Robert L. Reffkin, a vice president in the private equity division of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., would seem to be an investor who’s in for the long haul.

Two seemingly unrelated investment stories roused the press and the public this week.

Is Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg trying to wreak revenge upon AIG, the company he once led?

Yet again, a behind-the-scenes email exchange is causing public discomfort.

For Texas banker D. Andrew Beal, holding on to his money in boom times and spending it when things go bust has paid off in a big way.

Darwin Deason’s persistence paid off in a big way.

Jeb Bush, who ended his job as Florida governor in 2007, now holds positions with six companies.

The last year hasn’t been easy on H. Ross Perot Jr., son of the former presidential candidate.

Paul J. Kern never made big bucks as a four-star general. The Army pay grade for his rank was less than $200,000 a year.

In May 2008, activist investor Nelson Peltz made waves by purchasing nearly 850,000 shares of stock in the then troubled Starbucks coffee empire.

For someone who’s almost fanatical about his privacy, Detroit billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun sure is grabbing a lot of headlines.

Wall Street appeared to approve of President Obama’s nominating Ben S. Bernanke to a second term.

Several major American food companies have written to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, saying they may run out of sugar if import restrictions aren’t eased.

Debbie Dingell has been downsized.

At first glance, the chairmanship of American International Group is a job no sane person would want.

Sallie L. Krawcheck, who had been one of the highest ranking women on Wall Street before she left Citigroup Inc. last September, has landed on her feet at Bank of America Corp.

Not all proverbs are proverbial. Yesterday, an Apple fell far from the tree.

In a black-and-white commercial filmed last year, Daniel R. Hesse, the CEO of Sprint Nextel Corp. strolled down the middle of a carless New York City street.

Daniel H. Mudd, who lost his job last year as CEO of mortgage giant Fannie Mae when the company’s fortunes went south, has landed on his feet.

While so many others have fallen, Jamie Dimon has led his company, JPMorgan Chase, to record revenues.