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Scandal-ridden French tycoon and wife beaten in home robbery: cops
April 5, 2021 | 3:16pmFormer Adidas owner and scandal-ridden French tycoon Bernard Tapie and his wife were tied up with electrical cords and severely beaten during a violent burglary at their home, according to...
Canadian couple who posed as motel workers to get COVID vaccine face jail time
January 29, 2021 | 3:45pmA wealthy Canadian couple, who posed as motel workers to receive a coronavirus vaccine meant for vulnerable remote Indigenous residents, are now facing jail time. Casino executive Rodney Baker, and...
Casino mogul, actress wife pose as motel workers to cut vaccine line
January 25, 2021 | 10:16pmA Canadian casino mogul and his actress wife were accused of posing as motel workers in order to receive COVID-19 vaccines meant for Indigenous residents of a remote Yukon community. ...
Harry Macklowe says owner of Manhattan building owes him over $30M: suit
November 3, 2020 | 3:20pmReal estate magnate Harry Macklowe says the owner of a Madison Avenue commercial building — with ties to fellow real estate tycoon Mort Zuckerman — owes him over $30 million...
Billionaire mall mogul David Simon cuts price of Park Ave. pad
July 15, 2020 | 5:31pmDavid Simon and his wife Jackie dropped the asking price of their grand co-op at 625 Park Ave. to $32.5 million after first listing it for $39.5 million in 2016.
Property magnate Harry Macklowe skips rent at Mort Zuckerman’s GM Building
July 14, 2020 | 10:11pmNew York property magnate Harry Macklowe has been skipping out on rent in the posh GM Building — a move that’s being seen as a slap in the face to...
The sordid tale of Ghislaine Maxwell’s disgraced media-mogul dad
July 3, 2020 | 1:50pmAccused Jeffrey Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell is far from the only one in her family to have led an eccentric, troubled lifestyle. Maxwell, the British socialite who was busted Thursday...
Trump grants full pardon to ex-press baron Conrad Black
May 15, 2019 | 11:33pmPresident Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to former press baron Conrad Black, who spent 3-1/2 years in prison after being convicted in 2007 of fraud and obstruction of...
Oprah's latest investment is a health-focused restaurant chain
July 11, 2018 | 9:54pmOprah’s going with her gut when it comes to investing her vast fortune. The media mogul became a shareholder in a small, health-focused restaurant chain — True Food Kitchen —...
A few busybodies have destroyed a dream for NYC
September 16, 2017 | 10:27amThe collapse of Barry Diller’s Pier 55 dream is without parallel in the annals of willful, malicious New York City obstructionism. There’s no glimmer of hope, no encouraging lessons to...
Media moguls hope to make deals at Sun Valley conference
July 9, 2017 | 10:20pmLet the dealmaking begin! As media moguls, investment bankers and lenders descend on Sun Valley on Tuesday for the annual Allen & Co. conference, several executives will be under pressure...
Poor Redstone: My scheming ex-girlfriends robbed me of $150M
October 25, 2016 | 9:23pmBillionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone says two ex-girlfriends teamed up to fleece him of $150 million — receiving nearly daily stacks of cash from the smitten nonagenarian that they used...
Metals mogul says son-in-law stole $150K in gold
September 29, 2016 | 12:59amThe owner of a Canadian precious-metals company says his Big Apple-based son-in-law stole 10 Swiss gold ingots, worth $150,000, from a company safe deposit box. Sprott Money founder Eric Sprott...
Facebook co-founder pledges $20M to defeat Donald Trump
September 9, 2016 | 9:27amBillionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has pledged to spend $20 million to defeat Donald Trump — whom he accused of carrying out “a deliberate con” to promote “his personal brand.”...
Gabelli and Icahn are dueling over Federal-Mogul shares
September 9, 2016 | 12:46amCarl Icahn may not make a clean getaway with his $9.25-a-share offer for Federal-Mogul. Billionaire investor Mario Gabelli, who owns 36 percent of the non-Icahn slice of the auto-parts maker,...