Intelligencer
The Cut
Vulture
The Strategist
Curbed
Grub Street
Magazine
Subscribe to the Magazine
Give a Gift Subscription
Buy Back Issues
Current Issue Contents
New York
Shop
Subscribe
Sign In
Account
Profile
Saved for later
Sign Out
Menu
Menu
Close
Close
Politics
Business
Technology
Ideas
About Intelligencer
Newsletters
New York App
Like Us
Follow Us
NYMag.com
New York Magazine
Intelligencer
Vulture
The Cut
The Strategist
Grub Street
Curbed
Business
Search
Search
Close
white men with money
Feb. 15, 2013
Wall Street Puts Its Big Boy Pants On, Does Some Deals
The “merger” is “back.”
By
Kevin Roose
microsoft excels
Feb. 14, 2013
Windows Up: A Surprisingly Pleasant Trip to the Microsoft Store
Is yesterday’s tech coming back?
By
Kevin Roose
the condiment chronicles
Feb. 14, 2013
Warren Buffett Knows There’s Always Money in the Ketchup Stand
Why Buffett and the Brazilians bought Heinz.
By
Kevin Roose
Feb. 13, 2013
Time Inc. Magazines Reportedly Up for Sale [Updated]
Time Warner is putting some of its titles on the block.
By
Kevin Roose
you don’t know jack
Feb. 13, 2013
Jack Lew Bores Senators Into Liking Him at Confirmation Hearing
There was no drama. And that’s a good thing.
By
Kevin Roose
Feb. 13, 2013
SAC Capital’s Outlook Settings May Save It From Doom
The magic of auto-delete reveals itself.
By
Kevin Roose
blankfein beard watch
Feb. 12, 2013
Lloyd Blankfein Beard Watch: Filling in Nicely
Not bad, LB!
By
Kevin Roose
wristy business
Feb. 12, 2013
Does Anybody Really Want an iWatch?
Let’s look at history.
By
Kevin Roose
silicon alley
Feb. 11, 2013
New York’s Tech Scene Is Like Wall Street, But More Annoying
“iamrich@google.com”
By
Kevin Roose
bankstas
Feb. 11, 2013
Can Conservatives Be Convinced to Break Up the Banks?
George Will thinks so.
By
Kevin Roose
white teenagers with money
Feb. 11, 2013
Teenage
Desperate Housewives
Star Wants to Be Your Stock-Trading Guru
Rachel Fox, big on stocks.
By
Kevin Roose
the crackberry revival
Feb. 8, 2013
A Eulogy for My Dead BlackBerry 10 Demo, Which Lived for Four Days
1/30/2013–2/3/2013.
By
Kevin Roose
wall street dilemmas
Feb. 8, 2013
Wall Street Guy’s Equipoise Thrown Off by Boss in Thong
We can sympathize.
By
Kevin Roose
bad apple
Feb. 7, 2013
Apple Is Getting Attacked for Having Too Much Cash
#firstworldproblems
By
Kevin Roose
fake trends
Feb. 7, 2013
The Myth of Millionaire Tax Migration
The
Times
invents a West Coast trend.
By
Kevin Roose
scary internet things
Feb. 7, 2013
The Internet’s ‘Six Strikes’ Rule and You
By annoying you with alerts and (maybe) throttling your bandwidth.
By
Kevin Roose
the li-bros
Feb. 6, 2013
Li-Bros Continue to Say Dumb Things Over E-mail
“im like a whores drawers”
By
Kevin Roose
the life & times of tim
Feb. 6, 2013
Why Isn’t Tim Geithner Going to Wall Street?
The former Treasury secretary won’t sell out completely.
By
Kevin Roose
as the world interns
Feb. 6, 2013
Banker Prep: How Getting a Wall Street Internship Became a Cottage Industry
It’s not as simple as charm and an Ivy League transcript anymore.
By
Kevin Roose
cdo uh oh
Feb. 5, 2013
S&P’s Analysts Failed at Everything Except Songs
If you can’t have accurate CDO ratings, a ditty will do.
By
Kevin Roose
dull dell
Feb. 5, 2013
Dell Goes Private in $24 Billion Deal, and a Nation Yawns
The leveraged buyout only an IT worker could love.
By
Kevin Roose
venture capital
Feb. 4, 2013
Venture Capital Is Shrinking and/or Growing Rapidly
Which is it?
By
Kevin Roose
things that are gross
Feb. 4, 2013
Federal Reserve Official Greatly Overstates Enjoyableness of Peeing in Bed
Gross.
