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More than six million pages of emails, Slack messages and other digital records. For months, federal prosecutors building the criminal case against the fallen cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman-Fried have assembled a vast and unusually varied array of evidence. The documents include crypto transaction logs and encrypted group chats from Mr. Bankman-Fried’s collapsed exchange, FTX, as well as strikingly personal reflections recorded by a key witness in the case. The mountain of evidence ranks among the largest ever collected in a white-collar securities fraud case prosecuted by the federal authorities in Manhattan, according to data provided by a person with knowledge of the matter. In the 2004 securities fraud prosecution of Martha Stewart, for example, prosecutors produced 525,000 pages of evidence to the defense team, but the numbers have increased significantly in recent years.

Persons: Slack, Sam Bankman, Bankman, Fried’s, Martha Stewart Locations: Manhattan

☆ Opinion: A boast that could sink Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. CNN —“I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade,” former President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday on Newsmax. Congress has the power to rein in the court, wrote CNN legal analyst and law professor Steve Vladeck, whose new book “The Shadow Docket” focuses on the Supreme Court. Courtesy Boaz FreundIn 2019, then-President Trump issued an executive order requiring hospitals to post the prices of common medical services and procedures. For some, its celebration of a multiracial but purely fictional British aristocracy may even be a big part of its appeal.”As escapism, “Queen Charlotte” is a success.

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Martha Stewart
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Martha StewartMartha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnemedia, joins 'Squawk Box' for a wide-ranging interview to discuss becoming the oldest woman to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, building a sprawling business empire, her thoughts on social media, and more.

☆ Elon Musk's super-app ambitions took an interesting turn with his first acquisition at Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The move speaks to a broader strategy Musk has hinted at of creating a US super app. While extremely popular in Asia, super apps haven't caught on in the US. There are multiple forces working against the success of a super app in the US, let alone one run by someone as polarizing as Musk. When I think of super apps, my mind goes toward pursuing users' wallets. And here's why industry experts remain unconvinced about Elon Musk's plans to turn Twitter into a super app.

☆ Megan Fox says she never liked her body
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Megan Fox may be a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition cover model, but she says she still struggles with body image. “I have body dysmorphia. I don’t ever see myself really the way other people see me,” Fox told the publication. “There is never a point in my life where I loved my body. “And why I had an awareness of my body that young, I’m not sure.

☆ Martha Stewart on her business empire: I'm always looking for the best quality at the best price
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMartha Stewart on her business empire: I'm always looking for the best quality at the best priceMartha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnemedia, joins 'Squawk Box' for a wide-ranging interview to discuss becoming the oldest woman to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, building a sprawling business empire, her thoughts on social media, and more.

☆ Martha Stewart on Becoming Sports Illustrated’s Oldest Swimsuit Cover Model
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Martha Stewart’s sex-symbol era began anew in her late 70s, when she posted a photo of herself on Instagram emerging from her East Hampton pool and called it a “thirst trap.” Since then, the CEO and mogul has reinvented herself from bumpkin to bombshell, more likely to attend gala events in luxe Hermès outfits and full makeup than to plant bulbs in khakis as she did in the 1980s. Today, she’s come full circle in her late-in-life glow-up by becoming the oldest woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. “Is it a sex symbol, or is it a symbol of healthy living?” asked Ms. Stewart, 81, today. “We can hardly say sex symbol nowadays, right? Overt sex is kind of frowned upon.”

☆ At 81, Martha Stewart Is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Star
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Ruth La Ferla | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I had two months, basically, to make sure I felt good enough about the way I look. If I’d thought my waist was too big, or that I was too wobbly, I wouldn’t have done it. Also, I went to the tanning booth and had a very light spray tan, something I’ve never done. All these people were prodding me and talking about “the girls.” I have never called my breasts “the girls” in my life. It doesn’t have as much to do with blatant sex as with a self-assurance that started when I was a child.

☆ Martha Stewart lands ‘historic’ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Martha Stewart is among the cover models for the 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. The lifestyle businesswoman, 81, is the oldest swimsuit model the magazine has featured, calling the fact “historic.”“I like that picture,” Stewart said of her cover shot as she revealed it on Monday’s “Today” show. Stewart posed in the Dominican Republic for the shoot and appears in a total of ten looks. Stewart’s career began as a model at age 15, before she worked as a Wall Street stockbroker and later started a catering business, which grew into a lifestyle media company. Stewart’s more recent modeling with social media selfies have gained praise, particularly an image she shared of herself in a pool in 2020.

