July 2012
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April 2012
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ALEC Wants You To Pay 750 Percent More For... →
Take public high-speed broadband Internet. A few years ago, the city of Wilson, North Carolina, decided that it would create its own broadband system, which it called Greenlight. The service offered speeds twice as fast as private competitors in the area for a similar price. Soon, the success of the service spread, and a number of other cities began offering municipal broadband systems that were...
The SEC: Outmanned, Outgunned, and On a Roll →
One late afternoon in March 2007, Sanjay Wadhwa sat at his desk transfixed by the data on his computer screen. Wadhwa was then a low-level supervisor in the Wall Street office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigating a supposedly routine case of “cherry-picking.” The SEC had gotten a complaint that Rengan Rajaratnam, the founder of Sedna Capital Management, a small hedge...
February 2012
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Bad Guy Coming Through →
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January 2012
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December 2011
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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Excuse me, excuse me. I don't mean to harass you, but I was very impressed with the capable and stylish manner in which you dealt with that situation. And I was thinking to myself, now this girl's special.
Diane: Thanks.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What's your name?
Diane: Diane.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: And where are you going, Diane?
Diane: I'm going home.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Well, where's that?
Diane: It's where I live.
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Great.
Diane: What?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Well, I'll come back with you if you like, but like, I'm not promising anything, you know.
Diane: Do you find that this approach usually works? Or let me guess, you've never tried it before. In fact, you don't normally approach girls - am I right? The truth is that you're a quiet sensitive type but, if I'm prepared to take a chance, I might just get to know the inner you: witty, adventurous, passionate, loving, loyal. Taxi! A little bit crazy, a little bit bad. But hey - don't us girls just love that?
Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Eh?
Diane: Well, what's wrong boy - cat got your tongue?
November 2011
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“I tested different story lines and tossed the bad ones and it’s quite something...”
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“Like the other banking titans, he focused like a laser on the favors to be...”
– Screwed, Shafted, Burned, Betrayed: Scum & Villainy on Wall, Act I (2012) by Oliver Wright (Grove Publishing)
October 2011
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“Class warfare broke out between Starbucks Stalinists and corporate fat cats,...”
– Screwed, Shafted, Burned Betrayed: Scum and Villainy on Wall, by Oliver Wright
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“Then through the town the Hangman came,
Through the empty streets, and called...”
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only...”
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