An examination of how Doug Bergeron – the chief executive of one of the most powerful companies in payments, terminal maker VeriFone Systems Inc. (PAY) — rose to point of sale supremacy. A sidebar studied how the San Jose company righted itself after its 2007 earnings restatement

A story about the Silicon Prairie and the emergence of fin tech start-ups in the Midwest; Another on how PayPal (EBAY) turned to toy industry vet Don Kingsborough to help it reach the register.

An interactive family tree of the Big 4 banks that illustrates the consolidation of retail banks over the past several decades.

You can find my latest stories, here. And my thoughts on the subjects I cover, as well as the topics I’m interested in, here.

DATA ANALYSIS:

An examination of pockets of high salaries among municipal officers at a time when police unions were crying foul over Gov. Chris Christie’s call to curtail public employee pay.

A study of the hardest hit real estate markets in the state at the bottom of the financial crisis. This analysis was followed by several other county stories that used the results to localize the data.

An analysis of potentially forced teacher retirements in New Jersey in light of changes in public pension plans.

Another using public employee pay, this time using teacher’s pension data.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE:

A story about the incentives landlords were offering tenants in a market full of vacant commercial space; Another about developers building data centers in the heart of North Jersey.

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE:

A story about real estate investors wading back into the market; An explanation of short sales; A look into the legally grey space in which mortgage mediators operate; And an insight into the thoughts of real estate developers who were building smaller homes.

My two favorite stories from my time at The Globe were both profiles.

The first was a story about a Harvard professor whose physical strength nearly matched his intellect. The other was of a North Shore philanthropist who made his employees whole again despite being bilked by Bernard Madoff.

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