long and worth reading - Madoff’s Secretary on Madoff - “Hello, Madoff!” - by MARK SEAL and ELEANOR SQUILLARI - For more than two decades, Bernard Madoff’s secretary sat just outside his office. She knew his clients and his feeders, his moods, habits, and indiscretions. She saw both sides of his wife, Ruth. Until December 11, 2008, she trusted him as a generous, caring boss. Now, in an exclusive collaboration with Mark Seal, Eleanor Squillari describes the madness surrounding Madoff’s arrest—meticulously planned, she believes, by him—her role in helping the feds, and the mysteries of the 17th floor, two levels down, where his massive Ponzi scheme was perpetrate - thanks MK - Vanity Fair

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1.  quite interesting - Has Rising Inequality Destroyed The Middle Class? - Thomas F. Cooley - Let’s ignore anecdotes and look at the data. - Forbes

2.  Real Estate: The End Of Gentrification? - Stephane Fitch - Urban gentrification has been a fact of life for two decades. But can it last, and if so where? Our real estate experts have the answers. - Forbes
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most excellent - takes 7 minutes to watch - How far can the dollar fall? -  Posted by Prieur du Plessis - …  In an attempt to cast light on the most likely path for the dollar, Adam Hewison of INO.com has prepared another of his popular technical analyses, specifically on the US Dollar Index.