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The Saban Free Clinic Benefit a Huge Success

Jay Weston | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Jar, Laetitia, The Saban Free Clinic, Sunset Gower, Fiji, Pom, Haim Saban, LA Restaurants, La Impact, Food and Wine Benefit, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

The annual benefit, called Extravaganza for the Senses, features 40 restaurants and 60 wine-and-spirit companies. I will touch upon some of the highlights.

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Jason Linkins

Reports That Obama Had Alienated Jewish Donors With 'Arab Spring' Speech Seem To Have Been Exaggerated

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, 2012 Speculation, Ed Koch, 2012 Election, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Haim Saban, Elections 2012, Obama Jewish Donors, Obama Arab Spring Speech, Barack Obama, 2012, Politics News

The conventional wisdom in DC was that President Barack Obama was putting the support of Jewish donors at risk with his "Arab Spring" speech, if only ...

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Los Angeles Power Couples: The Essential List (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Skip Bronson, Lori Milken, Cheryl Saban, Michael Milken, Antonio Villaraigosa, Les Moonves, NY Power Couples, Edye Broad, Willow Bay, LA POWER COUPLES, Michael Govan, Bob Iger, Jake Bloom, Lyn Lear, Steven Spielberg, Haim Saban, Kate Capshaw, Lu Parker, Katherine Ross, Ruth Bloom, Edie Baskin, Norman Lear, Eli Broad, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles loves its stars -- and if they come in pairs, all the better. But this list doesn't focus on couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; in...

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Son Of Berkshire Billionaire Battles George Soros On California Ballot

Bloomberg News | Chistopher Palmeri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charles Munger Jr., George Soros, California, Gerrymandering, Proposition 20, Haim Saban, Peter Angelos, Democrats, Republicans, Business News

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Munger Jr., son of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Charles Munger, is battling billionaire George Soros, unions and Democrati...

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2 Plead Guilty In Seattle To Massive Tax Scheme

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Wood Johnson, Charles H. Wilk, Quellos Group Llc, WA Tax Fraud, Seattle Tax Fraud, Charles-Wilk, Haim Saban, Seattle Tax Scheme, Tax Shelter, Tax Fraud, Jeffrey Greenstein, Business News

SEATTLE — Two Seattle-area men pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an illegal tax shelter that enabled wealthy clients &ndash...

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'Power Rangers' Coming To Nickelodeon, Haim Saban Buys Franchise From Disney

The Wrap | Daniel Frankel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nickelodeon, Power Rangers, Power Rangers Nickelodeon, Haim Saban, Media News

Saban has selected Nickelodeon as his television partner, with the "Power Rangers" moving onto the kids channel for its 18th season starting....

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The Sound of Service: It's Time to Bring MusicianCorps to LA

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fernando-Espuelas, Glee, Bill Clinton, Toyota, Ucla, Service Nation, William Morris Agency, Johnny Cash, National Service, Tina Turner, Kayne West, Live Nation, Music, Los Angeles, Vh1, Eric Garcetti, Usher, Caa, Musiciancorps, Lee Dewyze, Haim Saban, David Geffen, Pandora, American Idol, Americorps, Norman Lear, Eli Broad, Los Angeles News
Jonathan Greenblatt

I attended a briefing this past week that still has me glowing with inspiration. It was a reminder of the miraculous potential of service and the raw power of music.

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Brookings Loses Bid on Orszag but Takes Kagan From Carnegie

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Think Tank All Stars, Council on Foreign Relations, Connie Bruck, Peter Orszag, Robert Kagan, New Yorker, Paul Wolfowitz, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Elliott Abrams, Francis Fukuyama, Haim Saban, Martin Indyk, Brookings, David Frum, Ken Pollack, LeBron James, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Word has just reached us that Robert Kagan -- one of the top tier serious intellectuals among neoconservatives, and currently Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- is moving his franchise over to Brookings.

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'Raging Battle' At New Yorker Over Haim Saban Profile

The Wrap | Sharon Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Connie Bruck, New Yorker, Haim Saban, Media News

A raging battle continued down to the last moment before deadline on Friday at the New Yorker over the contents of a magnum opus by veteran writer Con...

