Monet Water Lily Painting Sells for Record $80M

Claude Monet’s impressionist painting, Water Lily Pond, was sold at auction by Christie’s for a record $80 million on June 24. The large-scale impressionist painting is the most expensive work of art ever sold in Europe by Christie’s. Read more.

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Anne Hathaway’s Ex Gets Arrested–Again!

Actress Anne Hathaway wisely ditched her long-time boyfriend Raffaello Follieri just as her hit movie “Get Smart” was being released. He was arrested today on charges of operating a fraudulent real estate scheme, by claiming he represented the Vatican. It’s one of the oldest scams on the books in Italy, akin to trying to [...]

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Donald Trump Sells Fla. Estate for Record $100M

Billionaire Donald Trump has reaped a massive windfall after selling one of his oceanfront Palm Beach properties for a record $100 million–one of the highest prices ever paid for a single home in the U.S. The 6.3-acre estate was just purchased by an investment firm linked to Dmitry Rybolovlev, a 42-year-old Russian billionaire who runs [...]

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Donald Trump: ‘We’re in a Major Recession’

Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump is a sought-after public speaker who gets paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense advice on real estate deals, branding strategies and other business issues. In a new blog posting, the Donald discusses our country’s current sorry financial state and how people are dealing with the fallout: “Whether [...]

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Smackdown: Career Moms vs. Stay-at-Home Moms

These days, women define themselves as much through their personal “success” (e.g., having a good relationship or raising happy children) as their professional achievements. But rather than uniting women, these increasing roles have divided them into warring factions. A good example is the chasm between working moms and stay-at-home moms. But who’s winning the mommy [...]

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These Gals Have Wowowow Power!

In a bid to target the popular female demographic, a high-powered group of female celebs and media personalities have teamed up to launch a website aimed at women 40 and older. The site, Wowowow.com, was founded by five powerful business women (ex-Simon & Schuster prez Joni Evans, gossip maven Liz Smith, ad exec Mary Wells, [...]

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Does Money Buy Happiness?

If having money guaranteed happiness, it’s obvious we wouldn’t see the epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse among rich and famous celebrities, and the wealthy wouldn’t have the same problems the rest of us do. But there must be a connection, right? Otherwise, why would people spend so much time and effort trying to acquire [...]

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The Worst Health and Beauty Products

                          
As a society, there’s no doubt that we’re obsessed with looking good. And because nature abhors a vacuum, cosmetics companies are only too happy to rush in and fill any void by offering an astonishing array of health [...]

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Money Talk by Samantha Chang

For discussions on personal finance, money and lifestyle topics, check out our sister blog, Money Talk by Samantha Chang.

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Gallery Bankruptcy Snares Merrill, Art Collectors

Keith Girard explores why NYC-based Salander-O’Reilly Galleries was besieged by creditors and a criminal probe.

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