| Description |
xxii, 471 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A Vintage Books original"--t.p. verso. |
| Contents |
Spend! Spend! Spend! Where did Tyco's money go? -- Decline and fall of the cult of equity -- Death of one American dream -- Shattered dynasty -- For richer -- In defense of the boom -- Amid telecom ruins, a fortune is buried -- Rich man, poor company -- Deciding on executive pay -- How it all fell apart -- Planet Starbucks -- Google gods -- Up against Wal-Mart -- Is our children learning? -- Investigation : how Eliot Spitzer humbled Wall Street -- Inside the rock -- Unfair disclosure -- Inside McKinsey -- Alliance capital's bad bets -- Where the money's really made -- Economics of empire -- Debt bomb -- Big bucks, small town, bond haven -- Flight into the red -- Full price : a young woman, an appendectomy, and a $19,000 debt -- Fall of Andersen -- Why good accountants do bad audits -- Troubling options : inside the tough call at Sprint -- Wild, wild Qwest -- New face of shoplifting -- Year the music dies -- Big battle for a silly old bear -- Monopolist -- From heroes to goats, and back again? -- Virtuous cycle. |
| Subject |
Business.
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Businesspeople.
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| Added Author |
Leckey, Andrew.
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Bogle, John C.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Best business stories of the year. New York : Vintage Books, c2004 (OCoLC)652125915 |
| ISBN |
140003146X |
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9781400031467 |
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