Death Bets Leave Oklahoma State University $33 Million in the Hole
The OSU athletic department's bet on the deaths of 27 aging boosters with big life insurance policies backfired when not one died.
T. Boone Pickens
Natural Gas Firm Exco Gets $4.4 Billion Offer to Go Private
Natural gas prices have been persistently sluggish lately, but it looks like deal-making is revving up: The latest offer comes from the CEO of Exco Resources, Douglas Miller, who has offered to buy the energy company for $20.50 per share or about $4.4 billion.
Daily Blogwatch: Five Reasons to Buy a Toyota and Why the Stimulus Package is Working
Some of the Thursday's best investor stories on the Internet, including what T. Boone Pickens is buying, five reasons to purchase a Toyota, and a breakdown of Facebook's revenue.
