Like many "cybersquatters" large and small, his aim now is to give away his day job and take up trading domain names as a business.

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His first job at a high-frequency trading operation was as a quantitative research analyst at Citadel, a giant Chicago hedge fund, which he joined in early 2009.

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The governor allegedly speculated about trading the Senate seat for the job of energy secretary because, as "Deputy Governor A" helpfully informed him, that was the cabinet position "that makes the most money" -- by which he almost certainly did not mean that it carried the greatest salary.

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In his day job David Nahmad is a risk-taker, trading millions of dollars in currencies and commodities, as well as betting hundreds of thousands on backgammon in Monte Carlo--he holds the 1996 world title.

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