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Earth Day Resolution: No Biofuel from Food Crops

Chris McGowan | Posted April 22, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Amazon Rain Forest, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Biofuels, Cerrado, Earth Day, Earth Day 2008, Ethanol, Food Prices, Food Riots, George Soros, Global Warming, Ron Burkle, Steve Case, Steven Bing

This year, we have seen soaring food prices and world food riots. Global warming and increased demand are boosting the cost of our daily bread, as is biofuel production. Once again, President Bush has come down on the wrong side of an environmental issue: his misguided subsidizing of American ethanol...

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110 Forbes Billionaires Still On The Market

Forbes Via ABC News | Andrew Farrell | April 14, 2008 08:19 AM

There are 110 single men on Forbes' 2008 list of the world's richest people. The youngest? Mark Zuckerberg, 23. He founded social networking site Facebook while he was a student at Harvard. With nearly 70 million active users, the site...

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Clinton Firm's Deal Left Pennsylvania Churches In Shambles

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | April 10, 2008 01:00 PM

There is an old axiom of government: all politics is local. And while the saying is cliché, it can certainly prove true. How else does one explain the connection between former President Clinton, a hot shot Italian real estate speculator,...

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Pellicano Trial: Ovitz in the Spotlight and in the Clear and Anita Busch in Tears

Allison Hope Weiner | Posted April 9, 2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Anita Busch, Anthony Pellicano, Anthony Pellicano Trial, Bernard Weinraub, Bo Zenga, Brad Grey, David Geffen, Michael Ovitz, Pellicano Trial, Ron Burkle, Ron Meyer

Watching Michael Ovitz take the stand today, one couldn't help but wonder if there wasn't a small part (or a big part) of the former super agent that was enjoying being back in the spotlight. He calmly sipped his water between questions and during one sidebar took the occasion to...

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Just Because They Can

Bob Ostertag | Posted April 5, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Breaking Politics News, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2008, Mark Penn, Ron Burkle, Ron Burkle Bill Clinton, Ron Burkle Yucaipa, Yucaipa, Yucaipa Companies

I did something for the worst possible reason. Just because I could. And I think that's the most morally indefensible reason that anybody could have for doing anything. - Bill Clinton speaking in 2004 on his affair with Monika Lewinsky

Here we are again. The media is full of...

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What Did Bill Clinton Do To Get $15M From Ron Burkle?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | April 4, 2008 09:28 PM

The campaign press statement accompanying the release on Friday of Hillary Clinton's 2000 - 2007 tax returns includes some useful summary data for the media: Bill and Hillary Clinton's total income over the past 8 years, $109 million; her Senate...

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The Clintons: A Case Study In Money And Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | February 9, 2008 10:31 PM

Read More: Bill Clinton Yucaipa, Burkle Clinton, Hillary Clinton Yucaipa, Ron Burkle, Ron Burkle Bill Clinton, Ron Burkle Hillary Clinton, Ron Burkle Yucaipa, Yucaipa

Hillary Clinton's ability to loan her presidential campaign $5 million demonstrates how extraordinarily lucrative the post-White House years have been for the former First Lady and her husband. While Clinton campaign aides are quick to point out that Mrs. Clinton...

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Bill Clinton Severs Ties With Burkle, May Reap $20 Million

Wall Street Journal | John Emshwiller | January 22, 2008 09:29 AM

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clinton Burkle, Dubai, Hillary Clinton Yucaipa, Ron Burkle, Ron Burkle Bill Clinton, Ron Burkle Yucaipa, Yucaipa Bill Clinton, Yucaipa Companies

Former President Clinton stands to reap around $20 million -- and will sever a politically sensitive partnership tie to Dubai -- by ending his high-profile business relationship with the investment firm of billionaire friend Ron Burkle. Mr. Clinton is negotiating...

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When Magic Backed Hillary, Did Money Buy Love?

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | January 1, 2008 03:45 PM

Read More: Bill Clinton, Burkle Magic Johnson, Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, Hillary Clinton, Magic Johnson, Magic Johnson Clintons, Ron Burkle

In late-March 2007, Earvin "Magic" Johnson made his first ever contribution to a presidential campaign -- $2,300 to Barack Obama. No formal endorsement accompanied the cash, but most political operatives thought that the famous Lakers point guard would be firmly...

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Burkle Mag Dredges Up Clinton 'All-Stars'

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | December 18, 2007 09:51 PM

Contrary to the insistence of their respective publicists, it looks like the gloves are off between former President Bill Clinton and his longtime political supporter and good friend, supermarket magnate Ron Burkle. Less than a week after The Huffington Post...

