Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage

by Javers, Eamon

• ISBN13: 9780061697210
• ISBN10: 0061697214
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780061969386
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-22
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Summary

Today's global economy has a dark underbelly. Using cutting-edge technology and age-old techniques of deceit and manipulation, corporate spies are the hidden puppeteers of globalized business. They control markets, determine prices, influence corporate decisions, and manage the flow of data and information of some of the world's biggest conglomerates. In an age when international conflicts are as likely to be corporation versus corporation as they are to be nation versus nation, the actions of these remarkably efficient covert operatives raise a host of crucial--and frightening--moral and legal questions. In his gripping, alarming exposE, Eamon Javers recounts the sordid history of this hidden world--from Allan Pinkerton, the nation's first "private eye," through Howard Hughes's private CIA, to the shocking realities of a vast modern-day spying network with tentacles reaching into virtually every corner of the globe.

Author Biography

A Washington reporter for CNBC, Eamon Javers was previously a correspondent for Politico and a Washington correspondent for Business Week. The recipient of an award form the Medill School of Journalism for his investigative reporting, Javers has appeared on CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. ix
Code Name: Yucca	p. 1
From Bogus Island to Deep Chocolate
A High and Honorable Calling	p. 31
For the Money	p. 61
The Man Is Gone	p. 85
Thug Busters	p. 115
The Chocolate War	p. 137
Techniques, Technologies, and Talent
Tactical Behavior Assessment	p. 173
The Eddie Murphy Strategy	p. 201
Nick No-Name	p. 221
They're All Kind of Crazy	p. 243
Is This a Great Country, or What?	p. 253
Epilogue In from the Cold	p. 281
Acknowledgments	p. 287
Notes	p. 289
Index	p. 295
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