DOUGLAS A. KASS OCCUPIES A SPECIAL NICHE IN Wall Street's pantheon of brains and wit. He's a short seller, and an outspoken one, at a time when most investors have abandoned the business of betting against stocks. After all, it's a tough way to make a living, and a short seller -- who sells borrowed shares in the hope of buying them back later at
As Frits van Paasschen Pushes into the global marketplace, he keeps close an eye on a 16th century map of the Pacific Ocean. The map, one of his prized possessions, points to a new world, one whose contours the cartographer ...
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