Donald Trump

Trump Spire Installation Delayed By Wind

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago


Donald Trump is having no luck with the winds of the Windy City. With gusts of up to 40 m.p.h. on Sunday morning, the helicopter installation of the ...

Trump Tower Spire To Be Installed Saturday

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago


The helicopter installation of the spire atop Donald Trump's Chicago tower was moving ahead Friday, with the installation scheduled to start Saturday ...

Did God Do It? Blaming The Crisis On The Divine

Danny Schechter | Posted 01.07.2009 | Business


Danny Schechter

Donal Trump Blames Crisis on Divine Intervention: As the Job Losses Mount, the Government's Bailout Flouders/Fails It has taken a while for the stars...

Son of a Gambler's Guide to Holiday Books

Don McNay | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business


Don McNay

It's a lesson to me, the ablers and the beggars and the thieves -The Grateful Dead If you read my book, Son of a Son of a Gambler, you'll know that...

Petra Nemcova Proves Now is the Time to Give More Than Ever

Ariston Anderson | Posted 12.20.2008 | Entertainment


Ariston Anderson

"It's hugely important that we don't fall into the trap of saying, 'Oh, it's going to be harder to raise money.'"

Trump Spire Installation Delayed, Again

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago


This is beginning to sound like a broken record: The installation of the spire atop Donald Trump's 92-story Chicago hotel and condo tower has been put...

Jennifer Hudson 'Very Safe' At Hotel: Trump

Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago


Jennifer Hudson and some of her family members have been staying as Donald Trump's guests at his new Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago sin...

Trump Sues Deutsche Bank Over Tower

Reuters | Grant McCool and Matthew Lewis | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago


Luxury hotel and resort developer Donald Trump sued Deutsche Bank and several other banks on Monday, demanding $3 billion in damages, claiming they br...

Lucky Diamond Guest Spot on Celebrity Apprentice

Wendy Diamond | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living


Wendy Diamond

This week was our always-entertaining Annual Halloween Pet Costume Party benefiting the Humane Society and par usual the party featured some downright adorable canine costumes.

Trump Promises 'The Best Lit Spire In Chicago'

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago


A reader of this blog, Steve Perlman, posed an excellent question Monday: Will the spire atop Donald Trump's Chicago mega-skyscraper be lit and, if so...

Writer Of Donald Trump Book Won't Have To Reveal Sources

AP | Posted 11.26.2008 | Media


CAMDEN, N.J. — An author doesn't have to reveal his sources for a book in which he claimed Donald Trump's wealth was in the millions, not billio...

My Friends, Obama's "Class Warfare" Raises Taxes On Hardworking Americans... Like A-Rod And Madonna

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics


Tony Sachs

Alex wants to buy a small country and turn the population into his personal servants. But he looked at your tax plan and he saw that he was going to pay much higher taxes.

Trump Tower To Be Topped Off

AP | Posted 10.25.2008 | Chicago


The real estate developer, along with daughter Ivanka and sons Donald Junior and Eric, plans an afternoon news conference to top off the Trump Interna...

Trump Tower Feeling Heat

Chicago Business | Eddie Baeb | Posted 10.22.2008 | Chicago


Donald Trump is trying to unload the lower floors of the 92-story Trump International Hotel & Tower. The New York developer has hired a broker to mar...

New York Times Publisher Must Testify In Trump Lawsuit, Court Rules

Philadelphia Inquirer | Troy Graham | Posted 09.30.2008 | Media


Donald Trump has won a victory in his legal battle against an author and New York Times reporter who had the temerity to label the mogul a mere millio...

How Donald Trump, the Sultan, Orlando Bloom and I Took a Quickie Trip to Dubai Without Leaving the Tarmac

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 09.26.2008 | Entertainment


Stacie Krajchir

What I love about Trump is not his lack of humility, but rather his vision and desire to be extraordinary. As outlandish and self-important as he may seem, he is a visionary.

Donald Trump Bailing Out Ed McMahon: It Only Encourages More Millionaires to be Wastrels

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.15.2008 | Business


Michael Russnow

If Donald Trump is so concerned about the woes of his fellow man or woman, why stick only to those whose names he recognizes?

Donald Trump To Buy Ed McMahon's House

AP | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Donald Trump will soon be Ed McMahon's landlord. Trump announced Thursday he would save the television personality's Bev...

Joan Rivers To Compete On "Celebrity Apprentice"

Huffington Post | Posted 07.19.2008 | Media


Joan Rivers will be a contestant on the next season of Celebrity Apprentice, she told Ron Pascoe and Paul Telner for the Canadian Jewish News this wee...

Trump Refers To Self As "Environmentalist," Draws Laughter

The Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 06.24.2008 | Green


You know the green movement has reached its peak when Donald Trump proclaims himself an environmentalist. Mr. Trump is trying to build a golf course ...

Donald Trump: I Care About The Environment

Independent UK | Andy McSmith | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business


Donald Trump wants to create the world's finest golf course on an unspoilt stretch of northern Scotland. Merely creating a "world class" course would ...

Former British Tabloid Editor Wins "Celebrity Apprentice"

AP | Posted 04.05.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — Piers Morgan is hired. The former British tabloid editor was crowned the winner on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice," triumphing over ...

George Clooney Responds To The Fabio, Trump And Gay Rumors

Esquire via People | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


George Clooney sat for an interview with the April issue of Esquire magazine, and People got a sneak peak. The actor/director/activist gamely answered...

Trump Entertainment Resorts See Losses Grow

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Trump Entertainment Resorts, the casino company founded by Donald J. Trump, posted on Wednesday its biggest loss since emerging from bankruptcy in 200...

Trump Sued For More Than He's Worth

TMZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Nights at Vegas., Inc. is suing Trump, alleging he jock-blocked them in connection with the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas. Nights at ...