Bill Gates and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan are among the friends of Rajat Gupta who have penned letters to Judge Jed Rakoff seeking leniency when the convicted insider trader is sentenced later this month.
A lobbying group backed by Elliott Management’s Paul Singer enlisted the American Agriculture Movement, the American Association Read More
Tonight, the Institute of International Education honors a group of high-rollers who’ve helped protect the rights of scholars worldwide, including full-time philanthropist and sporadically engaged GOP bogeyman George Soros and Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek. Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont will be helping present the awards, and Kofi Annan will be in attendance as well Read More
“Who is the black fellow who is sitting next me?” Brooke Astor had asked former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a dinner at her apartment in January 2002.
“He is Kofi Annan,” Mr. Kissinger replied.
“Is he a distinguished fellow?” Ms. Astor asked.
In fact, the sitting secretary general of the Read More
The new Secretary-General of the United Nations made his first public speech outside the confines of his Turtle Bay HQ this morning – and took the opportunity to talk about traffic jams.
Ban Ki Moon, who officially succeeded Kofi Annan on January 1, tried to reassure New Yorkers that he would do his best to Read More
“The United States, in a way, is trapped in Iraq,” Kofi Annan recently said. The outgoing Secretary General of the United Nations then added: “It cannot stay and it cannot leave.” We Americans have been coached to disregard anything Mr. Annan says, but this might be a moment to lay aside our prejudices and listen Read More
The man who is set to become the new leader of the United Nations has a startlingly triangular head.
It’s the only startling thing about Ban Ki Moon, a man whose lack of charisma is absolute.
Even the news that the South Korean foreign minister had effectively sealed his victory in the race to succeed Read More
AMMAN, JORDAN—By now, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is winding down his latest Middle East trip, a grueling 11-day tour that has had him hop-scotching from Beirut to Tel Aviv to Tehran to Damascus to Ankara. The trip was organized in order to shore up regional support for a Security Council resolution that ended Read More
AMMAN, JORDAN—By now, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is winding down his latest Middle East trip, a grueling 11-day tour that has had him hop-scotching from Beirut to Tel Aviv to Tehran to Damascus to Ankara. The trip was organized in order to shore up regional support for a Security Council resolution that ended Read More
Although Katrina’s aftermath and William Rehnquist’s death rightfully dominated the news cycle this long weekend, there’s still interesting real estate news out there.
The New York Times provides an update (2nd item) on a deal that The Real Estate reported in July, involving China’s most famous woman, Yue-Sai Kan. The Read More
You have a problem running an event when Mayor Mike is your most charismatic speaker. Such was the case at the opening press conference of the Tribeca Film Festival where he joined festival co-founders Bobby De Niro, Charlie Gargano and others to try out a few zingers, as witnessed by our Jake Read More
