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Tough to Swallow: Paper Trail Behind ‘Breakthrough’ Leads to Penny-stock Profiteers

Let me get one thing straight: I was predisposed to cheer for Oramed Pharmaceuticals, a tiny Jerusalem-based drug developer that
By Duff McDonald

Get Off My Cloud: Fishy N.J. Company Stock Soars

Allow us to introduce Red Bank, N.J.-based InterCloud Systems, a “global single-source provider of value-added services for both corporate enterprises and service providers”—in the cloud, that is.
By Duff McDonald

We’re as Dumb as We’ve Ever Been. Surprised?

Did we get any smarter in 2013? No, we did not. And by “we” I mean everyone, from technology wunderkinds
By Duff McDonald
(Photo illustration by The New York Observer.)

Mergers and Aggravations: Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A Bank Play Chicken

By Duff McDonald
(Photo illustration by New York Observer.)

McKinsey’s Dirty War: Bogus ‘War for Talent’ Was Self-Serving (and Failed)

By Duff McDonald
Lehman Brothers put their artworks up for auction.

After the Collapse: Taking Stock of the Key Players, Five Years Later

By Duff McDonald

The CEO Factory: Ex-McKinsey Consultants Get Hired to Run the Biggest Companies

By Duff McDonald

The Godfather of CEO Megapay: McKinsey Consultant Arch Patton Didn’t Invent Wealth Inequality

By Duff McDonald
Preet Bharara.

SAC Faces the Music: Preet Bharara Goes Nuclear on Hedge Fund—Is Cohen Next?

By Duff McDonald

The Greedy White North: America’s Hat Is America’s Twin

By Duff McDonald

Can Sony Be Saved? Bad Decisions Stifle Onetime Innovator

By Duff McDonald

The Return of Wall Street’s Cassandra: In Armani and Pearls, Meredith Whitney Smacks Back

By Duff McDonald

Permission to Splurge: Whole Foods Isn’t Just About Where You Buy Your Food; It’s About Who You Think You Are

By Duff McDonald

Michael Dell’s Bid to Take Dell Private Is a Joke, But It’s Not Funny

By Duff McDonald

Forget North Korea: There’s Only One Korean ‘Threat’— and It’s Called Samsung Electronics

By Duff McDonald

Memories of You, Ron Johnson

By Duff McDonald

The <em>New York Times</em> Ought to Stop Its Wild Bank Chase

By Duff McDonald

M&A Activity Reveals CEO’s to Be Sheeplike

By Duff McDonald
David Einhorn.

Question Authority: Einhorn is Right to Demand Answers from Apple

By Duff McDonald

The (Not as) Big Apple: Could the Company’s Best Days Be in the Past?

By Duff McDonald
Photo illo: Ed Johnson.

Tears for Sears: Eddie Lampert Props Up the Troubled Retailer, But Who’s Buying?

By Duff McDonald

Future Stock: A Handful of Bold Wall St. Predictions for 2013

By Duff McDonald
Photo illustration by Ed Johnson.

The Worm Turns for Apple

By Duff McDonald
Steven A. Cohen

The Practical Magic of Hedge Funder Steven A. Cohen

By Duff McDonald
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