Milken Is Where the Money Is
Meet some first-time attendees at the Global Conference. Plus: South Africa’s vote and a viral handbag.
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Photographer: Apu Gomes/Getty ImagesThe Milken conference is this week, and Erik Schatzker makes the case that this is the essential see-and-be-seen event for Wall Street. Plus: The big issue in South Africa’s election and how Uniqlo’s Round Mini Shoulder Bag took off. As ever, if this email was forwarded to you, click here to sign up.
It all starts with the dog-sniffing. That’s the best way to describe what happens when hundreds of Wall Street’s so-called masters of the universe gather at Beverly Cañon Gardens in Los Angeles for the opening reception of the Milken Institute’s annual Global Conference.