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Allen Stanford Baseball Connection: Yankees Outfielder Johnny Damon's Frozen Funds

AP | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

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TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees outfielders Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady are among the investors whose accounts were caught in a freeze by the government ...

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Allen Stanford's Yacht, Private Jet And Other Toys

Clusterstock | Jay Yarow | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

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The busted financier Sir Allen Stanford had a net worth over $2 billion according to a Florida paternity lawsuit and a Texas divorce lawsuit. How did...

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The Poor Victims of "Sir" Robert Allen Stanford—Really?

David Bourgeois | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

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David Bourgeois

The saps were lured into this Ponzi scheme with the elixir of unrealistic riches; their thirst for off-the-charts financial gains blinded them to the obvious scam going on right under their noses.

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Allen Stanford Attorney Thomas Sjoblom Withdrew Days Before SEC Fraud Charge

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business

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R. Allen Stanford spent the weeks before the SEC charged him with fraud assuring clients that their money was safe. His Washington, D.C.-based lawyer,...

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America's Top Universities Scouring China's High Schools To Recruit Top Students

United Press International | Posted 12.10.2008 | Home

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Harvard, Stanford and other top U.S. colleges say they're actively recruiting China's best high school students and offering them full scholarships. ...

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Grassroots Organization Sends Campaigners Across the Country on Donated Frequent Flyer Miles

Natasha Chen | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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Natasha Chen

In the effort to send out volunteers to swing states, a grassroots organization started by a couple of Stanford students has turned into the main hub ...

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Green Edge 9: Tim Sanders on Greening U.S. Workplaces

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

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John Tepper Marlin

Tim Sanders visited with me in New York today on a tour to promote his new book, Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go...

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AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford Highlights Top 250 New Companies in the Digital Space

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 08.03.2008 | Business

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Esther Wojcicki

Viewers can see demos of the products and feel like they went to the conference without paying any fees and without enduring the agonies of flying these days.

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Oprah Gives Stanford Grads Books, Calls Class To Service

Huffington Post | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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Oprah Winfrey spoke at Stanford Commencement Sunday (BFF Gayle King's daughter, and Oprah's goddaughter, Kirby Bumpus, was among the graduates) and la...

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Greener B-Schools, Greener Employees

Andrew Winston | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green

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Andrew Winston

Even though he's been studying sustainable business, Ash wants to work for a private-equity firm and says, "Am I really driven to do this by my values? The honest answer is no...It just makes good business sense to be sustainable."

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Stanford Eliminates Tuition For Low Income Families

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Attending Stanford University next year will be a lot more affordable for some undergraduate students. The university said ...

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Study: Paying Inflated Prices Trigger Pleasure Points

i09 | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Inflated prices trigger the pleasure centers in your brain more than fair ones. Not only is the idea of buying something expensive more exciting than ...

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Google Co-Founder's Sat. Wedding Is Logistical Nightmare

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The wedding this Saturday of Google co-founder Larry Page on a tiny Caribbean island is a logistical nightmare for planners who are flying in 600 gues...

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Ex-Nike CEO Knight Goes Back To School. Literally.

Wall Street Journal | Nicholas Casey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Late one spring afternoon last year, a mystery man sat in the back of a creative-writing seminar at Stanford. Evidently a student, he was much older t...

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Google Fiance To Get PhD, Succeed Where Future Hubby Hasn't

Valleywag | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Lucy Southworth isn't just Google founder Larry Page's fiancée. Since 2003, she's been a student at Stanford's Biomedical Informatics program, and it...

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