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TO THE BIDDER GO THE SPOILS

 Madoff Auction Nabs $1M 

Yours for only $6K—schemer's college ring

Nov 15, 09 9:27 AM CST

FBI Arrests
Two More
Madoff Aides

Pair of computer programmers helped hide scheme, feds say

Nov 13, 09 9:17 AM CST
GOING ONCE...

 Madoff's Stuff Up for Sale 

Feds hope to score $500K off jailed fraudster's possessions

Nov 10, 09 6:50 AM CST

Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty, Faces 114 Years

But denies knowing about Ponzi scheme

Nov 3, 09 12:18 PM CST

 Madoff Wishes SEC Had Caught Him Years Ago

Dismisses SEC bumblers who didn't know Accounting 101

Oct 31, 09 6:31 AM CDT

 $534M Paid to Madoff 
 Victims; $4.5B to Go 

Trustee has recovered $1.4 billion in clawbacks, with more to come

Oct 28, 09 2:38 PM CDT

Autopsy: Madoff Buddy Died of Natural Causes

Jeffry Picower, 67, had
a heart attack, then drowned in pool

Oct 26, 09 12:52 PM CDT

Picower Death May Stall
Suit for Madoff Billions

Will be harder for bilked investors to recoup losses

Oct 26, 09 9:40 AM CDT

Madoff Colleague Found Dead in Swimming Pool

Jeffry Picower faced Ponzi scheme lawsuit

Oct 25, 09 4:07 PM CDT

 Madoff HQ Was 
 'Coke-Fueled 
 Animal House' 

Ponzi kingpin now sharing cell with drug offender

Oct 21, 09 2:58 AM CDT

 2 Madoff Victims Sue SEC 

Regulators are responsible for victims' losses, suit claims

Oct 14, 09 3:32 PM CDT

 Madoff in Prison Yard Tussle 

Bernie shoves another senior citizen in stock market argument

Oct 13, 09 5:21 AM CDT

Madoff Trustee Sues Relatives for Not 'Doing Their Jobs'

$199M suit spreads blame to firm's execs

Oct 2, 09 3:15 PM CDT

Ponzi Loot Puts Madoff Client Among Richest Americans

Picower made $7.2B, lands on Forbes list

Oct 2, 09 11:31 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Imprisoned 
 Ponzi Schemer: 
 It Happens to 
 the Best of Us 

Jailed Ponzi lawyer just wanted a beach house. $380 million later...

Sep 29, 09 3:32 PM CDT

Trustee to Sue Madoff's Sons, Brother, Niece

He'll seek $198 million; sons may also have 'criminal problem'

Sep 28, 09 8:42 AM CDT

Only Half of Madoff's Clients Lost Money

The rest withdrew more than they invested, prosecutors say

Sep 23, 09 11:41 AM CDT

 Madoff's Beach Home Sells 
 for More Than Asking Price 

Montauk manse was on the market for $8.75M

Sep 17, 09 1:40 PM CDT

Wells Fargo Fires Exec Who Squatted at Malibu Pad

Senior VP Cheronda Guyton used house that belonged to Madoff victims

Sep 14, 09 6:52 PM CDT

Wells Fargo Exec Squats in Foreclosed Beach House

Owner of $12M spread was Madoff victim

Sep 12, 09 8:51 AM CDT

Madoff on Fooling SEC: 'Just Be Casual'

Ponzi schemer taped giving associates tips to dodge regulators

Sep 10, 09 5:11 PM CDT
Slideshow

 Inside the Madoff Homes 

The government prepares to auction off the Ponzi penthouse

Sep 9, 09 8:13 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

1
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

20
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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