Blood on the Street is a riveting account of the Wall Street scam in which ordinary investors lost literally billions of dollars -- in many cases their life savings -- in one of the greatest deceptions ever, by the crack reporter who broke the original story. In one of the most outrageous examples of dirty dealing in the history of Wall Street, hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit profits were made during the booming 1990s as a result of research analysts issuing positive stock ratings on companies that kicked back investment banking business. Now, for the first time, award-winning journalist Charles Gasparino reveals the whole fascinating story of greed, arrogance, and corruption. It was Gasparino's front-page reporting in The Wall Street Journal that brought the story to national attention and spurred New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer to launch an official probe. Now, Gasparino goes behind his own headlines to tell the inside story of this spectacular swindle -- with revelations from his unprecedented access to never-before-published depositions and documents, including e-mail exchanges leading all the way up to Citigroup CEO Sanford Weill. Drawing on his research and interviews with industry insiders, Gasparino takes readers into the back rooms of Wall Street's top investment firms and captures the outsize personalities of three key players: Salomon Smith Barney's Jack Grubman, a braggart with one of the largest salaries on Wall Street; Merrill Lynch's Henry Blodget, the Yale graduate who hyped his way to the top of the research pyramid; and Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker, the "Queen of the Internet," who foresaw the market catastrophe but gave in to the pressures Blood on the Street shows how regulators, like former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt, allowed the deceptive practices to fester and grow during the 1990s bubble, leaving the door open for a then- little-known attorney general from New York State to step in and make his mark by holding Wall Street accountable. Gasparino provides the first major account of Spitzer's rise to prominence, detailing how the attorney general pursued key players to build his case against Wall Street, including his shifting allegiance to the powerful New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso. A fast-paced narrative rich in sharp insights, Blood on the Street is the definitive book on the financial debacle that affected millions of Americans.

Have you ever heard of something that peaked your interest? That's how this book came about. Daniel 10:1. One word stood out for me and that was the word "but." I stopped reading the paragraphs and began to read the word. The Bible tells us to study to show thyself approved a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth, discerning God's will for your live. This on verse took me on a journey that enlightened me and empowered me. Take a walk through the pages. I promise you it will peak your interest.

Street Blood, Dead or Alive Jack’s life in St. Helena, California became worse when his father was murdered. He becomes filled with regret and anger and chooses to cope by organizing illegal street fights. One day, Jack’s illegal street fights put him in danger when he meets Frankie, a powerful and ruthless man who controls a dark world of sports and crime. Frankie offers Jack a deal: win a championship and gain freedom. However, as Jack advances to the top, he discovers Frankie’s illegal blood sports operation is a cover for other more heinous criminal activities and he realizes that he is in grave danger. Will Jack win the championship and escape, or will Frankie’s lethal underworld blood sports psychologically damage him? Read Street Blood: Dead or Alive to find out.

Five rich kids from Chicago's Gold Coast get an idea to advance their careers as artists. They'll create a fictitious street gang, the Blood Street Punx, and start painting murals all over town. Their paintings will knock people's eyes out. The Blood Street Punx will be depicted as huge, fearsome, all but mythical figures. People will have to take notice.People do notice. The wrong people.In short order, the city's real gangs see the murals for these new Punx on their turf -- and they don't like it. When the Punx are connected to the destruction of one gang's drug cache, war is declared on them.That's not the Punx only worry. A Chicago cop nicknamed "Lady Die" is given the job of tracking them down. She's fallen out of favor with the department, has a "brick" on her career, and finding the new gang becomes her only task. That's bad for the Punx because she's a lot smarter than any street thug, So what are the Punx going to do now? The same thing any rich, young group of artists would do: Paint their masterpiece as fast as they can.

Read in to the world of crime like you never seen before! Mike Hallman is a veteran on the police force for the last ten years, and had been assigned to a case that may alter the way he views crime. The way that he solve them, and the idea of murder. As him and his loyal partner; Detective Brandon Small gives their effort to cracking what might be the most disturbing case in his career. The clock ticks as the suspect of a gruesome murder eluded police officers and has Hallman on a chase that will surely leave him speechless. As a murder of a young woman unfold in a little town all is not what you think? What secrets lies on Orchard Street? In this fiction based crime novel; Author Charles Morst gives you crime to really shoot your brains out for. This twisted, thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more.

Nobody likes a bully, whether it is a school boy bully, political bully or a corporate bully. Having discovered a bonanza, Rocco Manetti’s exploration company has become the target of a corporate bully – a multinational powerhouse which intends to acquire the bonanza by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul. All’s fair in love and war, and although business doesn’t waste much time on love, it certainly has a ravenous appetite for war. Manetti, fully occupied with fending off a hostile takeover bid, is forced to simultaneously confront another threat in the form of a blackmailer who has knowledge of Manetti’s involvement in a long-ago homicide. The blackmailer soon proves to be a psychopath, which leaves Manetti in a life-or-death struggle for personal survival, as well as the life-or-death struggle for corporate survival.

A Businessweek Bestseller "You fail to read F.I.A.S.C.O. at your peril." —Los Angeles Times F.I.A.S.C.O. is the best-selling account of Frank Partnoy's education in the jungle of high finance from 1993 to 1995. It follows the young Morgan Stanley salesman as he learns to navigate a marketplace where billions of dollars are made and lost in the creation and trading of derivatives, a type of security that almost nobody fully understands. Seen in relief against the financial meltdown of 2008, F.I.A.S.C.O. appears ever more prescient, and in a new epilogue written for this edition, Partnoy connects his story to the central role derivatives played in that crisis.

When your best friend is all you have left in the world, murder comes naturally. For psychic Miki Radicci, an average night with her best friend Corey at a New York City club turns for the worst when they run into Ethan Weisz, the neo-Nazi leader of American Strong. A small altercation explodes into a shattering event of violence. Now Corey fights for his life in the ICU and no one believes Weisz is responsible for putting him there. Except for Miki. Her psychic vision confirms it and she will prove them wrong. If she doesn’t kill Weisz first. Don’t miss out on this tense psychic urban fantasy and plunges deep into Manhattan’s homeless culture and the darkest corners of hate.