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Scam Of The Century - The Bernard Madoff Story

 

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  • A Look at Madoff's Real Numbers

    We've heard endlessly that even though Bernie Madoff allegedly turned out to be more of a con man than a money man, the strategy he claimed to be using to invest his clients' money would have been a good one if he was in fact using it. That's simply not true.

     

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      • Madoff—The Holiday Drink 23 Nov 2009

          The Cognito PR group has done it again. Last year, to add a little levity to the miserable doldrums of Wall Street, Cognito came up with some special cocktails for its holiday party with names like the CosmoPaulson and the TARPatini.

     

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    • Bernie Madoff and the $50 Billion Heist

        If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Those words take on dramatic resonance since the public unraveling of investment manager Bernard L. Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme.

    • Rogues: Gallery of Financial Crime

        Over the years, people from CEOs to traders have tried to take advantage of the system. Here are some of the notables from the past two decades.

    • Boy Band Mogul: Fame and Fraud

        Lou Pearlman, the legendary manager of *NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys, lived a lifestyle of fame, fortune and fraud.  He masterminded investor scams totalling $500 million.

    • Largest US Bankruptcies

        Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy protection filing is the largest in history, dwarfing all others. Take a look at the ten biggest corporate filings in US bankruptcy court.

     

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    • Protect Your Wealth

        How are investors in the Asia Pacific region handling the global financial turmoil?

    • Financial Crisis Hits Europe

        European nations are scrambling to stem the wave of bank failures across the continent.

    • Wall Street In Crisis

        Wall Street was badly shaken Sunday by the failure of Lehman Brothers, the takeover of Merrill Lynch and big asset sales by AIG.

     

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    • Scam of the Century?

        If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.  CNBC investigates the public unraveling of investment manager Bernie Madoff's alleged multi-billion dollar "ponzi scheme."

    • American Greed - ALL NEW SEASON!

        The scams and schemes. Some people will do anything for money. American Greed examines the dark side of the American Dream.




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