Friday, September 28, 2007

Boisterous Billionaires Calling Names: Donald Trump vs. Mark Cuban

Trump vs. Cuban Turns Nerdy


The never-ending battle of words between boisterous billionaires Donald Trump and Mark Cuban has shifted from the topic of Dan Rather to Internet spam. Ooooh, burn!

The feud began this week when Trump called Dan Rather "a loser." Rather, who is currently suing former employer CBS, now works for Cuban's HDNet. Cuban didn't take too kindly to that, telling "Access Hollywood" that Trump "is a first-class idiot!" To which Trump retorted to Page Six, "Mark is a total loser."

Now Cuban is firing back, telling TMZ, "Has [Trump] ever hired anyone who went to Trump University, or is Trump University just a good excuse to be one of the biggest Internet spammers in America?" Oh snap! He told him!

read::: TMZ.com

Friday, September 21, 2007

Very rich Googlers

Googlers on the latest Forbes list of the world’s richest humans includes: 12. Sergey Brin; 13: Larry Page; 48. Eric Schmidt; 204. Omid Kordestani and 271. Kavitark Ram Shriram.

Google today is up $7.21, or 1.3%, at $560.04.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

For sale? Chicago Cubs




















From DealBreaker.com, we are reading reports that Chicago billionaire Sam Zell will unload the Chicago Cubs after he consumes the Tribune Co.:

A very interesting M&A battle could soon heat up on the North Side of Chicago. Various news reports say that if/when Sam Zell finishes buying Tribune Co., he will put the Cubbies up for sale. Two of the expected bidders are Madison Dearborn chief John Canning and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. A contrast in styles, to say the least…


via DealBreaker