SNP row over billionaire Donald Trump's golf course plans
Trump warns of pulling $2B Scotish resort
Inquiry looms as Scots play Trump card
Scottish Government Plays Trump Card On Golf Project
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Fore! Donald Trump's Scotish Resort Plans are in the Bunker
SNP row over billionaire Donald Trump's golf course plans
Trump warns of pulling $2B Scotish resort
Inquiry looms as Scots play Trump card
Scottish Government Plays Trump Card On Golf Project
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Forbes: Who wants to party like a billionare?
Party Like A Billionaire
Who wants to party like a rock star when you can party like a billionaire? That is if you are lucky enough to get invited to one of their blow-out bashes.
Read::: Forbes
Who wants to party like a rock star when you can party like a billionaire? That is if you are lucky enough to get invited to one of their blow-out bashes.
Read::: Forbes
Monday, December 10, 2007
Bonnie Donny, The Isle o' Lewis Is Pining for Ye
Trump, Dissed in Aberdeen,
Is Wooed by Mom's Town;
Too Windy for His Hair?
By ALISTAIR MACDONALD
December 10, 2007; Page A1
TONG, Isle of Lewis, Scotland -- On this desolate, windswept island, a three-hour ferry ride from the Scottish mainland, some folks have a new pastime: Waiting for Donald Trump.
The New York real-estate mogul has been touting his Scottish ancestry in a bid to build a $2.5 billion luxury golf resort near Aberdeen, about 270 miles southeast of here. There, a local council committee and some residents have spurned his advances, unimpressed by his claim that he felt like "kissing the earth" in the land where his mother, Mary Macleod, was born.
read::: WSJ
Is Wooed by Mom's Town;
Too Windy for His Hair?
By ALISTAIR MACDONALD
December 10, 2007; Page A1
TONG, Isle of Lewis, Scotland -- On this desolate, windswept island, a three-hour ferry ride from the Scottish mainland, some folks have a new pastime: Waiting for Donald Trump.
The New York real-estate mogul has been touting his Scottish ancestry in a bid to build a $2.5 billion luxury golf resort near Aberdeen, about 270 miles southeast of here. There, a local council committee and some residents have spurned his advances, unimpressed by his claim that he felt like "kissing the earth" in the land where his mother, Mary Macleod, was born.
read::: WSJ
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim places a "Going-Out-Of-Business" sign on CompUSA
CompUSA, the computer and gadget retailer controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, has been sold to a restructuring and investment firm that will close stores and sell some company assets.
The early reaction to this corporate liquidation is that few, if anyone, will miss CompUSA.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim invested over $2 billion into the electronics chain retailer, but the company simply couldn’t compete with Best Buy and Wal-Mart, which offered greater selection and more competitive pricing.
Adios, CompUSA!
The early reaction to this corporate liquidation is that few, if anyone, will miss CompUSA.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim invested over $2 billion into the electronics chain retailer, but the company simply couldn’t compete with Best Buy and Wal-Mart, which offered greater selection and more competitive pricing.
Adios, CompUSA!
related -
The consumer electronics store will run store-closing sales during the holidays to get rid of inventory.
also -
read some of this post-obit comments on TechCrunch; which one is your favorite?
Billionaires have holiday wish lists, too
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday ("Seven Yachts A-Sailing, Six..., p. W2) that yes, billionaires have holiday wish lists and needs like the rest of us.
For instance, Mark Cuban wants: an NBA trophy, a 32-gigabyte flash drive and new dancing shoes.
Sam Wyly wants books, such as: "Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942."
Please let us know if you know of an billionaires that have updated wish lists.
Merry Christmas to all billionaires and non-billionaires alike!!!
For instance, Mark Cuban wants: an NBA trophy, a 32-gigabyte flash drive and new dancing shoes.
Sam Wyly wants books, such as: "Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942."
Please let us know if you know of an billionaires that have updated wish lists.
Merry Christmas to all billionaires and non-billionaires alike!!!
Friday, December 7, 2007
BusinessWeek Butts into a Billionaire's Wedding (Larry Page)
File this story under: You've Got to be Kidding Me.Here's BusinessWeek, the national business magazine, taking time out of its very busy publishing schedule, asking the question: Billionaire Marriages: Why Get Hitched?
New York Magazine gets it right with the following commentary:
Since there are only about 500 people in the country who need this advice, and they're probably not going to get it from Business Week, this all feels eerily pointed. Something you want to tell us, Zoe? Speak now — or forever hold your peace!
BusinessWeek, get back to work!!! Really, now.
VeryBusinessWeek
New York Magazine
Billionaire Joseph Lewis Raises Bear Stearns Stake
Billionaire Lewis Raises Bear Stearns Stake to 8%
By Yalman Onaran
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor Joseph Lewis raised his bet on Bear Stearns Cos. as the fifth-biggest U.S. securities firm's stock fell 21 percent in the last two months.
The 70-year-old high-school dropout, who acquired a 7 percent stake in September, now has 8 percent, according to a regulatory filing today. That makes him the second-largest shareholder of the New York-based company, whose stock is near a two-year low.
Bloomberg
Bear Stearns
NYSE(quotes): BCS
By Yalman Onaran
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor Joseph Lewis raised his bet on Bear Stearns Cos. as the fifth-biggest U.S. securities firm's stock fell 21 percent in the last two months.
The 70-year-old high-school dropout, who acquired a 7 percent stake in September, now has 8 percent, according to a regulatory filing today. That makes him the second-largest shareholder of the New York-based company, whose stock is near a two-year low.
Bloomberg
Bear Stearns
NYSE(quotes): BCS
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn got what he wanted: Ed Zander's ouster as Motorola's CEO
Icahn: Break Up Motorola
Zander's ouster does not satisfy the disgruntled investor, who owns 3 percent stake in world's number three cell phone maker.
by Roy Mark
In the end, billionaire investor Carl Icahn got what he wanted: Ed Zander's ouster as Motorola's CEO. Now, Ichan, who holds about 3 percent of Motorola, wants to break up the world's third largest cell phone maker.
Read::: PC Magazine
Zander's ouster does not satisfy the disgruntled investor, who owns 3 percent stake in world's number three cell phone maker.
by Roy Mark
In the end, billionaire investor Carl Icahn got what he wanted: Ed Zander's ouster as Motorola's CEO. Now, Ichan, who holds about 3 percent of Motorola, wants to break up the world's third largest cell phone maker.
Read::: PC Magazine
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Facebook gets backing of Hong Kong billionaire
Hong Kong billionaire takes $60M Facebook stakeBy MarketWatch
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing has invested $60 million in social networking Web site Facebook, equivalent to a 0.4% stake, and has the option for an additional $60 million investment, according to a report by a technology blog.
The All Things Digital blog on Friday, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the transaction, reported that 79-year-old Li would not make the investment through his flagship companies Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.
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