WINNERSl

LES MOONVES

CBS chief fulfills vow to get paid for signal; reaches distribution deals with nine cable TV operators.

DAVID FINNERTY

Former NYSE specialist’s fraud conviction is overturned.

LLOYD BLANKFEIN

Goldman Sachs chief got even bigger than thought 2006 record payday of $54.7M.

LOSERS

MORT ZUCKERMAN

Daily News owner’s newsroom in turmoil over editorial section’s attacks on news side’s flawed reporting.

BILL GATES

Federal jury orders Microsoft to pay $1.52B for infringing on patents owned by Alcatel-Lucent.

SCOTT HARTMAN

CEO of NovaStar Financial sees his REIT and mortgage lender melt down, lose $14M in Q4.