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• Facebook's IPO Pipe Dream, Up in Smoke
If a payday really was looming, Moskovitz would be crazy to leave. Yet he did. We don't know why. All we know is that Moskovitz is a co-founder and that he attended Harvard with Zuckerberg, so he's probably a smart guy. And smart guys weigh risks ...
• Somali pirates stare down global superpowers
Pirates rarely hurt their hostages, instead holding out for a huge payday. The strategy works well: A report Thursday by a London-based think tank said pirates have raked in up to $30 million in ransoms this year alone. "If we are attacked we will ...
• Somali pirates stand by $20 million ransom
... did not answer his satellite phone. Piracy is rife off the coast of Somalia, emerging as a lucrative criminal racket brining in millions of dollars in ransom. The pirates rarely hurt their hostages, hoping instead to hold out for a huge payday.
• Scoop: No big payday for Clay
Initially, the big celebrity news this week was Clay Aiken’s coming out story, published exclusively in People magazine. While Aiken's announcement was interesting in and of itself, more compelling is the backstory behind the People deal ...
• Clark Rockefeller: Famous name, infamous life
It was a Sunday morning, and livery driver Darryl Hopkins was looking at a $3,000 payday to drive a client from Boston to Newport, Rhode Island.  And not just any client: Someone he'd driven before who had a famous name.  Clark Rockefeller! Darryl ...