WINNERS

JEFF BEZOS

Amazon chief reports his firm’s best-ever holiday sales season.

JONATHAN RUBINSTEIN

Palm chairman gets a much-needed $100M cash injection from Bono’s Elevation Partners to fund product development.

EDGAR BRONFMAN JR.

Warner Music boss gets ex-Simon & Schuster CEO Dick Snyder’s $100M lawsuit against him tossed.

LOSERS

STEPHEN FEINBERG

Tough times lead the Cerberus boss to bar investors from withdrawing cash from one of his funds.

LARRY ROBBINS

Hedgie known as “LTrain” is derailed after weak fund performance

leads to layoffs.

ARTHUR SULZBERGER

New York Times CEO has dismal November ad sales and mulls selling stake in the Red Sox.