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The list of the top-performing college endowments came out Thursday. Yale University's investments have beaten the S&P 500's performance for the last five years. Marketplace's Steve Tripoli explains how college endowments work and how schools like Yale manage to beat the market year after year.

Once hailed as one of the richest men alive, Chuck Feeney transferred his billions to a foundation, which is giving it all away. The reclusive founder of the world's largest duty-free retail chain flew under the radar for years. But at 76, he's stepping into the spotlight.

Those eight-counts don't count themselves.

As consumers, we look for great deals at Wal-Mart. As citizens, we're dismayed over Main Street's demise. In his new book, Supercapitalism, economist Robert Reich looks at the growing tension between democracy and capitalism.

Much of the reporting coming out of Myanmar is accomplished by people who risk their lives to send information to Burmese pro-democracy advocates in exile. Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic Voice of Burma, talks about the dangers of reporting from the country formerly known as Burma.

Citigroup, the largest U.S. bank, says profit fell 60 percent in the third quarter stemming from credit and trading losses. The crisis in credit markets is taking an especially big toll on Citigroup, leading critics to call for CEO Charles Prince to resign.

The works have earned Sotomayor $3.7 million since she joined the court in 2009. Her taxpayer-funded staffers have been deeply involved in organizing speaking engagements intended to sell the books.

In an effort to meet a Kyoto Protocol pledge, Japan managed to cut about 1.4 million tons of CO2 emissions last year. The nation reduced summer air-conditioning use, overturning a decades-old "suit and tie" tradition along the way.

In the late 18th century, revolutionary fervor gripped the world. Americans had just finalized their constitution, a history-making event that inspired other countries. In his new book, author Jay Winik explores the connections between world events in this pivotal era.

A new film in select theaters this weekend examines the moral and ethical pitfalls of corporate law. Michael Clayton is about a lawyer who has a psychotic event when he's no longer able to stomach the agribusiness he represents. The title character is brought in to clean up the mess. Writer and director Tony Gilroy speaks with Andrea Seabrook.