Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 16, 2024. Angela Weiss | Reuters Jurors in the criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump are set to begin deliberating a potential verdict … Read more
Avid traveler Lora Bowler is cutting back on vacation spending. That doesn’t mean she’s skipping the resort. The New York resident said she spent more in 2023 than she had expected to, including on travel, and is now reining in her expenses. She uses travel hacks and benefits to cut some of the cost, and … Read more
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high net worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Housekeepers in Palm Beach and South Florida are cleaning up, with salaries often topping $150,000 and bidding wars between mansion owners … Read more
Alibaba is operating in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, on December 29, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba fell over 5% Thursday following a report that the Chinese tech giant is considering selling convertible bonds to raise $5 billion. Shares ended the trading day 5.24% lower, after falling more … Read more
Amanda: I got to the Portal in Manhattan’s Flatiron District a little before 11 am New York time, and found that there’s now a fence keeping people several feet away from it (but the same isn’t happening in Dublin). This is part of the new security the organizers have implemented: If someone steps on the … Read more
Driven by the work-from-home dynamic, as well as by new migration patterns, both single-family and multifamily rent prices were red-hot during the first years of the pandemic. Now different drivers are pushing some rents higher — and throwing cold water on others. Multifamily rents in April were 0.8% lower than they were in the same … Read more
Witness Robert Costello is scolded by Justice Juan Merchan, who momentarily cleared the courtroom during former U.S. President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 20, 2024 in this … Read more
New York Attorney General Letitia James is settling with crypto lender Genesis for $2 billion, in an effort to repay defrauded investors. The company, once a business at the heart of Digital Currency Group, was among the multiple casualties in the industry contagion set off by the collapse of FTX. The firm filed for Chapter … Read more
Former Trump attorney, Michael Cohen, departs his home for Manhattan Criminal Court for the trial of former US President Donald Trump for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs in New York City, on May 14, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images The end of the criminal hush money … Read more
Jason Alexander as George Costanza. Maria McCarty | NBCU Photo Bank | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Yada, yada, yada, this cryptocurrency crook isn’t laughing now. A New York man swindled more than $1.3 million from friends, neighbors and investors by among other things getting them to invest in bogus real-estate projects involving a company named … Read more
