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Aug 28, 2000 · Kurt Eichenwald, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, interviewed more than 100 people to piece together this incredible true-crime story of a vast international price-fixing scandal. Archer Daniels Midland, a company that supplies oils and flours for grocery products, made corrupt deals with businesses all over the world in a ...
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The Informant: A True Story is a nonfiction white-collar crime book written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald and published in 2000 by Random House. [1] It documents the mid-1990s lysine price-fixing conspiracy case and the involvement of Archer Daniels Midland executive Mark Whitacre, inspiring a 2009 film adaptation starring Matt Damon as Whitacre.
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Apr 3, 2010 · Kurt Eichenwald covered the story for The New York Times and interviewed most of the participants in writing the book. He tells the story by methodically recording the six-year investigation and deconstructing the disturbed Whitacre. Add the book to your reading list and move it towards the top.
Jul 3, 2001 · by Kurt Eichenwald (Author) 4.2 1,670 ratings. See all formats and editions. From an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes a gripping account of one of the most captivating and bizarre tales in the history of the FBI and corporate America.
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Jan 28, 2010 · The film was based on the book of the same name by investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald, and was about Mark Whitacre, a high-level executive at Archer Daniels Midland who became an FBI whistleblower regarding ADM’s price fixing schemes.
Kurt Eichenwald, a seasoned white-collar-crime reporter for The New York Times, opens his gripping book with a quote from Pirandello's Six Characters In Search Of An Author, the first clue that...