☆ A Hamptons insider of 60 years dishes on the history, people, and parties that makes New Yorkers' favorite beachy hideaway so iconic
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ultimate Hamptons insider Dan Rattiner started writing about the Long Island enclave in 1960. Rattiner, whose book "Hamptons Private" explores the area in pictures, shared his observations. From fisherman stomping grounds to ritzy beach getaway, the Hamptons has a storied past. The white-sand beaches on the tail end of Long Island, New York, are the stomping grounds of celebrities from Martha Stewart to Beyoncé. "I've interviewed lots of celebrities and lots of local people," Rattiner told Insider, citing interviews with the likes of Donald Trump, Billy Joel, and Barbara Corcoran, as well as plenty of Long Island locals.

☆ Early-aughts 'It' girl Cory Kennedy entering her 'hipster Martha Stewart' era pretty much sums up how millennials are gearing up for middle age
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Bartie Scott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Cory Kennedy was the internet's first "It" girl as a teenager in the early aughts. "I want to garden, like a freaking hipster Martha Stewart," Kennedy told New York Magazine. It's a reminder of her time as "the internet's first 'It' girl," as New York Magazine dubbed her in a recent profile. In her recent article in The Atlantic, Twenge said millennials have experienced "a breathtaking financial comeback" since the mid-2010s. Even Martha Stewart jumped on the teenage-dirtbag train — though she could take some notes from Kennedy on the sleaze.

☆ TemperPack is making recyclable cold packaging for Martha Stewart-branded meal company Marley Spoon
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Meal delivery kits really took off with the pandemic, and they're still gaining in popularity. Two years ago, fresh food meal kits were a $7 billion industry, and they're projected to become a $10 billion industry by 2024. Some considerable portion of that money is wasted on packaging to keep food cold. TemperPack is working with grocers, meal kit companies, bio-tech and online pharmacies -- basically, any business that previously used a styrofoam cooler for packaging. That was a big draw for Martha Stewart-branded meal maker Marley Spoon.

☆ Inside a shake-up at the world's 'most feared law firm'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Casey Sullivan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

It's been a tumultuous period for Quinn and the storied law firm he built over the past 37 years — now the world's largest litigation firm with hourly rates that can be north of $2,000. But behind the scenes, a shift at QE has been the talk of elite law firm circles. Indeed, the firm – known as a singular, even freewheeling, institution that brands itself as the "#1 Most Feared Law Firm in the World" — may appear to be less in the image of its founder as a generational shift brings changes. "We all thought it was important that the world understands this is not a one generation law firm." One former firm partner in California says he believes Quinn's inner circle generally got better deals.

☆ A Florida Home Fit for a Pasta Queen—or At Least, the ‘Italian Martha Stewart’
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Nancy Keates | Photography Amy Mikler For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Nadia Caterina Munno is the self-proclaimed The Pasta Queen. It’s a title she’s used over the past three years to accumulate a combined six million followers on various social-media platforms, where she posts boisterous, often ironic videos of herself prancing around in her enormous, blue steel and brass home kitchen, making Italian food and laughing at others’ attempts at making Italian food. But Ms. Munno, 40, is aiming much higher than TikTok celebrity. “I want to be the Italian Martha Stewart,” says Ms. Munno. Her cookbook made the New York Times bestseller list in November and she’s working on a second one.

☆ After Four Years, Martha Stewart’s Daughter Finds Buyer for Manhattan Triplex
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alexis Stewart, a media personality and the daughter of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart , has found a buyer for her triplex Manhattan apartment four years after listing it. Ms. Stewart has signed a contract to sell the six-bedroom West Village unit for a price in the low $30 million range, according to a person familiar with the situation. That price is significantly less than the $53 million she asked when the property first came on the market in 2019. It was most recently asking $37 million, according to listings website StreetEasy.

☆ A 'Mean Girls' star described the career setback that made him feel like "someone had died," and the au pair job he took after playing Kevin G
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rajiv Surendra played hilariously memorable character Kevin G in "Mean Girls." He said that after 'Mean Girls,' he had a career rejection that altered the course of his life. "I worked really really hard to try to get this part. The "Mean Girls" star recognized how strange the choice seemed from the outside, looking in. "Even when we were filming 'Mean Girls,'" he said, "they called me Martha Stewart because they knew I did pottery and knitted and everything."

