Cross Border
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Dursts and their eventful journey to the World Trade Center
The tallest, most meaningful building of this American century, the new World Trade Center, is about to open. Risks abound for everyone involved, except the billionaire Durst family, who initially opposed the tower—and now sit on a sure thing
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Capital preservation key behind rising fortune of the Mellons
Most of America's Gilded Age fortunes have dissipated over time. Yet, two centuries after Thomas Mellon arrived in America, his family, worth $12 billion, has never been richer. How did they do it?
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Dealing with Twitter's dirtiest stuff for six years
Del Harvey wades through the darkest content on Twitter to decide what's legitimate free expression and what's abuse that gets the axe
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Using The Computer to Predict Tech Startup Success
Correlation Ventures trusts only a computer to figure out which tech startups to bet on next. So far it appears to be working
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What Online Porn Taught Dee Agarwal
Nomorerack's Dee Agarwal has built a powerhouse ecommerce site selling deep-discount goods with lessons he learnt in another hustlers' industry—online porn
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Space tourism, on a budget
XCOR proves that you don't have to be a billionaire to break into the space tourism industry. Some clever lease-financing skills will do
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Revolutionising Factory Work, One Part At A Time
A Michigan engineer's radical idea—to build parts one at a time—could overturn a century of factory work and save industry billions of dollars
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Bank of America's CEO has no great plans. And that's good
Other than cutting costs and strengthening capital, Brian Moynihan has no grand plans for Bank of America. Amen to that
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A Safer Cigarette? Philip Morris Is Working On It
Philip Morris International is quietly developing a next-generation cancer stick that could replicate the traditional smoking experience, while killing fewer customers. An exclusive peek inside
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Unlikely Luxury: $150 Floor Mats For Cars
By wrapping $150 car floor liners in the flag, WeatherTech's David MacNeil is creating one of the world's more unlikely luxury brands
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Sticker Apps Spell Big Money In Asia. Now In The West Too?
Young Asians spend millions on cute images they obsessively text one another. Entrepreneurs are betting the craze won't get lost in translation to the West