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Andy Serwer
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I lost your mail, but yes, I will have a drink.
When will the Rasputin rally end? My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/sto...
"Truly, this bull market is like the infamous Russian mystic Rasputin—it just can’t be killed off—what’s a squishy macro environment got to do to get some attention around here?
Why Does This Crazy Stock Market Keep Going Up?
The stock market may no longer follow an old pattern of “reverting to the mean.” Blame it on index funds.
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September 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward weirdness. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Key Figures in Iran-Contra Scandal, Are Married
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September 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The PayPal mafia is hardly sleeping with the fishes. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/pay...
What PayPal, Affirm, and Klarna Reveal About the New Money Game
Klarna, which replaced Affirm as Walmart’s exclusive buy-now, pay-later partner, looks to raise up to $1.27 billion at a $14 billion valuation in its upcoming IPO.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The New Mr. Big is the Most Ambitious Man on Wall Street. My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/cit...
Citadel’s Ken Griffin on Markets, the Fed, and Building His Firm for the Next Century
Griffin’s ambition, strategic vision, and tech savvy have propelled Citadel into Wall Street’s upper echelons. This could be just the start.
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August 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
There's this guy in Richmond, Virginia... My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/tom...
This CEO Follows the Buffett Playbook. He’s Winning.
Tom Gayner is a long-time disciple of Buffett’s and Berkshire—and as such, has modeled Markel Group to a degree after that company.
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August 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Come on Get Happy! My Saturday story. “Happiness is utterly mysterious to most folks. People think happiness is a feeling, which it isn’t. Feelings are related to happiness. Like the smell of your turkey is related to Thanksgiving dinner. It’s evidence of happiness." www.barrons.com/articles/art...
Arthur Brooks on How Businesspeople—and Everyone Else—Can Get Happy
We recently spoke to author and Harvard Business School professor Arthur Brooks upon the release of his latest book, The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life, a collection of his essays from th...
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August 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Go Natalie! @moolah1962.bsky.social kicks A W.N.B.A. Star Loves These Sneakers. She Gets Fined for Wearing Them. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/n...
A W.N.B.A. Star Loves These Sneakers. She Gets Fined for Wearing Them.
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July 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Best Not-So-Little Rest Stop Based out of Texas. My Saturday story. "Our nation is deeply divided today in so many ways. Perhaps no demarcation is greater, though, than between those of us who know of, go to, and love Buc-ee’s, versus those who don’t."
www.barrons.com/articles/buc...
Buc-ee’s Is the Hottest, Craziest Rest Stop Chain in America
Besides having between 80 to 100 gas pumps, each location carries a vast cornucopia of mostly comfort food—and endless racks of Buc-ee’s merch.
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July 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thanks for the shout out @isabellamweber.bsky.social
But is it really possible that New York City could have a socialist mayor?

“It would hardly be the first,” Galbraith says. “There was La Guardia.”

@aserwer.bsky.social

Link: www.barrons.com/articles/its...
July 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Not sure I should be sharing, but I could have. "Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Could You Have Landed a Job at Vogue in the ’90s?
To work for Anna Wintour in Vogue's glory days, you had to know a little bit of everything. Take the quiz to find out if you would have made the grade.
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July 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Hello @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social "Cuomo to Fight On in Mayor’s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/n...
Cuomo to Fight On in Mayor’s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani
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July 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
You say you want a revolution, well you know... My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/its...
It’s July Fourth. Are You Ready for Yet Another American Revolution?
America’s greatest tradition is nothing short of revolutionary.
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July 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Had to happen sometime, but makes me sad. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/a...
Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82
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June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Average CEO pay is now $25 million. Where are the tariffs here? My Saturday story. www.barrons.com/articles/hig...
The Highest-Paid CEO in America Is Someone You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
CEO median pay rose 9.5% in 2024, less than the prior year but more than inflation and average worker pay. Shareholders did even better.
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May 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Karis Dadson, Pig Starerer. The ‘Iconic’ Stare That Conquered the Internet www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/s...
How Karis Dadson’s Icy Stare at Pig Shows Conquered TikTok
Millions have been transfixed by videos of Karis Dadson, a California teenager who shows pigs at livestock competitions. She finds the whole thing very weird.
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March 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Go @adamlashinsky.bsky.social! Exclusive: Mayor taps Laurene Powell Jobs, Google’s Ruth Porat to lead supergroup of CEO advisers sfstandard.com/2025/03/17/l...
Exclusive: Mayor taps Laurene Powell Jobs, Google's Ruth Porat to lead supergroup of CEO advisers
The list of luminaries set to join includes Sam Altman, Marc Benioff, Richard Dickson of Gap, Michelle Gass of Levi Strauss, and Tony Xu of DoorDash.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Nick Lowe said it best: "And so it goes...but where it's goin' no one knows!" My Saturday story. Ninety-two years ag Roosevelt: “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Current commander in chief today might say “the only thing certain is uncertainty itself.”

www.barrons.com/articles/tru...
When Does This Become a Trump Market and a Trump Economy?
Today, what’s meant by the Trump market is markedly different from what it suggested back in those heady days of December.
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March 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.,” he wrote.
March 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fascinating @polgreen.bsky.social I Went to Dubai, and Caught a Glimpse of the Future www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Opinion | Dubai Is a Vision of the Future
The city is dramatically rewriting the story of skilled migration.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM