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    By Jonathan Berr

    | 11:30AM 10/08/2009
    Citigroup Inc. (C) Chief Executive Vikram Pandit has had more close calls than James Bond, and like the super spy he has somehow managed to survive them all. Some members of his management team may not be so lucky. According to the Financial Times, a report by consultants Egon Zehnder offered a...

    By Jeff Bercovici

    | 2:00PM 7/17/2009
    Earlier today, I reported on my conversation with Steve Brill and Gordon Crovitz, two entrepreneurs who have captured the attention of the newspaper industry with Journalism Online, their new e-commerce company that proposes to help publishers charge for digital content while preserving ad revenue....

    By Jeff Bercovici

    | 1:30PM 7/14/2009
    Buying distressed print publications is getting to be as simple as purchasing singles at the iTunes store. Whatever you want, chances are it can be had for a single, simple price: one American dollar. That's how much OpenGate Capital paid when it bought TV Guide from Macrovision last year. It's...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 11:00AM 7/06/2009
    UBS AG (UBS), the once-proud symbol of the Swiss banking system, is reeling. The Zurich-based company, which has been on the hot seat with the IRS for allegedly helping wealthy Americans evade taxes and had to pay a $780 million penalty, is now watching its wealth management business erode....