Fannie and Freddie Get Some Good News
The mortgage giants have seen their largest profits in ten years. Plus, who buys a friend a $3 million apartment, and who wants a truck depot in Soho?
Posted 08/25/08 in Daily Intel
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Washington ‘Post’ to Other Papers: Don’t Ditch D.C.!
An axed Maine political reporter writes to tell how local papers that close their Washington bureaus are hurting the cause of democracy. Plus, the latest in finance, law, media, and real-estate news.
Posted 08/22/08 in Daily Intel
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‘People’ Gets the Last Giggle Over Brangelina Baby Pics
Turns out the issue whose cover displayed little Vivienne and Knox sold 2.6 million copies, the fourth-largest selling issue of all time for the mag. Plus, the rest of our industry news roundup.
Posted 08/14/08 in Daily Intel
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Michael Phelps Is Gold for NBC
Plus, lawyers make criminals sing (to 'Don Giovanni'), another spectacular apartment you can't afford hits the market, and more, in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 08/12/08 in Daily Intel
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Meredith Whitney Eyes Goldman After Stock Drop
Analysts aren't so hot on the formerly golden bank this week. Plus, the latest on Andrew Cuomo, George Clooney, Diane Von Furstenberg, and more, in our daily industry report.
Posted 07/29/08 in Daily Intel
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Circulation Report: ‘Vogue’ Down, ‘Ladies’ Home Journal’ Up
Plus, Katie Couric takes control of CBS News' political coverage, hotels keep cropping up in Gowanus, and KKR's IPO doesn't go as well as planned, all in our daily industry report.
Posted 07/02/08 in Daily Intel
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They Waterboarded Christopher Hitchens
Finally, right? Plus, David Brooks thinks Goldman Sachs may be on the cusp of a coup, and the "summer of legal vindication" kicks off in our hump-day roundup of media, finance, law, and real-estate news.
Posted 06/24/08 in Daily Intel
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Tom Wolfe Still Making Sweeping, Mostly True Generalizations
The writer predicts "the end of capitalism," and may be right; Ariana Huffington talks about her beef with Tim Russert; and a Manhattan lawyer does due diligence with the Other Side, all in our daily rundown of weird, wonderful finance, media, law and real-estate news.
Posted 06/23/08 in Daily Intel
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Indicted Bear Stearns Hedge-Fund Manager’s Business Card Raking In Cash on eBay
Matthew Tannin's old business card is getting bid up, even as everything else Wall Street seems to be going down. All that and more in our daily roundup of finance, real-estate, media, and law news.
Posted 06/18/08 in Daily Intel
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Will the Landmarks Preservation Commission Make an Example of Robert De Niro?
They can make him tear down the Greenwich Hotel's $1.5 million penthouse if they feel like it. Plus, news on Goldman Sachs, Simon from 'Real Housewives,' and a few other people who have power in this town, in our daily roundup of real-estate, finance, media and law news.
Posted 06/17/08 in Daily Intel
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The Freedom Tower Has an Empty Dance Card
The Port Authority is offering it up for sale, according to the 'Post.' That, and more city news in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 06/16/08 in Daily Intel
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Wall Street’s Week of Reckoning
AIG's Martin Sullivan is out, and everyone else is waiting for the ax to fall. Plus! Former 'NYT' editor Howell Raines picks on Poynter blogger Jim Romenesko, a Central Park West penthouse goes on the market for $80 million, and more, all in our daily roundup of finance, media, real-estate and law news.
Posted 06/06/08 in Daily Intel
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Richard Branson to Kick Off Virgin Hotel Chain in New York?
Bajillionaire Branson may be spending more time in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Cablevision lawyer Harvey L. Beneson mortgages his Hamptons house to pay off his lawsuit, UBS clients run scared as a federal investigation warms up, and another magazine catering to the rich appears on the horizon, in today's roundup of news from the worlds of real estate, law, finance, and media.
Posted 06/04/08 in Daily Intel
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Ana Marie Cox Comes Full Circle at ‘Radar’
The founding Wonkette editor signs on to do irreverent political coverage for Maer's magazine, another Charles Kushner associate goes down, and Andrew Cuomo noses around Dick Grasso's package, in our daily roundup of news from the worlds of media, real estate, law, and finance.
Posted 05/27/08 in Daily Intel
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Tishman Speyer Is on the Warpath
Also, Lehman Brothers weighs its options, and 15 CPW breaks the $100 million barrier.
Posted 05/20/08 in Daily Intel
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Will the Fallout From a Failed Hedge Fund Steal the Smile From Vikram Pandit's Face?
The Citigroup CEO struggles with a hedge fund that lost hundreds of millions of dollars, the White House claims NBC's Knesset footage was edited to make Bush look like a jerk, and noogies are legally defined, all in our daily rundown of industry news.
Posted 05/07/08 in Daily Intel
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Bedbugs: A New Reason Not to Camp Out in Union Square
Plus, trouble for UBS, victory for Stephen Colbert, and one or the other for anyone who took the bar last time around, in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 05/01/08 in Daily Intel
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Wait, Are We Supposed to Feel Sorry for Lloyd Blankfein?
That's not the only mind-bender in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 04/29/08 in Daily Intel
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Jonathan Franzen's Latest (Unsurprising) Target Is Michiko Kakutani
'Vanity Fair' fights back over the Miley Cyrus pictures, Stuyvesant Town has a square dance, and more, in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 04/11/08 in Daily Intel
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George Soros: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Publishing musical chairs, bad news on the economy front, and gripes about law-school rankings — all in our daily roundup.
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