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September 24, 2020 Ken Kurson Leave a comment

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill is one of several credited with the phrase “All politics is…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Armenian, Azerbaijanis, Sen. Anthony Portantino

My mini-scoop on a memo DLA Piper sent about Doug Emhoff created a bit of a stir

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This was an interesting story for me not so much because of the mini-scoop I had, but more for the…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: DLA Piper, Doug Emhoff, Facebook, Kamala Harris

My strong bullish call on Facebook in August 2012 article

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This column I wrote for the August 2012 issue of Esquire took the position that Facebook was way undervalued. Um,…

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Posted in: Esquire Filed under: Apple, Esquire, Facebook, gold, Ken Kurson

Hot on Chipotle; Chilly on the Stock

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For the August 2014 issue of Esquire, I wrote a column called “Is Chipotle’s Skyrocketing Success Too Good to Continue?”…

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Posted in: Esquire Filed under: Chipotle, Esquire, Ken Kurson

Bankers shouldn’t be the only ones to capitalize on M&A activity

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I wrote this story about Merger Mania for the June 2015 issue of Esquire. I remember being really struck by…

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Posted in: Esquire Filed under: Esquire, Exxon, HP, Intel, Ken Kurson, Kraft

Covering KPMG in Esquire

September 23, 2020 Ken Kurson Leave a comment

I wrote a column about money for Esquire from early 1997, when David Granger hired me as part of the…

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Posted in: Esquire, Writing Filed under: Esquire, KPMG, Soup Nazi

Investing in Song Royalties

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My wife asked me if I’d trade having written a New York Times No 1 bestseller for having written the…

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Posted in: Music, Writing Filed under: 867-5309/Jenny, Aly-Us, Domingo, KRS-One, Kyle “Small” Smith, Masta Ace, Royalty Exchange, Tommy Tutone

Firefighter Niels Jorgenson got cancer from 9-11 and David Koch was kind to him

August 23, 2019 Ken Kurson 1 Comment

A few years ago, the great minds of Netflix were stumped. Their recommendation engine could not correctly predict whether viewers…

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Posted in: New York Observer, Writing Filed under: David Koch, Napoleon Dynamite, Niels Jorgenson

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Barry Manilow

August 22, 2019 Ken Kurson Leave a comment

It’s remarkable how the music that resonates with you through the years depends at least as much on who you…

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Posted in: Music, Writing Filed under: barry manilow, jeff lescher, regina joskow, Soul Asylum

Remembering Robert Morgenthau, 1919-2019

July 23, 2019 Ken Kurson Leave a comment

Robert Morgenthau served as Manhattan district attorney from 1975 to 2009 and died on Sunday a week shy of 100.…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Eliot Spitzer, Joe Allbaugh, Robert Morgenthau, Rudy Giuliani

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