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D.B. Grady is co-author of The Command: Deep Inside the President's Secret Army. He is a correspondent for The Atlantic, and lives in Baton Rouge, La. See more of his work at DBGrady.com.

Meanwhile, the general public continued to froth at ever-climbing valuations. Even without secret tips from their banker buddies, the whole game was rigged in favor of insiders from the start—even more than usual for Wall Street. In the New Yorker ...

birds swarm the roof while Adam presumably cries all over Cassie's boobs inside. We've always had a feeling pigeons were total perverts. 7. Adam Unleashes His Inner Feminist in Episode 18 "Sacrifice" In arguably our favorite Secret Circle moment of all ...

The Badgers may have been one of Olsen's best-kept secrets. Dating back to the fall season, it appeared as if South Carolina and the lure of head coach Steve Spurrier piqued Olsen's interest. Some had the Gamecocks as a possible frontrunner.

After some back and forth, the vial keeper got the green light to sell it, assuring the auctioneer that “everything was OK, National Archives was not interested in what I had, nor was the Secret Service, the FBI and other agencies … it was ...

Out the back in the gardens, among the ceramic birds and behind the pool, he takes me to a hidden plaque with a tribute to Bugsy Siegel, the original gangster of Las Vegas who used to have a bulletproof suite and secret ... Avenue (inside what used to ...

Computerworld - If you've ever been to a store, you know the drill: Browse the merchandise, pick something, carry it to the checkout counter, maybe wait in line, pay, then walk out with your purchases and a receipt. Whether it's a clothing store, a grocery ...

An excellent long read in the new Wired magazine: Jamming Tripoli: Inside Moammar Gadhafi's Secret Surveillance Network. Matthieu Aikins examines how activists suffered "greatly at the hands of Gadhafi’s spy service, whose own capabilities had been ...

He once was known as al-Jamil—the Handsome One—for his chiseled features and dark curls. But four decades as dictator had considerably dimmed the looks of Moammar Gadhafi. At 68, he now wore a face lined with deep folds, and his lips hung ...

Editor's note: Please be aware that this article may contain spoilers. While EW confirmed that, yes, a new scene was being created, we didn't share everything we knew because, well, ... who wants to hear the punchline to a joke before the setup?

Ellen Pao, an investment partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, is suing her employer, the well-known Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture capital firm. Pao alleges that she and other female employees were left out of meetings that ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BKI) today announced that John Crowe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the Stephens Spring Investment Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at 9:00 ...

Despite tough conditions, Morgan Stanley's Australian investment banking business has bucked the trend of weakening profits in the local sector to report growth in its after-tax profit and a healthy dividend, according to a report by The Australian.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In what may be the first introduction of its kind to the world of investment management for the affluent, Aspiriant has debuted a whimsical animated feature on its website that guides visitors through the questions and ...

Sallie Krawcheck, former president of Bank of America Global Wealth & Investment Management, outlines four ways for boards to cut through complexity and mitigate risk BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The fallout of the Business+Investing billion loss disclosed last week by ...

David Kubersky, Managing Director of SimCorp North America, comments, “We find that when there is alignment between IT and business goals, technology can transform an investment management enterprise. At SimCorp, we make it a point to ensure ...

investment bankers, EB-5 executives, and venture capitalists, among others, on the latest happenings and trends in the Chinese and Korean immigrant investors market. Mr. Su, CEO of Artisan Business Group will be hosting three-day private one-on-one ...

Early in his career, Mr. Godfrey spent several years at The First Boston Corporation where he was a member of its original investment banking business development group. Mr. Godfrey will initially be joined by Managing Director, Garrett McKenna ...

Even as countries compete to attract investments, 80 per cent of national investment promotion agencies are failing to respond to investor inquiries in the key sectors of agri-business and tourism, the World Bank has said. The World Bank Group stated thus ...

Apollo Global Management, the parent of large-cap Business Development Company (“BDC”) Apollo Investment Corporation (ticker: AINV), announced today it had “purchased approximately million, or approximately 5.9 million newly issued shares ...