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Haim Saban Backs Lions Gate In Asian Venture

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tiger Gate, Lions Gate, Haim Saban, Los Angeles News

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. said Monday it is forming a joint venture with a private investment group to expand its pa...

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PHOTOS: The 10 Wealthiest Angelenos

LABJ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rich People, Wealthy, Ron Burkle, Wealthiest People in Los Angeles, Steven Spielberg, Haim Saban, Sumner Redstone, Wealthiest-Americans, Richest Angelinos, Richest People in Los Angeles, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles News

Via the Los Angeles Business Journal, many of LA's wealthiest residents who suffered enormous blows to their bank accounts due to recent economic tumu...

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LA's WINNERS & LOSERS Of The Week

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Betty White, Poll, Jane Buckingham, Haim Saban, Los Angeles News

A round-up of the big winners and losers from around the City and State. Be sure to vote for this weeks big winner, and then check out this week's LA ...

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A Channel to Cheer For...

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Miss-Texas, Miss America, Cheerleading, Hispanic Women, Nfl, Haim Saban, Nascar, Abc, Fox, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, Cyo, Sports News
Joe Favorito

The Cheer Channel, which launched online May 14, may quickly find a digital home in select cable systems around the country and on satellite.

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Haim Saban Gives Big To Meg Whitman's Campaign

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meg Whitman, Haim Saban, Campaign Fundraising, California Governor's Race, Los Angeles News

Haim Saban, the force behind the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and a major Democratic campaign donor, has donated the maximum allowable under state law...

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LA Billionaires Still Throw Millions At Bill Clinton

LA Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Bill Clinton Foundation, Steve Bing, Eli Broad, Haim Saban, Los Angeles News

Former president Bill Clinton hasn't lost the golden touch when it comes to raising big money in Los Angeles. In 2009, The William J. Clinton Found...

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Haim Saban Sued By Former Lawyer Over Illegal Tax Shelter

New York Times | Michael Cieply | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haim Saban Lawsuit, Haim Saban, Media News

In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, a former lawyer for the media entrepreneur Haim Saban accused Mr. Saban of trying to misappropriate $36 ...

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Sun Valley Media Conference Photos: Mogulmania Day 1! (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Armstrong, Tom Friedman, Slideshow, David Zaslav, Les Moonves, Robert Iger, Herb Allen, Haim Saban, Ron Meyer, Sir Martin Sorrell, David DeVoe, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Eisner, Barry Diller, John Scully, Robert Wiesenthal, Michael Lynton, Sun Valley, Sun Valley 2009, Media News

The annual Allen & Company summer media conference kicked off in Sun Valley, Idaho Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning the attendees were decked ou...

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Tax Haven Scam: Quellos Group Charged With $1.3B Fraud

Los Angeles Times | Kim Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Haven, Chief Executive Jeffrey Greenstein, Charles Wilk, Quellos Group, Haim Saban, Business News

Reporting from Seattle -- Two principals of defunct Seattle investment management firm Quellos Group and a Los Angeles lawyer were indicted in a tax s...

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L.A.'s Billionaires Lost Big Last Year (SLIDESHOW)

Los Angeles Business Journal Online | LABJ STAFF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kirk Kerkorian, Haim Saban, Richest in LA, Stephen Bing, David Geffen, Richest in California, Los Angeles, CHarles Munger, California, Los Angeles BUsiness Journal, Business News

Los Angeles may have famously gorgeous weather, but the economic climate is far from bright. The Los Angeles Business Journal reports that the 50 rich...

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Ryan Grim

Pelosi Denies Being Threatened By Funder Over Harman

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nsa, Haim Saban, Jane Harman, Nancy Pelosi, National Security Agency, Politics News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) denied Tuesday that a Democratic donor, Haim Saban, threatened to withhold campaign contributions if Pelosi woul...

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Nico Pitney and Sam Stein

Superdelegates Turned Down $1 Million Offer From Clinton Donor

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney and Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haim Saban, Saban Young Democrats, Saban Democrats, Young Democrats of America, Clinton Haim Saban, Clinton Donor, Clinton Fundraiser Young Democrats, Crystal Strait, John Aravosis, David Hardt, Politics News

One of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top financial supporters offered $1 million to the Young Democrats of America during a phone conversation in which he al...

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