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AIG CEO Bob Benmosche Possibly Open to Some (Tax-Neutral) Female Companionship

Ladies, please meet our friend Bob. The CEO of a major insurance company, in his late-60s, some might say bullheaded, certainly outspoken, but there’s a kindness to his eyes, and he summers in the palatial estate built for the treasurer of a Yugoslavian king, which is nice. On the other hand, possibly a cheapskate, and probably not marriage material, which is to say, he’s married, but maybe open to the idea of a little additional companionship.

From Jess Pressler’s New York magazine profile of American Insurance Group CEO Robert Benmosche: Read More

When Work Is Life, And Life Is Work

“The frenetic pace of modern life can lead to an obscuring or even a loss of what is truly human. Perhaps more than in other periods of history, our time is in need of that genius which belongs to women, and which can ensure sensitivity for human beings in every circumstance.”

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Dining out with Moira Hodgson

Where to Go if You’re

In the Mood for Croatian

The setting is a Murray Hill townhouse. At the entrance is a long mahogany bar where a handful of men in open-necked shirts are quietly watching a baseball game on TV with the sound turned off. The strains of a piano playing “As Times Read More