Businessman in bitter dispute with Canadian billionaire over failed casino deal arrested in Dominican Republic A Canadian businessman embroiled in a bitter dispute with one of Canada’s wealthiest men over a US$112-million investment in Caribbean casinos has been jailed in […]
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The Death Of Cable News
The death of cable news Traditional television is taking its last breaths. According to the venerable Nielsen ratings firm, U.S. TV viewership dropped by 12% in January, compared to the same month a year earlier. That’s the eighth consecutive double-digit […]
Canadian billionaire at centre of bizarre Mafia and fraud accusations after failed Caribbean casino deal
Canadian billionaire at centre of bizarre Mafia and fraud accusations after failed Caribbean casino deal Glenn Lowson/NP/Files Billionaire Michael DeGroote is accused of consorting with mobster Vito Rizzuto. A bitter dispute over a US$112-million investment in Caribbean casinos has placed […]
In London’s Wealthiest Neighbourhoods, ‘Iceberg Homes’ – With Massive Mutli-Storey Basement Expansions – Will Soon Be Banned
In London’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, ‘iceberg homes’ – with massive mutli-storey basement expansions – will soon be banned London – They emerged as a novel way for the rich and famous to expand their homes, but now multi-storey basements are set […]
British Banker Rurik Jutting’s Year As One Of Hong Kong’s ‘Ghost People,’ Before He Was Accused Of Murdering Two Women
Rurik Jutting lived in a small, precise and unreal world. Each working day he would move between two skyscrapers, his home and his office, just three minutes apart by taxi. Philippe Lopez / AFP / Getty Images Hong Kong’s Wanchai […]
British Banker Accused In Horrific Double Murder ‘Went Ballistic When Fiancee Cheated On Him’
The British banker charged with murdering two women whose bodies were found in his blood-splattered Hong Kong apartment was devastated after his former fiancee, a fellow trader, cheated on him, sources have claimed. Rurik Jutting, 29, was remanded in custody […]
Silicon Valley Investor Offers $1 Million Cash Prize To First Scientists To Successfully ‘Hack The Aging Code’
Dracula sank his fangs into people’s necks looking for it. Greek gods got it from ambrosia. Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon set out to find it and discovered Florida instead, or so legend tells us. Now, a former Washingtonian […]
Death Of The Last Of The Imperial Ottoman Turks Leads To Battle Over An Afghan Princess’s $390-a-month Manhattan Apartment
Death of the last of the imperial Ottoman Turks leads to battle over an Afghan princess’s $390-a-month Manhattan apartment //
Jailed Chinese prostitutes forced into labour in what critics say is lucrative scheme masked as rehabilitation
Jailed Chinese prostitutes forced into labour in what critics say is lucrative scheme masked as rehabilitation //
The quantum computing revolution: BlackBerry billionaire Mike Lazaridis is betting on tech that hasn’t been invented … yet
The quantum computing revolution: BlackBerry billionaire Mike Lazaridis is betting on tech that hasn’t been invented … yet December 7, 2013 Joseph Brean Displayed with permission from National Post //
