American Madness

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Power Problem : CJR

“First, the public should be aware—warned, so to be speak—that its interests and those of the business press may not be in perfect alignment. The business press exists within the Wall Street and corporate subculture and understandably must adopt its idioms and customs, the better to translate them for the rest of us. Still, it [...]

A little Reggie Watts for Sunday

Vanity Fair Summer Guide

2009 Vanity Fair Summer Guide
Outdoors bars (including rooftop bars) listed.

Jim Cramer: Market top indicator

Don’t get your hopes up. We’re merely in the eye of the storm. You don’t throw an economy as out of whack as we did (370% debt to GDP) and expect a year of moderate malaise to work it out, especially when you’ve paid the rent you couldn’t afford by borrowing more money to pay [...]

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