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China's Super Rich Get Classy With Private Art Museums

AP | KELVIN CHAN | Posted 05.09.2012

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HONG KONG -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to di...

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The All-To-Frequent Flyers

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Frequent Flyers, Unlimited Frequent Flyer Miles, Private Jets, Aairpass, Up in the Air, George Clooney, American Airlines, First Class, Flying, Money News

There are frequent fliers, and then there are people like Steven Rothstein and Jacques Vroom. Both men bought tickets that gave them unlimited firs...

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Silicon Valley Now Has Its Own Airline

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Small Business, Surf Air, Betterworks, Private Jets, Mark Zuckerberg, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Venture Capital, Facebook, Airlines, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Startups, Small Business News

When David Eyerly earned a partial scholarship to attend a California flight school, he asked his older brother Wade for some advice. Pilot jobs were ...

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Fly On A Private Jet For Only $1

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Cheap Thanksgiving Travel, Embraer Phenom 100 Aircraft, Jetsuite Air, Video, Thanksgiving Travel Plans, Private Jets, Cyber Monday, $1 Flights, Alex Wilcox, Jetsuite, Los Angeles News

If your bank account and stress levels are feeling the pressure this holiday season, doesn't flying in a private jet for $1 sound just too good to be ...

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Perry's Private Jet Spending Dwarfs Rivals'

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As a latecomer to the 2012 presidential race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has a lot of ground to cover -- and he's covering it in private ...

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Inside The Makings Of The World's Coolest Private Jets

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Planes, Private Jets, Private Airplanes, Airplanes, Travel News

The world of private jets conjures up visions of rock stars and groupies flying high and cavorting riotously in their whirlpool tubs, smoking cigars a...

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PHOTOS: Fur, Private Jets, Yachts and More: Extravagant Luxury Goes Green

The Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yachts, Fur, Eco Conscious, Oxymorons, Luxury, Private Jets, Greenwashing, LEED Certified, Green, Green Living, Slidepollajax, Jewelry, Mcmansion, Green News

Obviously, we here at HuffPost Green are all about making changes for more eco-friendly lifestyles. However, there are some people out there who haven...

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Xcel Charging Customers For Private Jets

KMGH Denver | Arthur Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Colorado, Private Jets, Denver News

DENVER -- Xcel Energy had consumers pay more than $1 million last year for employees to fly in two luxury jets despite many consumers seeing substanti...

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Private Jet Manufacturer May Land In Montrose

The Watch | Beverly Corbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Development, Private Jets, Montrose-Colorado, Montrose, Gordon Composites, Carbon Airplane, Chamber of Commerce, Jesse Smith, Economic Development, Corporate Jets, Denver News

MONTROSE -- A manufacturing plant that builds corporate jets may soon locate to Montrose, if it wins out against another rival city. County Manager...

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Ask Michael Cohen: Mile High Club

Michael Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, Style, Celebrity Gossip Magazines, Private Jets, Jetblue, Sandra Bullock, Fat, Obesity, Flight Attendents, Flying, Goyard, Style News

At first, all I read was 'private, jet, single, gay' and I knew this column would pay off. That was until I read your entire question.

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Volcanic Ash Sees Surge In Demand For Private Jets

The Globe and Mail | Siri Agrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Jets, Ash, Iceland Volcano Eruption, Volcanic Ash, Iceland Volcano, Cancelled Flights, Delayed Flights, Private Jet Travel, Airlines, World News

The British bride-to-be who called PrivateFly this weekend had not slept for two days. She had flown to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on a la...

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Closing Pro-Reform Ad Has Private Insurers On Corporate Jets, High-Fiving

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two pro-health care reform groups are launching a "closing argument" television ad campaign in which private insurers are portrayed as private jet-rid...

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Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise Asked To Give Up Private Jets

LA Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Cruise, Marcy Winograd, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Private Jets, Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Los Angeles News

Congressional candidate Marcy Winograd has formally asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a handful of mega-stars to stop flying via private jet in and...

