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Drexel Burnham oral history; Mark Cuban on Lynn Tilton; PayPal Mafia; "Florida dad uses Camaro to yank 8-year-old's tooth"; and more.
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$$$Investment banker charged with rape spent hours trying to find sex partner, prosecutor says [AMNY]

$$$Renegades of Junk: The Rise and Fall of the Drexel Empire [Bloomberg]

$$$Mark Cuban warns of 'red flag' in SEC vs. Tilton [CNBC]

$$$Super-rich lose taste for London restaurants [FT]

$$$Florida dad uses Camaro to yank 8-year-old's tooth [UPI]

$$$Health-care banker bolts Bank of America for Credit Suisse [NYP]

$$$The PayPal Mafia’s Golden Touch [Dealbook]

$$$'New onions' engineered to avoid tears, bad breath [UPI]

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