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...fact, much of Hall's ability to produce outsized profits for Citi comes from the creative ways he had found to make money off the oil markets, doing things that would either be impossible for the average small trader or that most traders just won't think of. Earlier this year, for instance, Hall and his traders rented a tanker and filled it with 1 million barrels of oil. Oil prices were down, but most traders thought they were going up again, so futures contracts pegged to distant-month deliveries were expensive. The better deal was the real thing...
...Citi, the controversy surrounding Hall's pay was about whether a bank that has received $45 billion in government assistance should be turning around and handing over big bags of cash provided by taxpayers, most of whom won't make one-tenth of Hall's annual salary in their entire lifetimes, to its employees. But now that Hall has left Citi, a larger question remains: Is anyone really worth $100 million a year, and what exactly do you have to do to deserve that much...
...artist Damon Zucconi launched SometimesRedSometimesBlue.com in 2007 as a "poetic gesture." The site summons a screen filled with color that drew Zucconi for its beauty and simplicity. The 23-year-old has been creating websites since 2006; he's now up to 18. "It's a nice way to make a piece of artwork," he says, "but my domain bill is getting pretty high at this point...
...Mess Around with Dan Re Lev Grossman's review of Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol [Sept. 28]: To be a good read - and this was - a book doesn't have to be a literary masterpiece. Authors make things up in works of fiction. Anything that will get people to turn off the computer or TV is good, and this book will. Plus, far more people will read the book than will read your review. Clif Sellers, CHICO, CALIF...
...Read "Viewpoint: Why Foreigners Can Make Things Worse for Burma...