Sentences with word «magnate»

Friends of former Manhattan Borough President Andrew Stein — including Barbara Walters, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and wife Rikki Klieman, business magnate John Catsimatidis and wife Margo Vondersaar Catsimatidis, the...

A person briefed on the matter confirmed that the developer referred to in the complaint as «Developer - 1» is Leonard Litwin, a real estate magnate who heads Glenwood Management and is one of the state's most prolific political donors.

Also, notable donations to Gretchen are lawyers from Bracewell LLP, a major Houston law firm that does business with Houston ISD, Sara Morgan, a democratic super donor and wife of oil magnate William Morgan, and Garnet Coleman, a State Representative to whom Gretchen's husband once served as Chief of Staff.

Tabone had been an aide for the mayoral campaign of supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis and also draws a six - figure salary at Catsimatidis's company.

His mother's (Laura Dern) hairdressing business is not bringing in enough cash to keep them ahead on their mortgage, and soon the worst that can happen comes in the form of Rick Carver (Michael Shannon), an unscrupulous real estate magnate who specializes in foreclosed homes and evictions.

Built by media magnate William Randolph Hearst, Hearst Castle is an astonishing architectural and engineering achievement.

Backers of Pargav include Mick Davis, a South African - born mining magnate known for his pro-Israel views; Tamares real estate, an investment company owned by Poju Zabludowicz, the chief funder of Israeli pressure group Bicom; and Michael Lewis, a former vice-president of Bicom, who donated # 13,832 to Atlantic Bridge and # 5,000 to Fox.

Joe Lhota, the Republican mayoral nominee in 2013, saw his fundraising dip during the disclosure periods including July and August of that year, even while he was in a tough primary fight with supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis.

It's hard to say what this Super PAC's motivation is, although it does have a New York connection through one of its donors, Long Island hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer.

For decades, a central feature of more than 100 Illinois communities was the Carnegie Library, a gift of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie around the turn of the 20th century.

Real estate magnate William Raveis Jr. of Fairfield and Shelton developer Bob Scinto, who McKinney was referring to in his letter, sent a rebuttal Monday to Fairfield Republicans.

John Catsimatidis, the grocery store magnate whose daughter recently took over the local Republican organization in Manhattan, recently contributed.

The special counsel is investigating a payment made to Trump's foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign money to the president and his associates in the years leading up to the election.

Entrepreneur: Newspaper publishing magnate Charles Foster Kane (inspired by the life of Hearst Corp. founder William Randolph Hearst)

Winter Park was founded as a resort community by northern business magnates in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Georgia's newly uninhibited personality shakes up staff and guests alike, including a venerate chef as well as a retail magnate who becomes convinced she's a rival intent on sabotaging his business plans.

Vivian is a wealthy hotel magnate who has been ignoring love for most of her life, settling instead for flings.

Binary options broker 24Option has become the latest one to close its call center in Israel on back of the harsh regulatory requirements, finance media Finance Magnates reported on Thursday.

Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone got late infusions totaling $ 65,000 from two well - known donors to Republicans — former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and local hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer, who usually funds conservative candidates and causes.

Within a day or two, she received an urgent phone call from casino magnate Steve Wynn beckoning her to his office in a suite at the Mirage hotel.

The work was sold at Christie's New York in 2013 and the 3 - meter tall stainless steel sculpture was consigned by newsprint magnate Peter Brant.

This time, the magicians square off against a tech magnate with money, power and an ego.

The mayor bitterly rejected a reporter's comparison of his nonprofits» fundraising to the conservative political operation that oil magnates Charles and David Koch have set up to benefit Republican candidates and causes.

The group received most of its money during the 2012 election cycle from casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.

Railroad magnates such as George Hudson developed large rail networks through the acquisition of smaller railroad companies.

The much discussed Creating Parity report from mining magnate Andrew Twiggy Forrest has opened up a debate about the dignity of individuals to manage their own affairs.

Collectors including newsprint magnate Peter Brant, New York real - estate owner Aby Rosen and Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom are expected to attend.

A Queens construction magnate made straw donations through his employees to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and other candidates during the 2013 election in order to gain influence with them, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.

Of these 25 Cuomo donors, Leonard Litwin, a real estate magnate whose holdings contributed $ 1 million to the governor's committee this cycle, donated the most to Senate races.

Built in 1845 as a private residence for the Baroness Von Sternberg, the house was acquired by the steel magnate Henry Schnieder in 1869 and converted to a hotel in 1892 and extended to provide additional bedrooms shortly before the First World War.

American business magnate Warren Buffett notes, «The closer that America comes to fully employing the talents of all its citizens, the greater its output of goods and services will be.»

One person who saw it was the Iraqi - born advertising magnate Charles Saatchi, who visited the show, was deeply impressed, and bought Hirst's sculpture A Thousand Years, a vitrine featuring a rotting cow infested with maggots, which over time grow into flies only to be killed by a buzzing bug - zapper above.

We caught up with the British born magnate Lisa Vanderpump during her journey to NYC for her address to the United Nations «Stop Ebola and Build for the Future» concert.

What was once the Astor family's garden pavilion in the Hudson River Valley is transformed into the ideal country quarters for fashion magnate Robert Duffy and his family.

By contrast, it was amateur hour for business magnate Donald Trump and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who opined about their ratings, or made vague remarks about the perils of having a «political class,» respectively, but otherwise faded from view.

In 2006 Beverley Charman, the former wife of insurance magnate John Charman was awarded a # 48million settlement by the English courts.

The final trailer for Denis Villeneuve's neo-noir sequel Blade Runner 2049 is now online, giving us a bit of insight into the conflict between LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling) and the sinister replicant - making magnate Niander Wallace (Jared Leto).

John Catsimatidis already ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2013, and a source close to the grocery store magnate said that, while Catsimatidis has not made any decisions yet, he might have another race in him.

A failed effort to revive the big - budget movie musical, Newsies attempted to create toe - tapping, song - and - dance excitement out of the true story of an 1899 strike by newspaper boys against publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer.

Something about Jason, alas, tells us that he is no Donald Trump, the real - life property magnate whose fortune was based at the time on these very changes.

The company shared with Forex Magnates» reporters at the time that it will soon be launching shared websites with the teams to promote binary options trading.

A review by energy magnate Sir Ian Wood on behalf of the UK government suggests there's still around 24 billion barrels North Sea oil waiting to be tapped.

She is announcing four new trustees to Dia's board: the Greek shipping magnate George Economou; Ra Hee Hong Lee, director general of South Korea's Leeum Samsung Museum of Art; Irene Panagopoulos, a Greek businesswoman and collector; and George Condo, who becomes an artist trustee replacing Brice Marden (who becomes trustee emeritus).

CNN: Pizza magnate wins temporary ruling on contraception coverage dispute The billionaire founder of Domino's Pizza has won a temporary court victory, with a federal judge blocking enforcement of part of the health care reform bill requiring most employers to provide a range of contraception and reproductive health services.

Catsimatidis, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican mayoral nomination in 2013, is expected to announce a decision Sunday night or Monday morning, according to a person who attended a two - hour meeting with the real estate and supermarket magnate at his West Side office.