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'I Made a Mistake' Buying Tribune Co.: Zell

Canny investor admits he backed a losing horse

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 15, 2009 3:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – Sam Zell is famous for his business acumen. He made a near-psychic call to sell his office-property company for billions just months before the market tanked. But the magnate now tells Bloomberg another deal he made was as boneheaded, in retrospect, as the Equity Office...   Read full story »

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