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Dot Con: How Infospace Took Investors For A Ride

Jeff writes "On the subject of the dot com crash, the Seattle Times recently ran an outstanding three day series on the corruption at Infospace, with a follow up today on the company's continued relations with its founder, Naveen Jain. Sunday's cover photo of Jain's new office shows a birthday photo of himself and another self-portrait in the background. Only the reflecting pool is missing."

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  1. NO ONE CARES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    SO SHUT THE HELL UP COWGIRL NEAL

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  2. Take a long hard look at him by tyrione · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Holy crap the man couldn't get a date with his own hand yet people entrusted him with enough money to make a century worth of snakeoil salesmen turn in their graves.