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☆ A Tennessee woman turned a millionaire's private 55-acre playground into an Airbnb empire with a replica Noah's ark and a treehouse mansion where guests can stay from $97 a night
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
After 40 years of real-estate investing, Marie was taken by the unique property. The novelty of owning a lighthouse, country store, and ark appealed to her, as did the unspoiled surroundings. "You look out to see nature flourishing and a stream running, it's pretty fabulous," she told Insider. Courtesy of Kelly Marie
☆ Sam Altman is building his utopia, whether you want it or not
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Melia Russell | Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +41 min
Altman told Insider, "We debate our approach frequently and carefully." "I don't think anyone can lose your dad young and wish he didn't have more time with him," Altman told Insider. Altman told Insider that his thinking had evolved since those posts. (When asked about guns, Altman told Insider he'd been "happy to have one both times my home was broken into while I was there.") When asked about this, Altman told Insider in an email: "i can guess what that's about; these stories grow crazily inflated over the years of getting re-told!
☆ He's played chess with Peter Thiel, sparred with Elon Musk and once, supposedly, stopped a plane crash: Inside Sam Altman's world, where truth is stranger than fiction
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Melia Russell | Julia Black | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +41 min
But, "you do at some point need to start having contact with reality," he told Insider. The plan was still only a rough sketch, Blania told Insider, but that didn't seem to matter to his host. "He always wanted to understand everything at a very deep level," Thrun told Insider in an email. (When asked about guns, Altman told Insider he'd been "happy to have one both times my home was broken into while I was there.") When asked about this, Altman told Insider in an email: "i can guess what that's about; these stories grow crazily inflated over the years of getting re-told!
☆ Seared Sea Bass and Kobe Beef Burgers: Retirement Community Food Goes High-End
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Alina Dizik | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This week, The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section is rolling out stories from our special retirement issue. Be sure to check out stories like this one on how one couple planned for retirement in North Carolina, but somehow ended up in South Carolina. Retirement communities aren’t generally known for their fine dining. But since Elaine Davenport, 76, moved into the Hacienda at Georgetown senior-living community earlier this year, she has grown accustomed to sampling fresh seafood, wine lists and perfectly executed steaks with her girlfriends at the facility’s three residents-only restaurants.
☆ Amy Schumer Sells Manhattan Apartment for $13 Million
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. Comedian Amy Schumer’s Manhattan apartment has sold for $13 million to Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Benj Pasek, according to property records.
☆ An Oil Heiress’s Home Overlooking Central Park Lists for $70 Million
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. The longtime Fifth Avenue home of the late oil heiress and philanthropist Anne Hendricks Bass is coming on the market for $70 million.
☆ 53-year-old Tucker Carlson says 'retirement is going great so far' after his ouster from Fox News
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Tucker Carlson said "retirement is going great so far" after his ouster from Fox News. Carlson was all smiles as he rode in a golf cart alongside his wife in Florida, photos show. Tucker Carlson has broken his silence after his bombshell ouster from Fox News. "Retirement is going great so far," the 53-year-old axed star host of the conservative media powerhouse told the DailyMail.com as he left his beachside mansion in Boca Grande, Florida, on Tuesday night. "I haven't eaten dinner with my wife on a weeknight in seven years," Carlson told the news outlet.
☆ Take a look inside the largest house in the US — a Vanderbilt's 130-year-old private mansion with 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Libertina Brandt | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
According to the property's website, the Biltmore House was built in the late 1800s by George Vanderbilt and features 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces. George Vanderbilt, a prominent businessman from the late 19th and early 20th century, began constructing the Biltmore House in 1889. Vanderbilt opened the Biltmore House in 1895. The Biltmore Estate, which now spans a total of 8,000 acres, is covered with gardens designed by American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The main house, America's largest, includes 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces.
