Japanese Reprising 80’s Buying Spree
Article :
Morning Call: August 28
Remember the late 80s? The Japanese just couldn’t get enough of throwing their money around all over the world buying trophy assets. Well, they are back, but are being a little more careful this time around. They have to put their money to work as it is, because goodness knows it doesn’t earn much interest.
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Put on the Ritz in Naples, FL
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Travel
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07/22/2008
High-pressure professions and adrenaline-junky hobbies can wear you down. Every now and then, you need a chance to hide and relax. The twin Ritz-Carlton Resorts in Naples, FL fuse luxury and accessibility, proving that you don't have to sweat passport control lines to get away for a while. Both the beach hotel and the golf property offer white sand and warm water, but only one makes it enjoyable!
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Retreats: Dilution Protection
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July 2008
How 'Temenos' aspires to keep its little corner of Anguilla immaculate.
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Laid ‘Bear’: The Final, Final Chapter?
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July 2008
Maybe it’s because shares of Lehman Brothers have recently fallen another 11% to their lowest level since 2000, spurring even more speculation of a Bear Stearns-like end. But here’s another reason why no one can stop writing stories about what unhinged Bear (not even Vanity Fair, which this month, still thought “Gossip Girls” made for a better cover): On March 10, at roughly 11 a.m., something happened that didn’t stop happening until the bank was no more. No one seems to know what it was – but we do know that it manifested itself in the death spiral of Bear’s stock. And we also know who everyone is trying to blame. Could the same forces be at work with Lehman?
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36 Holes In…Portland, Oregon
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June 2008
As if you needed another excuse to schedule the trip, we've got a really good one.
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Big Mover
Article :
June/July 2008
A brilliant new links on Puget Sound will host the world's best in seven years -- but can host you any day of the week.
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Dilution Protection
Article :
June/July 2008
Temenos aspires to keep its little corner of Anguilla immaculate.
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Seasonally Adjusted
Article :
June/July 2008
These Lowland single-malts are the perfect Scotches for sipping the
summer away.
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Chicago: Active Escapes
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Travel
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06/02/2008
The name of the game -- the golf game, that is -- is Cog Hill when it comes to hitting the links in Chicago.
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Portland, Oregon
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June/July 2008
As if you needed another excuse to schedule the trip, we've got a really good one.
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Chicago: Active Escapes
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Cayne Says He’s Sorry
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May 2008
After lots of annoying bridge jokes, pot jokes, Detroit and Nashville jokes and golfing jokes over the past year, longtime Bear Stearns leader and bona fide godfather of Wall Street James Cayne apologized to shareholders. (Not to mention took the flak like a man.) Bear may fade into history as the biggest casualty of the subprime crisis, but you can’t say it didn’t live and die by the sword with panache. Here, Jimmy offers up a bit of parting wisdom.
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The Play: Initial Public Offering
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May 2008
Hear that St. Andrews’s astonishing new Castle Course is the year’s most highly anticipated debut? No? Don’t tell anyone. Good thing you saw this in time. It’s going to be all right.
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Destination of the Week: Turks and Caicos Islands
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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Travel
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05/19/2008
A scattering of 40 islands some 600 miles southeast of Miami, the once-sleepy UK territory known as the Turks and Caicos Islands has arrived as a Caribbean destination. And that's due in no small part to the fine white sands and crystalline waters of Grace Bay Beach, not to mention the world-class coral reefs just offshore (or the islands' gracious tax climate and straightforward real estate investment policies).
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San Francisco: Active Escapes
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San Francisco: Active Escapes
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Travel
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05/05/2008
The combination of deluxe food and golf makes San Francisco a weekend wonderland.
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Philadelphia: 36 Holes In
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April 2008
Why there’s a lot to like about the options in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Bermuda: Active Escapes
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Travel
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04/14/2008
From golf to snorkeling to deep-sea dives.
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Venture
Article :
April/May 2008
Think Vietnam, and you might not think of luxe resorts and sublime eateries. But winning the hearts and minds of the well-financed traveler is this nation’s new revolution.
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The Play
Article :
April/May 2008
St. Andrews’s astonishing new Castle Course is the year’s most highly anticipated debut.
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Blue Sky
Article :
April/May 2008
Behold the magical, multitasking, new and improved Next Generation Pilatus PC-12 turboprop.
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Overhead
Article :
April/May 2008
It’s inevitable — and perhaps imperative — that the harried deal maven attempt to mix a bit of pleasure with his business travel.
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Travel: Active Escapes
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Travel: R&R Escapes
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Philadelphia
Article :
April/May 2008
There’s a lot to like about the options in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Destination of the Week: Bermuda
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Retreats: Large Cap
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March 2008
>Behold Cap Cana, the Dominican Republic’s newest — and most obscenely ambitious — luxury real-estate enclave.
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Ground Transportation: A Robot For The Road
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March 2008
Introducing a GPS so smart, it's almost alive.
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My Three-Hour Vacation: Driven In Dallas
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March 2008
How a native son accomplished his mission to do his town right.
