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Robert Bigelow Plans a Real Estate Empire in Space

Robert Bigelow was no more than 9 years old when he heard his first atom bomb explosion. He was upstairs in his bedroom, in a two-story brick house in Las Vegas. There was a low rumble in the early…
PUBLISHED: May 2, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3526 words)

Edir Macedo, Brazil's Billionaire Bishop

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PUBLISHED: April 25, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4305 words)

In Virginia's Fairfax County, Robbing Banks for the CIA

In a white-walled interrogation room in a small Virginia police station last June, two detectives were trying to get Herson Torres to crack. Surveillance video tied him to two attempted bank…
PUBLISHED: April 18, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3139 words)

Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Dodge Phone-Hacking Ruin

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PUBLISHED: April 18, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3513 words)

GM, Ford, and Chrysler: The Detroit Three Are Back, Right?

“You can call me Alicia or Lady Stingray. I answer to both.” Tall and slender, in a minidress that could have been designed by Miuccia Prada for Marvel Comics (DIS), Lady Stingray towers over her…
PUBLISHED: April 4, 2013
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2525 words)

How Samsung Became the World's No. 1 Smartphone Maker

Illustration by Thomas TraumI’m in a black Mercedes-Benz (DAI) van with three Samsung Electronics PR people heading toward Yongin, a city about 45 minutes south of Seoul. Yongin is South Korea’s…
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2013
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4020 words)

When David Einhorn Talks, Markets Listen—Usually

It was shaping up as an especially good episode of The David Einhorn Show. The founder of the $8.8 billion hedge fund Greenlight Capital was speaking in May 2012 at his favorite venue, the Ira W.…
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3708 words)

Why Gun Makers Fear the NRA

In the days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre on Dec. 14, executives with a half-dozen major U.S. gun manufacturers contacted the National Rifle Association. The firearm industry…
PUBLISHED: March 14, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3704 words)

Bill McKibben's Battle Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

Every month, Bill McKibben gets dozens of e-mails from pseudo-scientists—or perhaps actual scientists, for all he knows—describing plans to build perpetual motion machines. The senders…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 28, 2013
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3783 words)
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