October 2010
40 posts
For all the bitching and moaning from the Tea... →
the once-unthinkable possibility that the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program could end up costing far less, or nothing, became more likely on Thursday with the news that the government had negotiated a plan with the American International Group to begin repaying taxpayers.
September 2010
37 posts
Miami job market still sinking →
Thirty-five of the nation’s 100 biggest metropolitan areas are on the rebound, but South Florida is still sinking, according to a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area had 1,843,300 private sector jobs as of August, down 228,700 jobs over a three-year sinking streak.
Germany ends WWI reparations after 92 years with... →
World War One finally ends for Germany on Sunday with the last payment of nearly £60million of a mammoth £22billion debt imposed for starting the Great War.
Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season
Vegas Hotel Pool 'Death Ray' Burns Tourists →
Guests at the new Vdara hotel have been complaining that because of an architectural flaw on the glass skyscraper, the sun’s rays are being magnified and reflected onto an area of the pool, causing severe burns. There have been reports that even plastic has melted from the heat.
Judge declares mistrial in Buju Banton drug case →
A Florida judge on Monday declared a mistrial for Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton, who was accused of conspiring to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer last year.
University of Miami Wants Logo Removed From The U... →
Do you have your DVD copy of Rakontur’s University of Miami football documentary The U yet? You might want to keep it in good condition because it could become a collector’s item soon. According to director Bill Corben’s Twitter the school wants its distinctive U logo removed from the box cover.
Miami federal prosecutor arrested after swimming... →
A Miami federal prosecutor was arrested Sunday afternoon at a local bar after a young girl and her mother accused him of being indecent when he went swimming in his boxers at the establishment’s pool overlooking the Miami River and downtown.
NYC Celebs Who Pack Heat →
Other big names licensed to carry a gun include actor Robert De Niro, shock jock Howard Stern and supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis. Billionaire Donald Trump and his son, Donald Jr.; celebrity lawyer David Breitbart, and artificial-heart inventor Robert Jarvik can also carry steel, police records reveal.
Did the US or Israel launch a devastating computer... →
Who has a high level of computer security sophistication and an interest in attacking Iranian industrial control systems? Some speculate it’s the US, but most of the speculation centers on the Israelis. It’s all just speculation, but it’s intriguing so it’s tempting.
Buju Banton's drug trial the talk of Jamaica →
Banton, a four-time Grammy nominee who rose from the slums of Kingston to success in the 1990s, was arrested on federal drug charges in December and a Florida jury is deliberating whether he conspired to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer. The 12-person panel reconvenes Monday in Tampa federal court.
Stock market on track for its best September since... →
The U.S. stock market is likely to notch its best September in more than half a century in the days ahead, provided its recent surge is not derailed by lingering doubts about the recovery.
Miami's historic 5th Street Gym reopens →
Chris Dundee, opened the original gym in 1951, and it eventually hosted Ali, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson and countless others. It was torn down 17 years ago
Is L.A.’s Next Trend Corporate-Sponsored Sleazy... →
No one that I can remember in the past decade has ever thought to rent out a dodgy motel on the least glamorous stretch of Sunset (near Western Avenue), buy out all the rooms (staffers & band tech types utilized the first floor, while celebrities like Vanessa Hudgens were in and out of the balcony rooms), secure the proper permits, and throw a party in the courtyard.
Benefactor steps up with plan to save Miami's... →
As supporters of the beleaguered theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts lined up to beg Miami city commissioners not to shutter the historic venue recently, Chairman Marc Sarnoff told them to relax: A mysterious benefactor had stepped in with a plan to save it.
Keeping Pabst Blue Ribbon Cool →
For the jet-setting owners of the spontaneously hip beer, the hardest thing may be leaving the brand alone
Selling Miami With Sex And Celebrities Is Nothing... →
Carl Fisher may have been the man who turned a steamy, mosquito infested mangrove into a city, but it was Steve Hannagan who put it on the map.
'Gung-ho' home repo agents change the locks even... →
In a handful of recent lawsuits statewide, homeowners say their locks were changed before a foreclosure had even been filed, that personal property and financial papers were rifled through or taken, and that charges are being levied for lawn maintenance and trash removal when HOAs already take care of those services.
It Was Delicious While It Lasted →
Gastronomes have been trekking to the remote Spanish cove where Ferran Adrià has changed culinary history with his deconstructed martinis, frozen foam, and beetroot cookies. Now, to evolve his restaurant, El Bulli, the man they call the world’s greatest chef is closing it forever.
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The World's Worst Billionaires →
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett recently got 40 of the world’s richest people to agree to donate half their fortunes to charity. Here are five guys they won’t be hitting up anytime soon.
Inside the bizarre tourist trade at Harlem's... →
As the summer tourist season draws to a close in New York, so too winds down the high period for one of the more peculiar attractions the city has to offer: Sunday church services in Harlem, which bring in thousands of foreign travelers each week.
On the Secret Committee to Save the Euro, a... →
Two months after Lehman Brothers collapsed in the fall of 2008, a small group of European leaders set up a secret task force—one so secret that they dubbed it “the group that doesn’t exist.” Its mission: Devise a plan to head off a default by a country in the 16-nation euro zone.
Landlords Are Back in Control →
To the chagrin of many renters in New York City, the balance of power in the rental market has tipped back toward landlords — if not far enough for landlords to start celebrating quite yet. At the beginning of the year, renters could demand and receive a month of free rent and maybe even get the landlord to pay their broker’s fees. Those concessions, now the exception rather than the rule, are...
“The smart person accepts. The idiot insists.”
– http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/10/greeks-bearing-bonds-201010
Could David Letterman sue Joaquin Phoenix for... →
David Letterman said on Wednesday night that his lawyers had contacted Joaquin Phoenix to request compensation for the use of Late Show footage in his fake documentary, I’m Still Here. According to Letterman, Phoenix’s lawyers had initially justified its inclusion as “fair use” of copyrighted work because the movie was a documentary. Since the movie’s actually fake,...
