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      The Week’s Best Business Longreads: Business Beast’s Picks for Dec. 30, 2012

      All About the Benjamins

      From Chinese electronics workers to U.S. energy tycoons, the week’s best business and finance journalism.

      Matthew Zeitlin

      Updated Jul. 14, 2017 3:43AM ET / Published Dec. 29, 2012 4:45AM ET 

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      High-Speed Traders Race to Fend Off Regulators Jenny Strasburg and Scott Patterson, The Wall Street Journal Regulators have been circling the new, high speed wizards of the markets for years. To fend them off, the hyper-traders have brandished academic research showing that they’re a force for good. Research they’ve helped fund. How One Woman Made Budget Scolding Chic Noam Scheiber, The New RepublicThe story of how an obscure think-tanker manage to unite the Washington and business elite around the cause of “balanced” deficit reduction through the power of dinner parties.

      What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web? Ron Rosenbaum, Smithsonian Magazine Jaron Lanier was one of the creators of the virtual world. Now he’s the leading critic of all things digital.

      Signs of Changes Taking Hold in Electronics Factories in China Keith Bradsher and Charles Duhigg, The New York Times Largely thanks to the Times, the supply chains of electronics manufacturers has been the biggest labor story of the year. Now, it seems, companies—even Apple—are starting to change.

      Chesapeake, McClendon Endure Rocky Year; More Uncertainty Ahead Brian Grow, Anna Driver and Joshua Schneyer, Reuters At the beginning of this year, Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon was the head and chairman of the country’s second largest energy company. He was a billionaire. Now, his net-worth has been cut in half, he’s no longer chairman, and he’s using his wine collection as collateral for a personal loan.

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