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Stuff I’m Reading this Morning…

Activism at work: Ron Burkle pushes Barnes & Noble ($BKS) to the point of “strategic options”.  (NYT)

Activist investment firm Shamrock dropped by the NYC pension fund for poor performance.  (Dealbook)

An 18.7% jump in millionaires living in New York City and its suburbs from 2 years ago.  (NYP)

China has enough empty apartments to house 200 million people.  (NakedCapitalism)

Slate kills its finance spinoff site The Big Money.  (Poynter)

Roger Lowenstein on the end of private equity stardom.  (Bloomberg)

Do not be fooled by the “Money Illusion”.  (PsyFiBlog)

5 sizzling facts about the market this summer.  (CuriousCapitalist)

Make time for this one – Vanity Fair inside the Ken Starr celebrity ponzi.  (VF)