New York Times:
More than 35 years after the death of the martial-arts legend Bruce Lee, below, fans will once again be able to get their kicks from him following the approval of a plan to turn his Hong Kong home, above, into a tourist attraction, Reuters reported. In July Yu Panglin, a real estate tycoon and philanthropist, reversed his d (Read More)
New York Times:
With the economic crisis raging worldwide, from mortgage foreclosures to international bank collapses, the wealthy have not been immune to loss and instability. On Tuesday, a German industrialist who was the 94th richest person in the world in 2008 took his own life, according to his family. . (Read More)
New York Times:
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland’s annual celebration of comedy, drama and performing arts, may be forced to shut down its popular Fringe Sunday event because of a money shortage, the BBC reported. As it prepares for the 2009 festival in August, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is facing significant shortfalls a (Read More)
New York Times:
It's time for the politicians in Washington to see if they can find the answers to how the disgraced money manager Bernard L. Madoff was able to hide his purported $50 billion Ponzi scheme from the nation's financial regulators for three decades. Members of the House Financial Services Committee plan to question key offici (Read More)
New York Times:
The woman was stabbed and slashed as she confronted an intruder, who had broken into her home and who stole money, jewelry and her car. . (Read More)
New York Times:
The sunlit studio on the fourth floor of the West Village town house was not his first apartment, but leaving proved unexpectedly wrenching. (Read More)
CNN:
The hotel that will be home to President-elect Barack Obama and his family for the next couple of weeks offers one of Washington's best views of their future home, the White House, and a past linked with political movers and shakers.
. (Read More)