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Amazon's Philosopher King
Jeff Bezos is just another bloviating billionaire talking his book on CNBC. Taxes are still coming out of your check.
 • Al Lewis
Cruci-fried Chicken
Has Chick-fil-A been closing on the wrong day for the Sabbath? A federal lawsuit is putting a Texas franchisee of this famously pious chicken chain on…
 • Al Lewis
The Patriot Economy: Trump, Jesus, Liberty – Ponzi
Edwin Brant Frost IV pleads guilty to a $140 million scheme he peddled on conservative media
 • Al Lewis
Illegal Eagles
Elite corporate lawyers allegedly formed an insider trading ring and "made out like bandits" with clients' confidential information
 • Al Lewis
The White-Collar Playbook
The most common types of financial fraud and the companies that didn't get away with them.
 • Al Lewis
NACHO, NACHO Man
Wall Street bets Strait of Hormuz stays closed and gasoline prices will sting all summer long
 • Al Lewis
Full Court Heist
Atlanta Hawks senior finance executive Lester T. Jones Jr. is headed to prison after looting his team
 • Al Lewis
It Takes Moxie to Push Oxy
A pharmacist goes to prison. Purdue Pharma settles. The Sacklers walk.
 • Al Lewis
Tricolor Me Blue
JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and Fifth Third Bank can't escape the obvious conclusions as they defend themselves in a subprime auto lending debacle
 • Al Lewis
Red Flag Alerts Meet Business Blunders
What could go wrong? Everything! And we've seen it all before. Watch Herb Greenberg and Al Lewis compare notes on the Golden Age Of Grift.
 • Al Lewis and Herb Greenberg
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Sand Trap
Saudi Arabia launched LIV Golf in a hostile takeover of the sport. Now it looks like the oil-rich nation can't afford to stay on course.
 • Al Lewis
Don't Gloat About Your Moat
A common turn of phrase helped prosecutors win an antitrust ruling against Live Nation. Could its concert monopoly finally be over?
 • Al Lewis
Business Blunders
Business Blunders
Business is great, until somebody blows it. This is a newsletter about the biggest mistakes in business – from ethical lapses to gross miscalculations – by a long-time financial journalist who has seen it all.
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