By
Kevin Roose
dimonfreude
Feb. 4, 2013
Jamie Dimon Reveals Existence of Secret Money Lair
Let’s go!
By
Kevin Roose
private iniquity
Feb. 4, 2013
President Obama Is Cool With Taxing Hedge-Fund Managers Now
A bold stance.
By
Kevin Roose
economypocalypse
Feb. 1, 2013
Economic Recovery Assured by Completely Arbitrary Round Number
America is back!
By
Kevin Roose
ed koch
Feb. 1, 2013
Ed Koch, New York’s Last Mayor From Main Street
Koch stood up to the banks.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money and tree removal problems
Jan. 31, 2013
Jamie Dimon Is About to Get Attacked With Trees
Bank “branch” indeed.
By
Kevin Roose
zuck’d
Jan. 30, 2013
Facebook Is Now a Mobile Company
Just as Zuck said it would be.
By
Kevin Roose
the crackberry revival
Jan. 30, 2013
BlackBerry’s Last Stand: Live at a Smartphone Revival
A new smartphone, Alicia Keys, and a company in decline.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Jan. 29, 2013
The Rise of the Little Banks
It’s good to be small.
By
Kevin Roose
the twinkie resurrection
Jan. 29, 2013
Twinkies Are Almost Back in Business
A huge win for nostalgic junk-food fans.
By
Kevin Roose
leading indicators of economic disaster
Jan. 28, 2013
A Real Housewife Is Headed to Business School
Kelly Bensimon is going to buy and sell you.
By
Kevin Roose
the incredible shrinking book business
Jan. 28, 2013
Barnes & Noble Is Planning to Close a Lot of Stores, Again [Updated]
Maybe a third of them.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money and stubble
Jan. 25, 2013
Five Notes on Lloyd Blankfein’s New Beard
How to think about the Goldman CEO’s facial hair.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money and grudges
Jan. 25, 2013
Schoolyard Fight on CNBC Casts ‘Bully’ Against ‘Little Jewish Boy’
Carl Icahn takes on Bill Ackman over Herbalife, with amazing results.
By
Kevin Roose
bad product names
Jan. 25, 2013
There Is Now a Smartphone Named ‘Yolo’
Not a joke.
By
Kevin Roose
sec rashomon
Jan. 25, 2013
Arguing With Myself About Obama’s SEC Nominee, Mary Jo White
Is she tough enough to be Wall Street’s top cop? I ask myself.
By
Kevin Roose
zuck’d
Jan. 24, 2013
The Political Leanings of Silicon Valley
How do tech titans vote?
By
Kevin Roose
bad apple
Jan. 24, 2013
Wall Street Is Being Mean to Lil’ Old Apple
And Silicon Valley won’t stand for it.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Jan. 23, 2013
Morgan Stanley’s ‘Shitbag’ Derivatives
Uh, guys? Maybe reconsider next time.
By
Kevin Roose
zuck’d
Jan. 23, 2013
No, Facebook’s Graph Search Is Not Turning Up Racists and Cheaters
Unless they’re dumb enough to self-identify as such.
By
Kevin Roose
Jan. 23, 2013
Why Do Rich People Love Hedge Funds?
The answer’s not as simple as idiocy.
By
Kevin Roose
the debtpocolypse
Jan. 22, 2013
Unimpeded by Setbacks, the CEO Debt Fixers March On
Fix the Debt didn’t fix the debt. Now what?
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Jan. 22, 2013
Jamie Dimon Is Living in Fear of a Lloyd Blankfein Crank Call
The CEO sleeps with one eye open.
By
Kevin Roose
wall street
Jan. 22, 2013
Hedge-Fund Billionaire Lets His Inner Theater Geek Loose
David Tepper has a song in his heart.
By
Kevin Roose
game over
Jan. 21, 2013
Pong-Maker Atari Files for Bankruptcy
A company that began with a hit game 40 years ago is struggling.
By
Kevin Roose
bad apple
Jan. 21, 2013
Burglar Who Broke Into Steve Jobs’s House Gets Seven Years
Kariem McFarlin will be spending some time in prison.
By
Kevin Roose
davos 2013
Jan. 21, 2013
Corporate Executives Jet Off to Davos As Their Companies Suffer
Why should tough times keep the global elite away from their annual Alpine visit?
By
Kevin Roose
Jan. 18, 2013
Private Equity Titans Given Briefing on Their Pending Takeover of Antarctica
By penguins!
By
Kevin Roose
More Articles