James Doran
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Dubai debt smacks NYC
A block-full of landmark New York City real estate is being sized up for the auction block in the fallout of the Dubai debt crisis rocking global markets. Dubai, one...
The hedge 'plunder'
Federal agents this week are zeroing in on a $20 million Florida beachfront mansion owned by a hedge-fund titan who, law enforcement authorities believe, financed a lavish lifestyle -- complete...
Wesley gets 'Sniped'
Wesley Snipes can't seem to get anything right when it comes to his personal finances. The notorious star of the hit "Blade" trilogy found a new kind of fame last...
A Royal pain
Creditors of Sarah Ferguson's defunct Hartmoor LLC can't be a happy bunch today. Owed more than $1 million, the group is looking at getting about half that amount as lawyers...
City to 'unsafe' Sachs: Pay for protection
Goldman Sachs, the wealthiest bank on Wall Street, is locked in a bitter battle with city and state officials over the number of cops available to patrol its gleaming new...
INVESTORS: KROLL LED US INTO SCHEME
Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting company, never saw it coming. And that's just the problem, according to a growing list of wealthy investors, who claim the well-known background investigations...
MADOFF VICTIMS TARGET BANK
Angry victims of Bernie Madoff opened up a new front last week in their battle to regain some of the $65 billion lost to the epic Ponzi schemer -- they...
GOLDEN RECEIVERS
There's a bull market on Wall Street. Not for investors, but for a handful of elite lawyers and financial pros acting as court-appointed receivers or trustees of firms whose principals...
MADOFF VICTIMS CRY FOUL
Angry victims of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff are up in arms over as much as $250 million in legal fees they claim will be paid to Irving Picard, the...
HEARTBREAK HOTELS
Bob Sillerman, the billionaire entertainment mogul who owns the rights to Elvis Presley's Graceland, Muhammad Ali and a big share of Simon Fuller's hit TV show "American Idol," is getting...
SKY CAPITAL HIT BRITS
The majority of the victims in the alleged "boiler-room" fraud run by Wall Street trader Ross Mandell were mom-and-pop investors from the UK who were targeted by aggressive cold-calling brokers,...
NO SCREEN TEST FOR CONTENT
While a growing number of Americans are spending more and more time watching their favorite TV shows whenever they want to and are devouring more and more Internet videos, these...
FEDS STEP UP PUSH VS. MADOFF KIN
When Bernard Madoff is sentenced tomorrow, the rest of the dominoes in the federal probe of his $65 billion Ponzi scheme could start to fall. Federal prosecutors are to step...
NO CREDIT FOR TARP BANKS
The chief executives at 10 large banks were all smiles last week as they repaid a total of $68 billion of Troubled Asset Relief Program money -- but some on...
MADOFF VICTIMS IN SUIT
Three victims of convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff are seeking millions in damages from the trustee dismantling Madoff's empire, claiming they were cheated and strong-armed into accepting less compensation than they...
FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE
You'd think nothing would get under the skin of search giant Google. But co-founder Sergey Brin is so rattled by the launch of Microsoft's rival search engine that he has...
MICROSOFT'S 'DECISION ENGINE' DECIDEDLY RACY WITH VIDEOS
Bing better get ready for a ding. Microsoft's new search engine may run afoul of anti-porn and family-rights organization because it overrides pre-set parental controls and allows for easy viewing...
BOTTLE DEPOSIT DEBACLE
NEW York State Sena tor Antoine Thompson needs to check who he has working in his office -- for all is not as it seems. The Post called Thompson, chairman...
IRVING PICARD CLOSE TO RETRIEVING MADOFF ASSETS
Bernie Madoff's victims could soon get their hands on millions squirreled away by the jailed fraudster's wife and family, as the trustee in charge of liquidating Madoff's firm has teamed...
IRVING PICARD DEFERS MADOFF VICTIM CASES TO SEC
Investors wiped out by Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme could face even longer delays in getting a payout from trustee Irving Picard after the SEC decided to step into...