Larry Ellison Sells!


Ellison’s estate: $25 million.

The Walk-Through gets more goods on the new financial strains on Oracle C.E.O. Larry Ellison’s famously lavish budget.

Today, file under “Distressed Property Sale!”

Look at the annoying Macromedia flash file here to see his Japanese-styled estate in Atherton, now on the market.

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The Gang That Shot Straight Is Disbanding, For a Profit

The high-profile prosecutions of white-collar criminals by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York have turned some of the most egregious offenders into household names: Bernie Ebbers, Frank Quattrone, John, Michael and Timothy Rigas.

But in the process, some of the Assistant U.S. Attorneys leading the cases have made names Read More

CNBC: Ebbers Gets 25-to-Whatever

As of this evening, CNBC is airing new “First on CNBC” commercials, touting the network’s scoop this afternoon on the sentencing of WorldCom chief Bernie Ebbers. But the spots are understating just how exclusive the breaking-news report was: CNBC’s initial live bulletin announced that Ebbers had been sentenced to 30 years in prison–five years more Read More