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"It was just stupid" "It was just stupid"
TheStreet.com's co-founder, Jim Cramer, explains why he regrets his dot-com days.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Jun 4, 2002
Lock up the analysts and throw away the key Lock up the analysts and throw away the key
An investor who followed expert advice lost $100,000. He wants vengeance, but history suggests he's not likely to get it.
By Damien Cave May 20, 2002
Wall Street gets an F Wall Street gets an F
Two new books on the economy blast investment bankers for bias and warn that the financial system is out of anyone's control.
By Damien Cave Jul 19, 2001
Bloomberg's box
His machine owns Wall Street, but the rest of the world has been resistant.
By David Carr Apr 10, 2001
George Soros George Soros
He went from apple harvester to capitalist kingpin to progressive savior. The countercultural investor has more money than you've ever heard of, and he just loves to give it away.
By Alan Deutschman Mar 27, 2001
Box of Stones Box of Stones
Is Oliver Stone a misunderstood cinematic genius or just a deluded, self-absorbed hack? A new 10-DVD box set promises some answers.
By Bruce Kluger Feb 26, 2001
Bill Clinton's true friends
Once again, he learns they're in Harlem, not on Wall Street.
By David Talbot Feb 15, 2001
Sex, come boom or crash Sex, come boom or crash
The creator of "Nancy Chan, Manhattan Call Girl" assesses the hardworking boys of the new Fox TV show "The Street" and reveals that the senior guys have more fun.
By Tracy Quan Nov 1, 2000
Wall Street schmooze and spin Wall Street schmooze and spin
Media author Howard Kurtz says financial journalists are more powerful and morally bereft than Washington's political pundits.
By Alan Deutschman Sep 26, 2000
A conspirator's story
It begins with a letter to the New York Times. Before its end, a young Wall Street lawyer is tangled up with a man accusing the CIA of horrific crimes.
By Matthew S. Schweber Jul 24, 2000
How Barron's got its groove back
The new-economy business magazines haven't flexed as much muscle as an old-school weekly that still knows how to make the Street go round.
By Diane Seo May 17, 2000
Is it time to buy Microsoft?
Wall Street has pummeled Bill Gates' stock price -- and the reasons are more psychological than financial.
By Steve Bodow Apr 28, 2000
"Boiler Room"
Giovanni Ribisi tops a dynamite cast in writer-director Ben Younger's crisply told tale of young Wall Street bottom feeders on the make.
By Stephanie Zacharek Feb 18, 2000
Bought and paid for
Gore's oily family friends, Bush's profitable Harvard connections and other stories you're not likely to read about.
By Mark Hertsgaard Jan 21, 2000
Can Linux billionaires carry the free-software torch?
As dot-com mania sends shares in open-source companies soaring, the movement searches its soul.
By Andrew Leonard Dec 23, 1999
The great straddler
Free trader President Clinton veers left in Seattle. But will his finesse be enough to keep Al Gore's Democratic Party intact?
By Todd Gitlin Dec 3, 1999
The 25-day bounce
Why do new stocks often jump at exactly the same point after the initial public offering?
By Mark Gimein Aug 31, 1999
Wall Street lynching
Falsely accused of bilking millions, a black bond trader talks about the frat-boy culture of high finance.
By David Bowman May 27, 1999
21st Log: Ion Storm exposé sparks online storm
By Jennifer Vogel Jan 18, 1999
America rides out the shock waves
A Yale finance expert predicts the U.S. economy will withstand global convulsions.
By Jonathan Broder Sep 2, 1998
21st: The Web is falling! The Web is falling!
Let's Get This Straight: By Scott Rosenberg. When it comes to new media, the New Yorker remains hopelessly out of the loop.
By Scott Rosenberg Jan 22, 1998
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