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36 Holes In...The Bay Area
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February 2008
Go West, old man – and be sure to take your clubs with you.
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How And Why The Fractional Marketplace Has Grown
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Fractional Life
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02/19/2008
In my first column I referenced a couple of different terms, namely ‘asset-sharing’ and ‘fractional ownership’ but didn’t really go into any great detail about what each means and their differences which probably left a few of you slightly bemused but intrigued.
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Retreats
Article :
February/March 2008
Behold Cap Cana, the Dominican Republic’s newest — and most obscenely ambitious — luxury real-estate enclave.
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Home Equity
Article :
February/March 2008
Why settle for purchasing a piece of the valley when you can acquire a mountaintop instead? These new high-altitude residence clubs make the climb to the summit worthwhile.
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Hall of Fame
Article :
February/March 2008
After spending three decades pursuing buyouts at the expense
of his personal life, Tom Hicks is back in the deal game: From a SPAC to real estate to a Premier League soccer team, this time
it’s a family affair.
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My Three-Hour Vacation
Article :
February/March 2008
A native son is on a mission to do his town right.
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Ground Transportation
Article :
February/March 2008
A GPS so smart, it's almost alive.
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The Bay Area
Article :
February/March 2008
Go West, old man - and be sure to take your clubs.
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Venture: Fantasy Island
Article :
January 2008
A haven for a recent migration of celebrities and billionaires (and even a few celebrity-billionaires) the Bahamas’ Harbour Island is the exclusive retreat for the reclusive man of means. Why you may want to buy into this island before there are no tracts left.
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Cayne: The Long Goodbye?
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January 2008
James Cayne, our favorite competitive bridge-playing, golfing, Nashville-going, bon vivant-ing CEO whose killer reputation took a drubbing amid the subprime crisis, appears to be stepping down. The lead-up to his departure unfolded gradually: things started to go downhill last summer when he couldn’t shake nettlesome rumors that he was out strolling the fairways and cavalierly playing cards while Rome burned – a story reinforced by a belated and hyperbolic expose in a leading newspaper in which a young, upstart reporter looking to make a name for herself painted his extracurricular activities as somehow sinister. We’re pretty sure Cayne’s not directly responsible for the steep decline in Bear’s stock price, but we think him a right honorable man for taking the bullet anyway. Here, a requiem for a great man.
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Another Big Head To Roll?
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December 2007
Whether Bear Stearns's board has been holding informal meetings in the 14th floor men’s room of 383 Madison Ave. to clandestinely discuss ousting CEO Jimmy “Candy” Cayne is not the point (but way to class it up, Bear directors. Taking a page from the Sen. Larry Craig book of keeping it real. Nice). The point is that even Mr. Spingold KO deserves better than a simple latrine powwow before being forced to go the way of the dodo.
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Fantasy Island
Article :
November/December 2007
The haven for a recent migration of celebrities and billionaires (and even a few celebrity-billionaires), the Bahamas’ Harbour Island is the exclusive retreat for the reclusive man of means.
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Into the Wild
Article :
November/December 2007
Retreats
We all know how the West was won.
But why? So a man like you could one
day own a piece of it
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Florida
Article :
November/December 2007
A pair of seasonal gems is like Disney World for deal-makers
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Ready, Aim . . . Acquire
Article :
November/December 2007
When stomping through the Scottish Highlands after game, centuries of tradition demand that you elevate the experience
beyond the everyday. Start by outfitting yourself with only the most well-designed and durable gear.
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Up-and-Comer
Article :
November/December 2007
In the cutthroat world of private equity, industry scions Snow Phipps parlay know-how and high-powered relationships into lucrative deals.
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Parting Shots From ‘Stan The Man’
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November 2007
When a monster Wall Street bank loses heaps of money, it's often hard to figure out exactly what happened. Not so with Merrill Lynch, posits Michael Lewis, who cheekily elucidates E. Stanley O’Neal’s high-level thoughts while golfing off his subprime blues. Feast your eyes on not only ESO’s golf scores, but also on the never-before-seen notes he wrote to himself as Merrill racked up billions in losses.
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Beating Up The Bear
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November 2007
Smack in the center of The Wall Street Journal’s page 1 today is a story that made us rub our eyes twice. And even retch a little. What, is this August? Why is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious newspapers writing a story now that made the rounds repeatedly over the summer? (And not late last summer, either.) WSJ lingers almost pornographically over how, while two hedge funds melted down at Bear Stearns, CEO James Cayne went golfing. Earth to WSJ – hellooooo? EVERYONE already knows about this but you.
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Retreats: Costa Buena
Article :
October 2007
A spanking-new residence resort offers the chance for a more permanent acquisition on Costa Rica’s unspoiled shoreline.
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Inside The Leather
Article :
October 2007
They bear one of the toughest jobs in footwear: look elegant enough for the Old Course at St. Andrews, yet stay strong and flexible on all manner of terrain. Regardless of where your good walks are spoiled, these six shoes combine the best in golf fashion with technology to boost your game.
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