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Stories in Dynasties

Murdoch’s daughter throws Obama bash

By Carol Eisenberg

April 2, 2008 at 3:40pm

Rupert Murdoch’s distaste for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has often spilled out onto the pages of the New York Post, and into broadcasts on Fox News, both of which he owns.

Hunt trust fund battle gets personal

By Gary Jacobson

February 11, 2008 at 9:05am

The billion-dollar family feud over two trust funds established by legendary Dallas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt is getting very personal.

Albert G. Hill III, the first great-grandchild of H.L., accused his family of being “dysfunctional” in a long story about the dispute published Sunday in The Dallas Morning News.

Jackie the Nose & other mob monikers

By Laurie Bennett

February 8, 2008 at 7:33am

Nobody does nicknames better than the mob.

And nobody, except maybe the tabloids, loves mob nicknames more than the feds.

Buffett buys one of the Pritzkers’ prizes

By Gary Jacobson

December 26, 2007 at 1:05pm

Warren Buffett has followed the dealings of the Pritzker family for half a century, but he had never had a direct business connection to them. . .until now.

Connie Mack IV and Mary Bono wed

By Laurie Bennett

December 19, 2007 at 7:24am

The Connie Mack dynasty extended its reach over the weekend.

After a two-year courtship, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Florida married U.S. Rep. Mary Bono of California.

Brooke Astor’s son indicted

By Laurie Bennett

November 27, 2007 at 2:25pm

Brooke Astor’s son, Anthony D. Marshall, was indicted today on charges of pilfering money from his mother’s estate, valued at nearly $200 million.

H.L. Hunt heirs battle over trust funds

By Gary Jacobson

November 12, 2007 at 1:25pm

It’s a billion-dollar family feud straight out of central casting.

The first great-grandchild of legendary Dallas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt is suing his father and other family members for alleged mismanagement of two trust funds with up to $4 billion in assets.

America’s ruling families

By Laurie Bennett

October 29, 2007 at 8:51am

We’ve come to expect political dynasties. They’re a fact of life in the U.S., perhaps even more than royal succession is in the modern UK.

The Kennedy dynasty

By Laurie Bennett

May 10, 2007 at 9:29pm

The Kennedys. The Bushes. The Fords. The Rockefellers. If you define dynasty as families holding power for at least three generations, with living people of influence, these names rule.

The Rockefeller dynasty

By Laurie Bennett

May 9, 2007 at 8:56pm

The family name has stood money and power since John D. Rockefeller built one of America’s great fortunes with Standard Oil Co. Subsequent generations have continued to hold sway in politics, finance and philanthropy.


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