The Fabulous Lives Of Wall Street Offspring
Here’s a new building in Guangzhou, China. Reuters describes it as such: According to local media, the 33-storey building, which is 138-metre-high (453 feet), was recently named Guangzhou Yuan Building and is about to finish construction. The building is also widely known as the “Copper Coin Building” because of its shape and colour. Here’s a […]
George Soros’ ex-wife, Susan, is selling her five bedroom apartment on New York’s Upper West Side for $39 million, says the Wall Street Journal. In addition to 6,000-square-feet and a view of Central Park, the apartment comes with an 800-square-foot guest apartment three floors down (the 16th floor). Then there are the 9.5 foot high […]
Jim Chanos isn’t going to tell you exactly what he’s researching at his world renowned short-selling firm, Kynikos Associates, but he’ll give you an idea - a small one - of what he and his team are thinking about. He did that today on Bloomberg TV’s “Market Makers” with Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle. Chanos […]
T. Boone Pickens certainly has a way with words and a knack for telling it like it is. In fact, the 85 year-old energy tycoon/author of “The First Billion Is The Hardest” has a ton of catchy/easy to remember phrases about life and business. They’re affectionately referred to by his family and staff members as […]
We spotted this interactive map from MoneyChoice.org, which shows a ton of economic data in an easily understood and very cool way. You can check out how your state ranks and the data behind the rankings on anything from GDP, household income, tax burden, etc. This would certainly come in handy if you might want to […]
NOTE: The Musk’s quote and the video interview is from September 2012. Shares of Tesla are up 461% in the past 12 months. There is no shortage of skeptics betting against Elon Musk and his electric car company Tesla. But there’s also no question that Tesla has come much farther than many have expected. Earlier […]
On Saturday evening I was looking for an interesting Midtown Manhattan restaurant to get dinner. I decided to try an Italian place on 56th Street called Il Tinello. It’s a really charming spot. The service was impeccable and the food and wine was fantastic. It turns out that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a regular […]
This past Saturday saw big elections in Australia, which saw conservative leader Tony Abbott sweet his way into the Prime Minister’s office. Abbott ran a pro-business campaign, promising to eliminate Australia’s carbon tax and also reduce taxes on the mining sector. Anyway, it seems that this is all priced into markets. Stocks are barely up, […]