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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It seems like a defiantly optimistic thing to do these days, when all anyone can talk about is the decline of the printed form. It seems like it should be that kind of gesture, but it never crossed my mind that it was an expression of defiance. If it's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist Jonathan Lethem | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

In 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Citi's Andrew Hall Made $100 Million Last Year | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

Hall's success in calling the oil market is what has led him to demand higher pay than most. In 2003, Hall had the belief that the price of oil would rise dramatically in the next few years. Back then, oil was trading at around $30 a barrel, and coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Citi's Andrew Hall Made $100 Million Last Year | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

You Don't 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Future | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

Military officials, however, maintain that the months-long delay was essential for preparing for what is sure to be a long, difficult and drawn-out fight. The battle for Swat and its surrounding areas provided vital counterinsurgency training tools for the military, which also spent recent months cutting off supply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: Behind the Waziristan Offensive | 10/18/2009 | See Source »

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