Today, Marjorie Merriweather Post is best remembered as the builder of Mar-a-Lago. That storied estate, the current home of former President Donald Trump, is only one symbol of Marjorie’s fairy-tale life. The breakfast cereal heiress was one of the wealthiest and most admi...
The Republican, who represents New York in the House, has built up a national profile as an unwavering ally of the president, shedding her early reputation as a moderate - having worked on Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign - to become the highest-ranking woman in the House Republican leadership. ...
Robert Manry (June 2, 1918 – February 21, 1971) was a copy editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer who in 1965 sailed from Falmouth, Massachusetts, to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, in a tiny 13.5-foot (4.1 m) sailboat (an Old Town "Whitecap" built by the Old Town Canoe Co. of Old To...
Global bank stocks took a bruising today as questions grow as to just how much exposure large financial institutions have to the teetering China Evergrande Group, a real estate development company in China which owes more than $300 billion in debt that...
Bharara does not mention Levy by name but it’s clear from Picard’s earlier filing that the client involved is Levy. Bharara also mentions in a footnote that this client died in September 2005, the date of Levy’s death at age 93. Levy was a Manhattan real estate broker...
ANCESTOR - an ancestor or forebear is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent, and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law the person from whom an estate has been inherited."...
Image:Howard Lutnick and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in December. Pic: Reuters Howard Lutnick is the head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and is a cryptocurrency enthusiast. The 63-year-old is the commerce secretary, which puts him in charge of an agency that is involved...