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Harvey Weinstein Wedding Details

Fox News | Roger Friedman | December 17, 2007 08:02 AM

The celebs who couldn't attend sent videos that were put together by the Weinstein staff, they say. Among the well wishers were Hillary and Bill Clinton, Mayor Mike Bloomberg. George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Heidi Klum, and "English Patient" director Anthony...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted December 15, 2007 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Al Gore Nobel, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Bill Clinton, Bush Sobriety, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Iowa, Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ron Burkle

This was a week for might-have-beens and paths-not-taken. Al Gore accepted the Nobel Prize, reminding us that America's loss was Mother Earth's gain. President Bush stood in the White House and told ABC: "I doubt I'd be standing here if I hadn't quit drinking whiskey." Sobriety's gain was...

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Ex-Partners Clinton, Burkle Begin Parting Of The Ways

Wall Street Journal | JOHN R. EMSHWILLER | December 14, 2007 08:09 AM

Read More: Clinton Burkle, Raffaello Follieri, Ron Burkle, Ronald Burkle, Xinhua Finance Media, Yucaipa

When billionaire Ronald Burkle's Yucaipa investment operation agreed to put more than $25 million into a Chinese media company this fall, the investor group didn't include one of Yucaipa's high-profile partners: former President Bill Clinton. The absence of Mr. Clinton...

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Protecting Hillary: Bill Clinton Severs Business Ties With Billionaire Buddy Burkle

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall and Sam Stein | December 12, 2007 04:06 PM

Bill Clinton has severed business ties with Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle, fearful that their deals could erupt into bad publicity damaging his wife's presidential bid, according to sources who know both men. The break-up is a major development in...

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Start-Up Blows Through $300 Million In VC Cash

Los Angeles Times | Joseph Menn | December 6, 2007 10:42 AM

Read More: Hedge Funds, Pay By Touch, Ron Burkle, Venture Capitalists

The start-up Pay by Touch seemed close to a sure thing, with its futuristic approach to speeding shoppers through checkout lines while protecting their identities. The company raked in more than $300 million from hedge funds, venture capitalists and wealthy...

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Leonardo DiCaprio Readies One-Bedroom Penthouse

NY Post | Braden Keil | November 15, 2007 11:10 AM

Read More: Gisel, Hudson Blue, Leonardo Dicaprio, Ron Burkle

Leonardo DiCaprio has a case of shrinkage - real-estate shrinkage, at any rate. Since it was first reported in 2005 that the actor was buying in the now nearly completed Hudson Blue condo building in the West Village, the price...

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Ron Burkle Set To Gain Control Over Nation's Major Tabloids

Slate | Mickey Kaus | November 11, 2007 10:48 AM

Read More: Clintons, Ron Burkle

What if the Clintons (through Bill's buddy Ron Burkle) were about to gain effective control over the nation's major tabloids? Seems like a big story. Well, it's happening--or sure looks like it. Ron Burkle and American Media Inc.'s David Pecker...

Supermarket Synergy! Burkle Closing In On Purchase Of AMI

Women's Wear Daily | Stephanie D. Smith | November 8, 2007 10:10 AM

Read More: Ron Burkle, Ron Burkle AMI, Yucaipa Companies

Ron Burkle and American Media Inc.'s David Pecker are said to be meeting with banks to finalize the financing for Source Interlink Co., controlled by Burkle-owned Yucaipa Cos., to acquire AMI. So what would the allegedly press-shy Burkle want with...

Burkle's Yucaipa Plans Bid For Makers Of Twinkies, Wonder Bread

The Deal | Jamie Mason | November 5, 2007 10:26 AM

Read More: Bimbo Bakeries, Interstate Bakeries, Ron Burkle, Twinkies, Yucaipa Companies

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Friday, Nov. 2, joined forces with Ronald Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. LLC and Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. and have a plan for Yucaipa to buy bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp. The trio didn't disclose a specific...

Burkle Claims Al Gore's Current Worth $2B

Valleywag | Nicholas Carlson | October 30, 2007 03:10 PM

Read More: Al Gore, Current TV, Ron Burkle

Supermarket magnate Ron Burkle recently valued Al Gore's Current TV at $2 billion, the New York Times reports. You'd think that Burkle, one of Current's backers, would know when the produce is not quite ripe. By contrast, NBC Universal recently...

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