg | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business
we had taken a perfectly decent supplementary savings plan and, without any real discussion, allowed it to become the sole source of most workers' non-Social Security retirement income. The 401(k) was not designed for that role, and it has come up way short.
Robert Teitelman | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media
We lean toward advisers and investors, not traders, and I would argue that many business and finance magazines have lost their way because they no longer know whom they're writing for or why.
Yvette Kantrow | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media
Among conspiracy theories, the one about Goldman Sachs controlling the world, is as hackneyed as they come. But it was only a matter of time before somebody didn't think it was silly at all.
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business
UPDATED: Jul. 9, 11:20 p.m. If you're driving and happen to kill a pedestrian, you may, of course, be slapped with manslaughter charges. On the oth...
Robert Teitelman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media
We should all try harder to write more accessibly. But can the complexity of finance (and economics) be effectively captured by the kind of simple explanations required by an audience that barely knows the basics?
Yvette Kantrow | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media
"I just wasn't paying attention." "It never even occurred to me to mention it." What do these two statements have in common? They were both uttered ...
Robert Teitelman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business
The irony of Buffett is that his talent and his will are unfathomable, but his flaws are not. The one thing we can truly understand about him is the part of him that's just like the rest of us.
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media
Jeff Bercovici, Portfolio.com's Mixed Media blogger, broke the news at 10 a.m.: Condé Nast is shutting down Portfolio magazine and its website. Eight...
Portfolio | Felix Salmon | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media
Fancy some time travel? Go back to my blog entry about John Thain from January 22, and click on the first link. I promise I haven't edited it. Amazing...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media
Michael Hirschorn's recent piece in The Atlantic offers up a sensational possibility: "What if The New York Times goes out of business -- like, this May?" Could he be right?
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Felix Salmon | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business