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When the CFTC's acting director of enforcement, Stephen Obie, was asked what the most outrageous use of investor money he's come across has been, his list was appropriately wacky. "The craziest things we've found recently," Obie said, "are a bust of Julius Caesar, an extensive garden-gnome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spot a Ponzi Con Artist? Follow the Yachts | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

Even before students uncap their pens for their first lecture; they are force-fed more praise than they know what to do with. At one of last year’s orientation talks for freshmen, a resident dean opened by saying, “You all wanted to get into...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: The Perils of Praise | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

A lot of people hate doodlers, those who idly scribble during meetings (or classes or trials or whatever). Most people also hate that other closely related species: the fidgeter, who spins pens or reorders papers or plays with his phone during meetings. (I stand guilty as charged. On occasion, I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Office Depot In December, Office Depot announced that it would close 9% of its North American stores, giving it 1,163 locations. The company will shut another 14 stores in 2009, while closing six of its 33 North American distribution facilities. Staples is now the dominant office supply brand. "Though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailers on the Ropes: Can These Companies Survive? | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

Add to the logistical glitches the wide-eyed excitement of doing everything for the first time, and what you get are lots of unscripted moments. On Wednesday, when President Obama entered a briefing room at the Old Executive office building, his staff and the press instinctively stood up. Obama was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obama Team's Debut: Not Quite Ready on Day One | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

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