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Let's Buy Donald Trump's Jet!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Jets, Gross Excess, Capitalism, Social Responsibility, Donald Trump, Business News

If they're publicly asking for $4 million, I'll bet we could get it for $3 million. Putting the plane itself up as collateral we could probably finance, say 85% of it. That's less than half a million.

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Vonage

footnoted.org | Michelle Leder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Lefar, CEO Pay, Airplane-Ticket-Prices, Private Jets, Vonage, CEO Compensation, Business News

What a year it has been [for Vonage] under Lefar. When he joined the company, Vonage stock was trading at around $1.50 and a little over a year later ...

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Luxury Travel For Budget-Conscious Big Shots? Fame Route Has The Answer

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Heart Association, Miami Beach, Luxury Travel, Miami, Setai Hotel, Deborah Cox, Gil Peter, US Airways, Private Jets, Fame Route, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, Nicole Miller, Fashion, Richie Rich, Pamela Anderson, Luxury Hotels, Style News

What do you get when you combine luxury travel with carpooling and membership discounts? A new company called Fame Route.

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Donald Trump Selling Luxury Plane

cityfile.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rich People, Private Planes, Private Jets, Boeing 727, Donald Trump, Business News

Donald Trump has suffered some financial setbacks over the past year. But have things gotten so bad that he'll soon be forced to to fly commercial? Or...

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House Leaders Drop Plan To Purchase New Jets

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congress Orders Private Jets For Lawmakers' Travel

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Congressional Travel, Private Jets, Gulfstream, Dod, Department of Defense, Pentagon, House Appropriations Committee, C-40s, Corporate Jets, Politics News

Congress plans to spend $550 million to buy eight jets, a substantial upgrade to the fleet used by federal officials at a time when lawmakers have cri...

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CEO Private Jet Use Skyrockets

ABC News | Scott Mayerowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: IBM Samual J. Palmisano, CEO Travel, Ibm, Private Jets, Amex, CEO Private Jet Use, Kenneth I. Chenault, Gmac, Avalro G. De Molina, Business News

As hordes of Americans watched their retirement savings disappear and their home values plunge after the economic crisis started in September, many co...

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Saudi Prince's Private Jet: bin Talal's Airbus A380 Most Expensive Ever

gadling.com | By Scott Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Most Expensive Private Jet Ever, Private Jets, Saudi Prince Jet, Airbus A380, Luxury Jets, Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, Business News

Holy crap. That is about the only response I have to this Airbus A380 being developed for Saudi prince al-Waleed bin Talal. Of course, the prince has ...

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Oprah "Community Organizes" for Capitalism

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graduation, Oprah Winfrey, Al Gore, John Travolta, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Madonna, Private Jets, Graduation Speeches, Media News

Sure, you can praise Oprah for not being a hypocrite. She's rich and she's proud of it. It's kind of tacky to flaunt your riches in a recession, but whatever.

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JP Morgan Spending Millions On Jets: Keep Blowing The Whistle On Bailout Waste

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Private Jets, Bailout Waste, Tips, JPMorgan Chase, Aig, Bailout Outrage, New York/New York, Business News

JPMorgan Chase, beneficiary of $25 billion in taxpayer bailout dollars, plans to spend $138 million for swank corporate jets and a new hangar, ABC New...

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Powerball Jack and the Wall Street Bailout

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the people on Wall Street knew that no one would ever be there to bail them out, ever again, they would be less inclined to gamble with instruments they don't really understand.

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Government-Media-Corporate Mantra: Only the Little People Worry About Money

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jokes, Satirical, Del Dorado Investing, Humor, Finance, Private Jets, Political Humor, Economy, Economic Crisis, Humor Politics, Political Satire, Jack Strong, Corporate Humor, Airbus, Business News

Jack Strong: You can't fit 200 guests, strippers, a four-star kitchen, and a ten-foot-high ice sculpture on a helicopter.

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