Legality of Hunt Oil deal “uncertain”

CDR Financial Products LLC of Beverly Hills, CA, and its founder, David Rubin, have been scrutinized by multiple federal agencies in recent years, from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Internal Revenue Service.

Call it the Midas touch: Casino magnate Richard Fields just flipped his three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath condo at 15 Central Park West for $27 million - twice what he paid for it a mere six months ago.

After months of speculation about his gaunt appearance, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs attempted to quash rumors that he is gravely ill by disclosing in an open letter today that he is being treated for a nutritional ailment.

Harry Markopolos is being called the Deep Throat of the Bernard Madoff scam. He describes himself as “the boy who cried wolf.”

Alas, money manager R. Jeremy Grantham, one of a small group of market watchers who saw the current economic crisis coming, was right.

It used to be said that behind every successful man is a woman. In the case of President-elect Barack Obama, add his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, to the mix.

Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm made his fortune buying and selling hotels, resorts and malls. But in recent years, he has been expanding his interests in politics and gaming.

Billionaire Eli Broad has agreed to bail out the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles with a gift of up to $30 million.

Henry Kaufman, the Wall Street economist and investor legendary for his accurate predictions, wasn’t clairvoyant when it came to Bernard L. Madoff.

Caroline Kennedy has a lot of things going for her in her attempt to get appointed to the U.S. Senate.