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 08/22/08 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 08/07/08 in Daily Intel
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McCain Campaign Rewarding Commenting Spammers
Plus, the latest on Wall Street, Gold Street, and your street, in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 08/06/08 in Daily Intel
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If Martha Stewart Had Only One Arm, How Would She Garden and Decoupage?
Martha Stewart's arm appeared missing in a broadcast this morning, worrying the nation. Then it came back, and we were relieved. But there's still lots to worry about in our daily roundup of media, finance, real-estate, and law news.
Posted 07/25/08 in Daily Intel
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There May Be a Day When Port Authority Is Nice to Look At
We know, we know — dare to dream, right? But there are proposals to build above it, and the renderings look lovely. Plus, news from the finance, law, real estate and media industries, in our daily roundup.
Posted 07/10/08 in Daily Intel
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Horizon Strategy’s John Devaney Says He Is ‘Bleeding, Personally’ After Loss of Hedge Fund
Clearly, he doesn't know Daily Intel's golden rule. That and more, in our daily roundup of need-to-know news from the fields of finance, media, law, and real estate.
Posted 07/07/08 in Daily Intel
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Ashley Alexandra Dupré Drops Suit Against ‘Girls Gone Wild’
Technically, the famous call girl is forced to admit, she exploited herself. Plus! Boutique hotels in Brooklyn are fighting, NBC gets a bargain on the Weather Channel, and we all may all end up paying for the Fed bailout of Bear Stearns, in our daily roundup of law, real estate, media and finance news.
Posted 05/19/08 in Daily Intel
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Breaking: Wasps Find Jews Vulgar
Jamie Johnson is tries to get rich Wasps to be anti-Semitic, but they're too Waspy.
Posted 05/16/08 in Daily Intel
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Right Now, Sean Avery Is Getting Anna Wintour Starbucks
The injured Ranger begins his tour of duty at 'Vogue,' Carl Icahn's battle with Yahoo heats up, and Donald Trump is in another fight … in today's roundup of media, finance, real-estate and law news.
Posted 05/15/08 in Daily Intel
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If Murdoch Really Hires a New ‘WSJ’ Managing Editor, Who Will It Be?
Citigroup's ban on fruit, ice-cream-truck wars, praise for Frank Gehry, and more in our daily industry roundup.
Posted 05/14/08 in Daily Intel
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He's an Icahnimal!
Carl Icahn may be getting ready to sink his teeth into Yahoo, 'Newsday' girds intself for new ownership, and 'Vogue' editor Hamish Bowles within prime stalking distance of Daily Intel editor Chris Rovzar in our daily roundup of finance, media, law, and real-estate news.
Posted 04/21/08 in Daily Intel
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Rupert Murdoch Is Full of Vim, Vigor and Probably Viagra
The media mogul seems gleeful about life (and also his wife!) in a 'Newsweek' profile, Bank of America's CEO is startled by losses, a fifth-grade graduation ceremony gets ugly, and a hedge-funder pays $801,000 for a literal closet in today's collection of media, finance, law, and real-estate news.
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