Cross Border
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Shodan: A Google for Hackers
Shodan is a new tool used by the good and bad guys to find all the devices now connected to the internet: Traffic lights, power plants and even your baby monitor
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The Dealmakers at Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus hasn’t morphed into a financial supermarket like the giants of private equity. Perhaps that’s why its dealmakers top our ranking of private equity’s biggest hitters
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The Dread Pirate Roberts: Internet's Multimillionaire Druglord
Increasingly sophisticated anonymity tools have created a bustling online narcotics market and everything that goes with it: Turf wars, illegal guns, attacks on competitors—and one philosophy-spewing, multimillionaire drug lord: The Dread Pirate Roberts
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US Opinion Poll Firm Gallup Battles Cut-Rate Rivals
Jim Clifton built Gallup into the classiest of surveyors. But there was one question he forgot to ask: How do you fight the innovator’s dilemma?
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Social Network Path is Attracting Investors and Users
Left for dead, Dave Morin’s private social network is getting a second life
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USA Colleges at Risk
Parents and students spend vast amounts of time and money trying to find a school that is the right fit academically and socially. They’d be wise to pay more attention to colleges’ financial health
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Why GE's Myanmar Venture Has not been Easy
The industrial giant is trying to do business in just-opened Myanmar, where they badly need the stuff it makes and sells. So why is this storied multinational struggling?
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Armando Montelongo: The Home-Flipping Huckster
Need a strong indicator that a real estate bubble is storming back? Armando Montelongo will make $50 million this year leading borrow-and-buy seminars
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How AppNexus CEO Became the King of Ad Tech
Brian O’Kelley came up with a killer web ad platform. All that stands between him and a giant payday are Google, mobile and his volatile personality
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The Wealth Wizards: Investment Tips from the Money Masters
We live in an era when immediacy and short-term thinking often trump the foundational wisdom that makes a difference in one’s financial life. Our 19 money masters share some timeless insights
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FreedomPop's Bet with Free Data
FreedomPop is trying to do to the wireless industry what Skype did to the long-distance business. Hey, it worked once