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Lunchtime Reading: Fortune’s Madoff Chronicles

By Chris Rovzar

So it’s beautiful out and you’re stuck eating at your desk because you have to at least pretend you’re working. Take eleven minutes and read Fortune’s Bernie Madoff story — it’s a lot of stuff you know, but just enough you didn’t to keep you hooked. If you only have two minutes, Gawker’s summary gets to the point. [Fortune]

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