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Bloomberg, March 6, 2013
...look at why some U.S. cities have prospered in recent decades while others have declined. “Octopus” by Guy Lawson (Crown). Hedge-fund manager Sam Israel, who faked suicide in 2008 to escape a prison sentence for running a $450 million Ponzi scheme,...
Bloomberg, January 1, 2013
...look at why some U.S. cities have prospered in recent decades while others have declined. “Octopus” by Guy Lawson (Crown). Hedge-fund manager Sam Israel, who faked suicide in 2008 to escape a prison sentence for running a $450 million Ponzi scheme,...
Bloomberg, December 1, 2012
...look at why some U.S. cities have prospered in recent decades while others have declined. “Octopus” by Guy Lawson (Crown). Hedge-fund manager Sam Israel, who faked suicide in 2008 to escape a prison sentence for running a $450 million Ponzi scheme,...
Welland Tribune, November 30, 2012
...this book holds some surprises. Octopus: Sam Israel, The Secret Market, and Wall Street’s Wildest Con, by Guy Lawson Octopus is about a hedge fund fraud and the exciting search, by a colourful cast of rogues and schemers, for a secret financial...
Bloomberg, November 7, 2012
...look at why some U.S. cities have prospered in recent decades while others have declined. “Octopus” by Guy Lawson (Crown). Hedge-fund manager Sam Israel, who faked suicide in 2008 to escape a prison sentence for running a $450 million Ponzi scheme,...
Austin American Statesman, October 26, 2012
...organizers said Friday. Those who will not be coming are: Matt Bondurant, Ina Caro, Karen Cushman, Chris Elliott, Guy Lawson, Robert Leleux, Michael MacCambridge, Ted Widmer, and Zane...
Bloomberg, January 1, 2013
...look at why some U.S. cities have prospered in recent decades while others have declined. “Octopus” by Guy Lawson (Crown). Hedge-fund manager Sam Israel, who faked suicide in 2008 to escape a prison sentence for running a $450 million Ponzi scheme,...
Here Is The City, December 14, 2012
...mounted and increasingly sinister violence crept into his life, he struggled to break free of the Octopus’ tentacles. GUY LAWSON has traveled the world reporting on war, crime, politics, and sports. His work has appeared in many national...
FINalternatives, December 13, 2012
..." The letter, read by Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market and Wall Street's Wildest Con author Guy Lawson, silenced the room, the New York Post reports. "Everyone sat on the edge of their seats," Tim Selby, president of the Roundtable, said...
Equity Help Desk, December 13, 2012
...last Monday at the posh Princeton Club in Midtown, where hedge fund pros had convened to hear from Guy Lawson, the author of a new book on the financial felon. Cola Brand and Lays Team Up for Snack Flavor in China (AdAge) PepsiCo is taking its global...
Dealbreaker, December 13, 2012
...last Monday at the posh Princeton Club in Midtown, where hedge fund pros had convened to hear from Guy Lawson, the author of a new book on the financial felon. Cola Brand and Lays Team Up for Snack Flavor in China (AdAge) PepsiCo is taking its global...
New York Post, December 12, 2012
...last Monday at the posh Princeton Club in Midtown, where hedge fund pros had convened to hear from Guy Lawson, the author of a new book on the financial felon. Tim Selby, president of the group, said the message from Israel — whose fraud rocked the...
Capital Radio, December 9, 2012

