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  2. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    1860s. Jacob Young, William Abrams, and Nancy Clem ran what author Wendy Gamber argues, in her book The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age, was the first-ever Ponzi scheme. [ 1][ 2] In Munich, Germany, Adele Spitzeder founded the "Spitzedersche Privatbank" in 1869, promising an interest rate of 10 percent per month.

  3. Amazon (company) - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, US toy retailer Toys "R" Us entered into a 10-year agreement with Amazon, valued at $50 million per year plus a cut of sales, under which Toys "R" Us would be the exclusive supplier of toys and baby products on the service, and the chain's website would redirect to Amazon's Toys & Games category. In 2004, Toys "R" Us sued Amazon ...

  4. Criticism of Amazon - Wikipedia

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    Amazon.com offers the option to add an item to a user's cart or purchase it immediately with 1-Click. The company has been criticized for its alleged use of patents as a competitive hindrance; its " 1-Click patent" [ 2] may be the best-known example. Amazon's use of the 1-click patent against competitor Barnes & Noble 's website led the Free ...

  5. Nick Leeson - Wikipedia

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    Nick Leeson was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, to working-class parents on a council estate.His father was a self-employed plasterer, his mother a nurse. He attended Parmiter's School in nearby Garston.

  6. William R. Brody - Pay Pals - The Huffington Post

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    From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when William R. Brody joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 75.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.

  7. Bernie Madoff - Wikipedia

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    Bernard Lawrence Madoff ( / ˈmeɪdɔːf / MAY-dawf; [ 2] April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financial criminal and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. [ 3][ 4] He was at one time chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange. [ 5]

  8. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [ 1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion ...

  9. Marathon - Wikipedia

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    Marathon. The marathon (from Greek Μαραθώνιος) is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 km (26 mi 385 yd), [ 1] usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy.

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