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April 13, 2009
Vu.

Our little slice of real-estate voyeurism returns: a look at some Madoff clients who have put their homes on the market; a penthouse duplex that will floor you—and whose price may go way down; seven optimists who think now is the time to buy; and more.

April 13, 2009
The Impersonator

Like Bernie Madoff, Marc Dreier bilked unsuspecting investors out of many millions of dollars. But Dreier did it with flair.

April 6, 2009
Boomball

With their studded new roster and retro-chic stadium, the Yankees are a throwback to another New York—the one that crashed last fall.

April 6, 2009
My Manhattan Project

How I helped build the bomb that blew up Wall Street.

March 30, 2009
In Meredith Whitney We Trust?

The financial analyst is slick, smart, and she sniffed out the sorry state of the banks before almost anyone else. And now she’s trying to, yes, leverage all that.

March 30, 2009
Extreme Birth

The fearless—some say too fearless—new leader of the home-birth movement.

March 23, 2009
When You’re a Shark You’re a Shark All the Way

In the fifties, with West Side Story and Gypsy, Arthur Laurents made theatrical history. Later he became famous for his lacerating tongue. At 91, both he and it are having a comeback.

March 23, 2009
Sam Waksal Was Right All Along*

The biotech entrepreneur, friend of Martha Stewart, and “Page Six” regular spent five years in jail on insider-trading charges. Just three months after his release, ImClone, the company Waksal founded, was sold for $6.5 billion, on the strength of the breakthrough cancer drug he developed. Did prison change him? Not really. Does he feel vindicated? Absolutely.

March 9, 2009
God & Worshipper: A Rock-and-Roll Love Story, of Sorts

The complex bond between the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and his sensitive fans.

March 9, 2009
The Most Powerless Powerful Man on Wall Street

How Citi CEO Vikram Pandit finally reached the top— just in time to see the financial system, Citigroup, and all his dreams come crashing down.

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