We recently covered one of them ( 3M), but another type of stock offers perhaps the best and most reliable dividends on Wall Street: Master Limited Partnerships or MLPs.

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The schemes Blago allegedly invented to "monetize" his public authority, while never rising to the sophistication of, say, a credit default swap, still showed a cunning that would command the respect of any Wall Street Ponzi master.

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The home begins with an enormous grand entry with black crystal chandelier and includes a gourmet kitchen with high-end appliances, enormous living room with a 20-foot wall of windows and a master suite with steam shower, dry sauna and whirlpool bath.

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The heads of private equity giants KKR ( KKR), Apollo Global Management ( APO) and The Blackstone Group ( BX) all earned their stripes and built buyout skills working in the investment banking units of Wall Street mainstays before breaking out to master the art of the buyout.

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Foster threw off the yoke of an unappreciative corporate master and overdemanding private equity investors, only to have impatient Wall Streeters watching over him.

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It wasn't until he got hired by NASA, after completing his master's degree in computer science, that he realized the wall never existed.

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The show contains only 16 works, yet each one stands out from the wall and absorbs the viewer, providing new insight into both the life and art of the baroque master.

ECONOMIST: Caravaggio