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Here are some of the recent stories Tim has explored as a feature writer for The New York Times (Tim first joined the Times in 1997)



Articles

September 11, 2005
Laughing All the Way From the Bank
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August 28, 2005
King Kong vs. the Pirates of the Multiplex
http://query.nytimes.com/...

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August 7, 2005
The Rise of the Digital Thugs
http://query.nytimes.com/...

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July 17, 2005
Robin Hoods or Legal Hoods?; The Government Takes Aim at a Class-Action Powerhouse
http://query.nytimes.com/...

June 26, 2005
The Newspaper of the Future
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June 12, 2005, Sunday
The Russia House, After the Oligarchs
http://query.nytimes.com/...

June 5, 2005
The Man With the Golden Slingshot
http://www.nytimes.com/...

May 22, 2005
Greenberg, in Exile, Plots His Next Move
http://query.nytimes.com/...

May 1, 2005
For Buffett, The One That Got Away
http://query.nytimes.com/...

April 10, 2005
The Oracle of Omaha's Latest Riddle
http://query.nytimes.com/...

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March 20, 2005
The Company He Keeps (for Now)
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February 13, 2005
Spinning Frenzy: P.R.'s Bad Press
http://query.nytimes.com/... 

January 30, 2005
Can Angelina Jolie Really Save the World?
http://query.nytimes.com/... 

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December 12, 2004
The Pinochet Money Trail
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December 5, 2004
For the Love of Art: Board Members Who Collect, Too
http://query.nytimes.com/... 

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November 21, 2004
The Castro Collection
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October 24, 2004
Gone in 60 Seconds
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September 19, 2004
Barbarians At the Digital Gate
http://query.nytimes.com/... 

August 15, 2004
A New Legal Chapter for a 90's Flameout
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July 19, 2004
At Riggs Bank, A Tangled Path Led to Scandal
http://query.nytimes.com/... 

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July 11, 2004
Behind the Breakup Of the Kings of Tort
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June 20, 2004, Sunday
The Capitalist in the Cage

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June 6, 2004
Lockboxes, Iraqi Loot And a Trail To the Fed
http://query.nytimes.com/...

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May 9, 2004
Corporate Art Lovers Who Hate That Big Tax Bill
http://query.nytimes.com/...

March 28, 2004
Is Trump Headed for a Fall?
http://query.nytimes.com/...

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January 2, 2004
Putin vs. the Jailed Tycoon: Defining Russia's New Rules
http://query.nytimes.com/....



Some of Tim’s Stories About the Bank of New York Scandal

February 17, 2000
Banker and Husband Tell Of Role in Laundering Case
http://query.nytimes.com/...

January 17, 2000
Doubts Raised About Source in Bank of New York Inquiry
http://query.nytimes.com/....

October 19, 1999
THE MONEY MOVERS: A special report; Tracking How Pair Went From Russia to Riches
http://query.nytimes.com/...

August 23, 1999
Career Singed in Global Bank Fires
http://query.nytimes.com/...

August 20, 1999
Bank in Laundering Inquiry Courted Russians Zealously
http://query.nytimes.com/...

August 19, 1999
ACTIVITY AT BANK RAISES SUSPICIONS OF RUSSIA MOB TIE
http://query.nytimes.com/...

March 6, 2000
New York Magazine
Poisoned at the Source.

Read an account of Tim’s reporting about a fast-talking Russian wheeler-dealer who unsuccessfully tried to occupy center stage in the Bank of New York investigation

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