Liquidity: Crush Spread
Article :
July 2008
Brunello di Montalcino is the highest-priced, most famous vino rosso in Tuscany – and these are the finest of its highly liquid 2003 vintage.
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A Taste Of Napa
Article :
July 2008
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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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Taming ‘King Of Beers’ For, Oh, Just $52 Billion
Article :
July 2008
It took a pretty penny, but only three months after Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV pounded his chest and vowed a sale wouldn’t happen "on my watch,” Belgium’s InBev has succeeded in luring its prey to the marital bed. A look at how this about-face took place (hint: a $5-a-share boost in the offering price probably didn’t hurt any) and what it means for a further consolidation of the rest of this old-guard industry.
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Closing Dinner: Prime Choice
Article :
June 2008
Why, at Del Frisco's in Rockefeller Center, the secret ingredient isn't the aged beef – it's the vault dining room.
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Buy, Hold, Sell: Audrey Up, Rocket Down
Article :
June 2008
Whether you’re into wine, art or other random collectibles, here’s your quick-hit list of tips from those in the know.
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Dilution Protection
Article :
June/July 2008
Temenos aspires to keep its little corner of Anguilla immaculate.
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Just Right
Article :
June/July 2008
Not too big, not too small, the Embraer Legacy 600 should fit your business -- and your travel.
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Top 10 Deal Spots
Article :
June/July 2008
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And Their Names Are…
Article :
June 2008
Secrecy has been a Swiss banking tradition since the Middle Ages. Which is why the privileged (and heretofore private) clients of UBS are a little uneasy as feds investigate their offshore bank accounts.
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Whale of A Time
Article :
June/July 2008
On the eve of the A380’s debut in the U.S., Singapore has set the bar high.
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First Among Equals
Article :
June/July 2008
In time for the Olympics, Beijing rolls out its luxury welcome mat.
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Chicago
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Travel
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06/02/2008
There are many wonderful places to stay when you're in the City By The Lake, but by next year, Chicago will have two more that tower over the rest (one of them quite literally).
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Chicago: R&R Escapes
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Travel
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06/02/2008
Chicago is one of those cities that's steeped in history. It's old school. But despite the odds against it (most notably, it's in a flyover state), Chicago still remains on the leading edge of style, and culture. So when you're in Chi-town, you be sure to take one evening for the classic, and one for the new.
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Prime Choice
Article :
June/July 2008
At Del Frisco's in Rockefeller Center, the secret ingredient isn't the aged beef -- it's the vault dining room.
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Audrey Up, the Rocket Down
Article :
June/July 2008
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Chicago: R&R Escapes
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Destination of the Week: Chicago
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Disease Prevention
Posting :
Ann Lee
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05/19/2008
The theme of the week is getting rid of preventable disease. What could be more worthy and obvious than that?
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Head Butler: Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants
Posting :
Jesse Kornbluth
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05/09/2008
Dollar skidding, plane fare soaring --- it's not likely I'll be having dinner in Paris any time soon.
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Destination of the Week: San Francisco
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San Francisco
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Travel
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05/05/2008
If you're heading to San Francisco for business, check out -- or better yet, in to -- the St. Regis, a Starwood property in the city's SoMa district.
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Zoe Cruz: You Didn’t Really Think That Was It, Did You?
Article :
April 2008
“I’ve lost confidence in you,” Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack told Cruz last November, according to the latest New York magazine. “I want you to resign.” The company’s board of directors had already authorized his decision. A friend of Mack’s characterized his thinking: “It’s you or me. And guess what? I choose you.” You’ve heard the spin-cycle version of this story. Now hear what people are really saying about the stunning fall from grace of one of Wall Street’s highest-paid women.
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Deal-A-Meal: Star Treatment
Article :
April 2008
In Los Angeles, they say you’re only as good as your last picture (Coppola didn’t work for two years after Godfather 3) and the same goes for the city’s restaurants. Fortunately, the valleys surrounding L.A. yield one of the longest and most bountiful harvests in the world – and the wine is pretty good, too.
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Bankers Vie For The Vines
Article :
April 2008
Jason Boyer, managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald (Hong Kong) Capital Markets Ltd., pulled a matte-black American Express Co. card from his wallet and clinked it against a wine glass. ``Look at this thing, feel the weight of it: pure titanium. Indestructible,'' said the 39-year-old, the biggest buyer at Hong Kong's first wine auction in a decade. ``If I die in a plane crash, this thing would survive me.'' A story out from Bloomberg today on how Hong Kong’s abolishment of wine duties brought one former explosives bunker packed with top-notch wine roaring back to life.
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Grand Dame: Closing Dinner
Article :
April 2008
A relic of Old New York, how La Grenouille recaptures the glamour and indulgence of French classics.
