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Publications

Bloomberg Business

Business World

Hot Mess: How Goldman Sachs Lost $1.2 Billion of Libya’s Money

The Libyan Investment Authority was brand new, staffed by people who barely understood finance and had billions to invest. Goldman Sachs saw a whale. Now the Libyans want their money back.

Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel Bloomberg Business Sep 2016 20min Permalink

Sports

A League of His Own

How Sepp Blatter controlled soccer.

Tariq Panja, Andrew Martin, Vernon Silver Bloomberg Business Apr 2015 20min Permalink

Crime

A Pinot Noir

On the trail of a group of thieves stealing the fanciest wine out of San Francisco’s fanciest restaurants.

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Wine

Claire Suddath Bloomberg Business May 2015 15min Permalink

Business

Craps and Cryogenics

How an eccentric industrialist bought Atlantic City’s shuttered Revel casino at a firesale price with a goal to turn it into a “life-extension facility.”

Robert Kolker Bloomberg Business May 2015 15min Permalink

Crime

Boom: Inside a British Bank-Bombing Spree

They were an ordinary pair of small-time criminals in the UK. Then they figured out how to blow up an ATM.

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Bank Heists

Nick Summers Bloomberg Business Jan 2015 Permalink

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