☆ Crabcakes, ribs, banana splits for South Korea state dinner at the White House
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
The first course of Maryland crab cake, main course of braised beef short ribs, and dessert of banana split are displayed at a media preview of the state dinner during Wednesday's visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee at the White House on April 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Crabcakes, beef short ribs and a deconstructed banana split have made the cut for this week's White House state dinner honoring South Korea's seven decades of relations with the United States. First lady Jill Biden and her team previewed the menu and decor on Monday. Some 200 guests are expected at Wednesday's glamorous black-tie dinner, which will be held in the East Room, the largest room in the executive mansion. Guests will move down the hallway to the State Dining Room to be entertained after dinner by a trio of Broadway stars: Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga and Jessica Vosk.
☆ Irsina, the Italian village being repopulated by Americans
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +13 min
More than 15 families from the US and Canada have bought old properties in this remote village, known for its premium wheat fields and olive groves. The first foreign “pioneer” to buy a house in Irsina was Sandy Webster, a 63-year-old writer from San Diego. The couple fell in love with the village, bought an old house with thick stone walls, antique furniture and ancient maiolica-tile floors, and spent four years renovating it. “When we got here in 2016, over 80% of the population had fled to the newer district of Irsina, the old Irsina was empty and we loved how it looked. Their house, built into the old village walls, was on sale for 70,000 euros ($77,000).
☆ Trump rape accuser's case not a 'he said, she said,' lawyer says as trial starts
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Luc Cohen Jack Queen Jonathan Stempel | Luc Cohen | Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
She told jurors they would also hear testimony from two other women who say Trump sexually assaulted them, which Trump denies. Trump's lawyer Joe Tacopina countered in his opening statement that the evidence will show the former U.S. president did not assault Carroll. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts on April 4 at a New York state courthouse, a three-minute walk from Tuesday's trial. Trump did not attend the trial and is not required to, and according to lawyers from both sides is unlikely to testify. Carroll is also suing Trump for defamation after he first denied her rape claim in June 2019, when he was still president.
☆ China doesn’t want US cars like Ford and General Motors. That’s a big problem for their futures.
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
America has a problem: China — the world's largest car market — doesn't want its vehicles. In 2022, data shows Ford and General Motors' car sales in China each dropped more than 20% from the year before. My colleagues Alexa St. John and Nora Naughton break down how the future of US automakers hinges on China. Although Google founder Larry Page's flying car company Kittyhawk majorly flopped, it left us with some interesting vehicles. Hop aboard to see all the funky flying car models here.
☆ They found a hole in the ocean near Mexico, and you could fit all of Bank of America's skyscraper HQ into it — but don't do that because it's an ecological marvel
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
There's a 900-foot deep hole, now called The Taam ja' Blue Hole, off the Eastern coast of Mexico. The deepest is the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole near China. The Taam ja' Blue Hole is full of marine life. The deepest is the Sansha Yongle Blue Hole near China. The Taam ja' Blue Hole is 900 feet deep, a new study found.
☆ A 17th-century mansion that once housed JP Morgan and Napoleon Bonaparte's brothers is on sale for $93 million. Take a look inside.
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
It's being sold by Mike Jatania, a multimillionaire cosmetics tycoon who made about $200 million when he sold Lornamead a decade ago. Mel Yates PhotographySource: Bloomberg"In central London, the likes of Ken Griffin and other hedge fund managers have bought properties, so I'm sure the Americans will look at it," Jatania told Bloomberg. "There's also been a lot of wealth created in the Middle East recently, and we know families there have a tradition of owning London homes."
☆ The upcoming North Carolina gubernatorial election could be another flashpoint in the nation's sharply divided politics
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
North Carolina GOP Lt. Gov. The 2024 gubernatorial race could feature two major forces in North Carolina government — Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican Lt. Gov. "I'm running for governor because we the people of North Carolina need someone who understands us," he told his supporters. Roy Cooper has been an institution in North Carolina Democratic politics. North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell is already in the race, and former Rep. Mark Walker is expected to enter the contest soon.
☆ Inside India's 15,000 extravagant, abandoned mansions, built by spice and gem tycoons and left to decay
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( James Pasley | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
There are more than 15,000 elaborate mansions that are mostly decaying in a small region called Chettinad in southern India. The average mansion in the region spans 40,000 to 50,000 square feet and has more than 50 rooms. Now the quiet streets are lined with dilapidated mansions that many owners can barely afford to maintain. For about a century, rich bankers and traders poured their money into erecting the biggest, most beautiful mansions they could create. The average mansion spans up to 50,000 square feet and has over 50 rooms.
