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Everything We Know So Far About the Cybersecurity Situation on Wall Street
The Secretary of Homeland Security says it's not a coordinated cyberattack—just one hell of a weird day.
How It Felt to Watch My Wife Get a Boob Job
I consider myself a pretty well-traveled dude, but I still fainted at the sight of my wife's new breasts.
The Weird Utopia of Wall Street
Wall Street is said to be fueled by the twin passions of greed and fear. That's true enough, but not the whole story. There's also a credo, a conviction, that all the deals and emotions add up to a surge of general bounty.
What Led Whistle-Blower Haim Bodek to Expose the Biggest Scam on Wall Street?
The Goldman Sachs alum, was once what Wall Street calls a "big swinging dick." But two years after going to authorities with what he claims to be one of the largest heists in Wall Street history, he was practically blackballed.
The 66-Year-Old Rave King of Wall Street
In the past few years, Bob Sillerman has become notorious in the dance music industry for buying up a string of once-independent rave promoters in order to take the once-underground culture to Wall Street.
How the Mob Gets Rich Off of Recessions
The Mafia has always profited from economic crisis. Recessions fill up the mob's coffers and boost its social standing. In fact crime is one of the few sectors of the economy that thrive in moments of financial decline.
Your Retirement Fund Is Slowly Evaporating
Whether you know it or not, your 401(k) is likely being devoured by marketing fees, investment-management fees, administrative fees, and broker commissions—along with trading fees that pass on to you every time a mutual fund buys or sells a security.
Killing People Overseas Will Always Be a Growth Industry
Today, foreign policy is enacted through corporations. Tasks that once would have been the sole province of the CIA or the military are routinely contracted out to firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
A Layman's Guide to the Finance Industry's Cryptic Jargon
Wall Street can therefore seem like a very private club. But in fact anyone can participate; the barriers to entry are as much linguistic as they are financial. With that in mind, here's a primer on the A to Z of the financial multiverse.
The True Story of the ‘Greatest Corporate Failure in American History’
The infamous AIG bonus controversy of 2009 was a rare moment when everyone in America was angry about the same thing. Today, thanks to a lawsuit being argued in Washington, we now know how comprehensively we were duped.
Profit and Loss in the Wall Street Sex Trade
According to a few sex workers I spoke to, there's no escaping Wall Street, since almost every sector in New York—real estate, restaurants, prostitution, you name it—opens its mouth to finance's trickle-down.