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Head Butler - Books: Epictetus
Posting :
Jesse Kornbluth
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04/18/2008
I took a nap after lunch. My sleep was deep, my awakening sudden --- I looked around as if I were seeing the bedroom for the first time on a fresh day, as if it were morning. The bed was made. Where was my wife?
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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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Apollo’s Star Turn?
Article :
April 2008
In “Democracy In America,” Tocqueville wrote in glowing terms about “decay giving assistance to life” and, specifically, about how life ultimately finds nourishment beneath “the lifeless bark.” Perhaps lifeless bark such as the detritus we once knew to be that bombed-out shell of a brokerage house, Drexel Burham Lambert? Nourishment such as what can only be well provided by three well-financed and driven men working for 18 years on a goliath? And life such as that amply offered by an IPO, giver of life to corporate coffers and countless wallets? We suspect so.
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First Class
Article :
April/May 2008
With oil prices rising daily, it makes sense
that a Persian Gulf airline would be offering the swankiest in-flight service around, but it’s how Qatar Airways rose to the top of the first class that’s so striking.
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Deal-a-Meal
Article :
April/May 2008
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Grande Dame
Article :
April/May 2008
A relic of Old New York, La Grenouille recaptures the glamour and indulgence of French classics.
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Head Butler - Books - Park Avenue Potluck: Recipes from New York's Savviest Hostesses
Posting :
Jesse Kornbluth
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02/29/2008
In the silver serving bowl on the cover of “Park Avenue Potluck”, there's a....could that really be a casserole?
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Top Of The World: Penthouse
Article :
February 2008
The buyout craze may have fizzled last summer, but that didn’t stop Blackstone star Chinh Chu from making three high-priced acquisitions.
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The Trip of a Lifetime for Investors
Posting :
Mark Whistler
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02/20/2008
Investors seeking to explore the investment possibilities in China might love this journey in April!
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Liquidation
Article :
February/March 2008
Valentine’s Day is hardly the occasion for bootstrapping your date. Fortify your prospects with these fortified wines.
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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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Closing Dinner
Article :
February/March 2008
At the subterranean private dining room at Grayz, the ambience (and, of course, the food) are as rich as the Rockefellers who once resided there.
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Knock Your Date’s Socks Off
Article :
February 2008
Nothing says “be my valentine” like a $500-a-sip Burgundy. But is it worth all the lumber?
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Penthouse
Article :
February/March 2008
The buyout craze may have fizzled last summer, but that didn’t stop Blackstone star Chinh Chu from making three high-priced acquisitions.
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And When We Say ‘Good News,’ We Don’t Mean The Bible
Article :
February 2008
We mean the bank that did the impossible: post fourth-quarter earnings. Hallelujah and glory be. That said, it couldn’t have done it without the help of two key contributors.
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French Trader Was Forced to Work 30 Hours a Week
Article :
January 2008
This funny take on the rogue trader story has been making the email & IM rounds on the Street. It’s by “Anonymous”...but we'd love to know who wrote it.
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Retreats: Into The Wild
Article :
January 2008
We all know how the West was won. But why? So you could one day own a piece of it.
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Bhutto – And Debt
Article :
December 2007
Just to show how truly intertwined bonds are with the goings-on of everyday life – not to mention the major tragedies and political events of our time – look no further than the unforgivable assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, which sent shock waves throughout the debt market.
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Two Meatballs in the Italian Kitchen
Posting :
Jesse Kornbluth
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12/14/2007
My wife worked for Pino Luongo for years and years.
Mark Strausman cooked our wedding dinner.
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Closing Dinner: Old New York
Article :
December 2007
Maybe you’ve been to a dinner or a party at 21 abovestairs – but it’s the wine cellar below that boasts a history as rich and full-bodied as its burgundy.
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I-Banks, Watch Your I-Backs
Article :
December 2007
Economist, actor and gameshow namesake Ben Stein has his eye on you. And he says that while over the years his fans have rabidly warned him of the dangers of a secret government running the world, the Trilateral Commission, the Ford Foundation, Big Oil and – of course – the machinations of world Jewry, it is not these that wake him with cold sweats in the night. No, rather it is the wrath of one rather formidable investment bank.
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2007 Holiday Gift Guide
Posting :
Jesse Kornbluth
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11/30/2007
There are holidays to visit the Bentley dealer, but this doesn't feel like one of them. For all but the top half-percent, the dominant vibe this season is caution and frugality. The hot gift, I read, is large, flat-screen TVs. Runner-ups: iPods, cell phones and jewelry. And then, I guess, the gift cliche: sweaters.
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Hang On to the Boss, but Ditch the Muscle Car
Article :
November/December 2007
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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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