☆ Asking $75 Million, a Waterfront Estate Is One of the Priciest Listings Ever in the Bahamas
  + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. A Bahamas home renovated by British property developer Christian Candy and his wife, Emily Crompton-Candy, is coming on the market for $75 million.
☆ A $22 Million Private Island Vies to Become One of North Carolina’s Priciest Homes
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. A private island on North Carolina’s Lake Norman is coming on the market for $22 million. If it fetches that price, it will be one of the most expensive properties ever sold in the state, according to listing agents Jessica Grier and Ben Bowen of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.
☆ Former SoftBank Exec Lists Three Aspen Properties for Combined $71.5 Million
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( E.B. Solomont | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. Nearly three years after buying a trio of properties in Aspen, Colo., former SoftBank Group executive Marcelo Claure is listing them for a combined $71.5 million.
☆ The Longtime New York Home of Barbara Walters Lists for $19.75 Million
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. After the death of pioneering TV journalist Barbara Walters in December, her longtime New York home is coming on the market for $19.75 million.
☆ U.S. princess evicted from Rome villa famed for Caravaggio fresco
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File PhotoROME, April 20 (Reuters) - A U.S.-born princess was evicted on Thursday from a Roman villa featuring the only known fresco by Italian baroque artist Caravaggio, and denounced her ousting as a travesty of justice. "I am being brutally evicted from a home which I have lovingly taken care of for the past 20 years," Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi said on Twitter shortly before leaving her home along with her four small dogs. Princess Boncompagni Ludovisi, 73, told Reuters in January that the tours were organised to raise money for maintenance. A former actress, Playboy model and ex-wife of a U.S. congressman, Boncompagni Ludovisi married the late Prince Nicolo Boncompagni Ludovisi, scion of one of Europe's most aristocratic families, in 2009. In his will, he gave his wife the right to stay in the Rome villa for the rest of her life.
☆ U.S. judge denies bail to exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui in fraud case
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | Industry Insight | Insights In Action | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) - An exiled Chinese businessman charged by U.S. prosecutors with leading a more than $1 billion fraud will remain in jail after a federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a proposed $25 million bail package. Guo had also proposed 24-hour guard, and being subjected to detention with GPS monitoring at his wife's Connecticut home. He had also been a business associate of former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who was arrested in a 2020 fraud case while aboard Guo's yacht. In seeking bail, Guo's lawyer Stephen Cook said Guo would remain in the United States if released on bond "because the risk to his life is simply too great for him to leave." The defendant has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges including securities fraud, wire fraud and concealing money laundering.
☆ US-born princess evicted from Rome villa famed for Caravaggio fresco
  + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File PhotoROME, April 20 (Reuters) - A U.S.-born princess was evicted on Thursday from a Roman villa featuring the only known fresco by Italian baroque artist Caravaggio, and denounced her ousting as a travesty of justice. "I am being brutally evicted from a home which I have lovingly taken care of for the past 20 years," Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi said on Twitter shortly before leaving her home along with her four small dogs. Princess Boncompagni Ludovisi, 73, told Reuters in January that the tours were organised to raise money for maintenance. A former actress, Playboy model and ex-wife of a U.S. congressman, Boncompagni Ludovisi married the late Prince Nicolo Boncompagni Ludovisi, scion of one of Europe's most aristocratic families, in 2009. In his will, he gave his wife the right to stay in the Rome villa for the rest of her life.
☆ In Tulsa, a Restored Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed House Lists for $7.995 Million
  + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Sarah Paynter | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. After a restoration, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Tulsa, Okla., is going on the market for $7.995 million, according to listing agent Rob Allen of Sage Sotheby’s International Realty.
☆ Penthouse Atop Tiffany Building in Palm Beach Sells for $18 Million
  + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( E.B. Solomont | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. An unfinished two-story penthouse in Palm Beach, Fla., has sold for $18 million, according to the listing agents.
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