‘Dr. Doom’ Nouriel Roubini Exposes Ugly Side of the Art Market
While the SEC regulates stock trading and all vigilant eyes are on Wall Street to spot potential abuses, Nouriel Roubini spoke at the Economic Forum at Davos about the corruption that surrounds the art market, More...
Kinky Friedman Calls Chris Christie and Jerry Jones Gay
Kinky Friedman thinks that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones are gay. At least that was how he perceived the two men’s “manboy” behavior over the Cowboys playoff victory More...
Original Apple computer sells for $365, 000 at New York auction
– A fully operational Apple computer that company co-founder Steve Jobs sold out of his parents’ garage in 1976 for $600 sold for $365, 000 at Christie’s on Thursday. The Ricketts Apple-1 More...
Russian Tycoon Buys James Watson’s Nobel Medal and Gives It Back
Alisher Usmanov, richest man in Russia and major shareholder in Arsenal, the British football team, purchased a Nobel Prize medal auctioned at Christie’s, so he could return it to its original More...
Churchill Versus Hitler As Painters: Guess Who Wins?
It is enough to restore one’s faith in art as well as humanity. Churchill might have had his human foibles, but he is justifiably and pretty much unanimously regarded as having been a better human being More...
Ted Cruz Woos the Jews, But Bush Is the Big Elephant in the Room
Republican Ted Cruz, the Senator for Texas associated with the Tea Party movement has high Presidential aspirations, but they might not pan out if he doesn’t get the funding. He met with casino mogul More...
Quinnipiac Poll: Clinton Tied with Christie, Romney, Bush Top GOP Contenders for 2016
Republican voters nationwide want the man who lost the 2012 presidential bid Mitt Romney to have another go at it, giving him the top position at 19 percent in an early Quinnipiac University national More...
Eyeing 2016, Clinton, Bush weigh in on Obama’s immigration plan
– Soon after President Barack Obama announced his immigration plans on Thursday evening, Democrats and Republicans who might be angling for his job in 2016 weighed in on an issue that is almost certain More...
World Record Setting Graff Ruby to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s is going to auction the record-breaking Graff ruby, as reported by the Telegraph. The Burmese ruby, with a color described as “pigeon’s blood” is 8.62 carat and was set More...
Dona Karan Selling Island Retreat for $39 Million
Famed fashion designer Donna Karan is selling part of her beachfront retreat in the Bahamas for $39 million. Located on Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the property holds more than 10 acres of More...