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• Editor's Introduction: A Wealth of Options

  

  Alternative investing is a big space; an alphabet soup of options to diversify your portfolio. From commodities to coins to cars, there's money to be made.

• Porn Shutdown May Hurt Web Sites More Than Studios

  

  Following news of an adult entertainment industry performer testing positive for HIV, porn film studios have, in large part, shut down as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of their actors and actresses.

• 2010's Best New Wall Street Analysts

  

  Although many top analysts manage to hold onto their #1 spot each year, 2010 has 12 analysts claiming top honors in their sector.

• Institutional Investor’s Most Successful Analysts

  

  So, which top analysts have year after year withstood the test of time and are among the most successful on the street? Click to find out!

• Bunny Money: Playboy Centerfolds Turn to Business

  

  Not every centerfold model becomes the next Pamela Anderson, Kelly Monaco, or Jenny McCarthy. Some of Hugh Hefner's beautiful women use their exposure as playmates to launch careers in business.

• For Comics Fans, New York Leaps Off the Page

  

  New York is the birthplace of comic books, and the New York Comic Con, at just five years old, has become a respectable contender as the “it” place for a pop-culture celebration.  The show, Friday through Sunday, offers plenty to do and see.

• Before Auction, Lennon Has Brush With FBI

  

  On Wednesday morning a small pop-culture memorabilia shop in Midtown opened an 836-lot auction timed to what would have been Lennon’s 70th birthday, which is Saturday. The prized item was a set of Lennon’s fingerprints made in 1976 as part of his application for citizenship. Minimum bid: $100,000.

• Film Version of Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Divides Generations

  

  Many older people will watch the movie, which was No. 1 at the box office last weekend, and see a cautionary tale about a callous young man who betrays friends, partners and principles as he hacks his way to lucre and fame. But many in the generation who grew up in a world that Zuckerberg helped invent will applaud someone who saw his chance and seized it with both hands, mostly by placing them on the keyboard and coding something that no one else had.

• Casinos Now See Online Gambling as a Better Bet

  

  Many of the country’s largest casinos, long opposed to gambling games like poker on the Internet, are now having second thoughts.

• Tamminen: Want Dinner with Leonardo DiCaprio and George Soros?

  

  Film star DiCaprio and billionaire philanthropist/investor Soros came together to discuss the economics of climate change.

• Trading Your Inner TV Junkie

  Fewer people are sitting down to watch their favorite shows live on TV, so how can you take advantage of this trend?