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In 2003, two brothers bought a Queens home for $850,000; after racketeering convictions and years of forfeiture litigation, the property is heading to a federal auction with bidding starting at $900,000

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In 2003, two brothers bought a Queens home for $850,000; after racketeering convictions and years of forfeiture litigation, the property is heading to a federal auction with bidding starting at $900,000

In 2003, brothers bought Queens home for $850K; after convictions, it heads to auction at $900K (Image Credit: CWS Government Auctions) A Forest Hills home in Queens that was once owned by two brothers convicted in a major counterfeiting case is now headed for a federal auction, more than two decades after they bought it … Read more

​In 1997, John Oates built a five-bedroom log home on his 4.3-acre Colorado ranch after starting with largely undeveloped land; 28 years later, the longtime retreat sold for $6.9 million

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​In 1997, John Oates built a five-bedroom log home on his 4.3-acre Colorado ranch after starting with largely undeveloped land; 28 years later, the longtime retreat sold for $6.9 million

Pic credit: Instagram/ John Oates, Aspen Associates Realty When John Oates first laid eyes on the property in Woody Creek, Colorado, just outside Aspen, it wasn’t much to look at. The musician had another house in mind, an Aspen townhouse that sat right downtown. But his girlfriend at the time, and soon-to-be wife, Aimee, saw … Read more

Since 2000, Marc Benioff and his wife bought more than 600 acres in Hawaii worth nearly $100 million; they later donated 440 acres for affordable housing, starting with 43 homes

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Since 2000, Marc Benioff and his wife bought more than 600 acres in Hawaii worth nearly $100 million; they later donated 440 acres for affordable housing, starting with 43 homes

Benioff had been buying property in Hawaii for years, but his focus changed after the pandemic began (Bloomberg photo) Since 2000, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne Benioff, have bought more than 600 acres of land in Hawaii worth nearly $100 million. Much of the land is in and around Waimea, a rural … Read more

Swiss entrepreneur is drilling the Alps to make 20 mega-bunkers for the super-rich, offering a 99-year lease agreement with prices starting at 1M Swiss francs

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Swiss entrepreneur is drilling the Alps to make 20 mega-bunkers for the super-rich, offering a 99-year lease agreement with prices starting at 1M Swiss francs

Brünig Mega Safe, a company owned by Swiss entrepreneur Thomas Gasser, is drilling into the Alpine rocks to build 20 mega bunkers more than 100 metres underground, designed to safeguard the wealth of the super-rich. The project, being executed beneath the mountains of the Brunig Pass, near the village of Lungern, is led by the … Read more

Will Trump Accounts holders get $250 Dell grant starting Monday? Here’s who actually qualifies

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Eligible children are now receiving Dell’s $250 gift, with payments starting in Texas before expanding to families across the country. Check who qualifies.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Eligible children with Trump Accounts are now receiving a $250 contribution from Michael Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, as the couple begins rolling out a $6.25 billion gift. The first payments started moving into activated accounts on Monday, Aug. 31, with children in Texas among the first to receive the money. The gift is … Read more

Invasive green crabs are bad for the environment, so New Englanders are starting to eat more of them

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Invasive green crabs are bad for the environment, so New Englanders are starting to eat more of them

YORK, Maine — As a morning fog lifted over Maine’s York River, Mike Masi and his two interns stood on a dock sorting through a mound of one of the region’s most despised crabs and hoped to find a few that would end up on a gastronome’s plate somewhere in New England. Invasive green crabs … Read more