☆ Oreo's newest cookie is stuffed with Oreos
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —In the past, Oreo has partnered with Lady Gaga, Pokémon and Ritz on new limited-time flavors. The cookie brand’s latest limited-edition cookie is an Oreo stuffed with Oreos. Dubbed “the Most OREO OREO,” the cookie is made with the usual chocolate wafers, filled (to the “Most Stuf” extreme) with a creme that has Oreo bits mixed in, for a meta cookies-n-creme experience. Martha Stewart with the Most Oreo Oreo. On Monday, Stewart and McCallister will share their Oreoverse experiences on Oreo’s social media channels.

☆ This vodka brand actually wants to help you celebrate Dry January
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —It’s three days into Dry January for those who observe, but that doesn’t mean you can’t touch the vodka. Tito’s Handmade Vodka has enlisted Martha Stewart for a cheeky campaign that helps people who have temporarily abstained from alcohol with some ideas for what to do with their vodka — besides drinking it. To complement the campaign, Tito’s has launched an online store selling bottle-topper attachments to help people follow Stewart’s suggestions. Martha Stewart stars in a new campaign for Tito's Handmade Vodka. Tito's Handmade Vodka“We are all about consumers drinking Tito’s the way they want to drink it.

☆ Pioneering U.S. television journalist Barbara Walters dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] Television personality Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York September 20, 2010. "I asked Yeltsin if he drank too much, and I asked Putin if he killed anybody," Walters told the New York Times in 2013. "These two men were really quite brutal to me and it was not pleasant," Walters told the San Francisco Examiner. The New York Times called her "arguably America's best-known television personality" but also observed that "what we remember most about a Barbara Walters interview is Barbara Walters." Walters' three marriages - to businessman Robert Katz, theatrical producer Lee Guber and television executive Merv Adelson - ended in divorce.

☆ I'm a florist for a hotel in Hawaii. My job involves figuring out what's 'trendy' — and yes, flowers do go out of style.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Molly O'Brien | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Joseph Reyes, 51, is the head florist at Halekulani, a hotel on the beach in Honolulu. His floral team consists of four members with a combined experience of more than 40 years. My small but mighty floral team consists of four members with a combined experience of more than 40 years. All of the arrangements I've posted on our Instagram page (I do our social media, too!). As the hotel gets busier, I hope to get more people on our floral team so we can expand our event offerings.

☆ I charge $1,000 to help couples write their wedding vows. I've seen some magical and devastating moments.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Her pricing starts at $995 for a consultation and help from conception to delivery of the vows. I offer help with vow creation and delivery, officiant services, speeches and toasts, ceremony planning, and public speaking. I consult with couples on how to creatively and lovingly write their vows in their own wordsPushkine marrying Dan and James. One cute story involved a lovely couple who had identical vowsThey had the exact same memories and vows, almost word for word. Once I was hired to help a couple with their vows and marry themIt was lovely working with them.

☆ Main Street is buying stocks while Wall Street sells: What gives?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But not all traders are on the same ride — the large, institutional investors on Wall Street have shuffled away from markets while Main Street’s retail investors are still strapped in. But despite this year’s lackluster market, investors bought $800 billion of Exchange Traded Funds which are baskets of stocks typically purchased by retail investors. However, Main Street is holding on to its stocks while Wall Street is running for the hills. One simple explanation is that institutional investors are responsible for vast amounts of money that belong to other people. “Respect, for retail investors, is in short supply,” wrote Azalea Micottis at Informa Financial Intelligence, in a recent note.

☆ Here’s who Elon Musk could pick to be Twitter’s next CEO
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk may soon be on the lookout for a new chief executive to run Twitter. There is no successor.”If Musk were to look for a new Twitter CEO, he’d likely have many willing takers. Jack Dorsey, Twitter founder, CEO of Block and friend to Musk, has previously said he would not return to run the social network. The most obvious potential candidates for a new Twitter CEO are the Musk lieutenants who have been helping to run the company since his takeover. Who is insane enough to run twitter?!?

☆ ‘Oprah' inspired this pastry chef to start a cupcake shop at age 31—now Oprah Winfrey herself is a fan
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's according to Sprinkles co-founder Candace Nelson, whose leap from investment banking to pastry making helped drive the early 2000s cupcake boom — all thanks to an unconventional source of inspiration from Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart. Nelson spent hours moping on the couch — which is where the idea for Sprinkles started forming. "The funniest thing happened as I was sitting on the couch, watching hours and hours of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' and 'The Martha Stewart Show,'" she said. Nelson had a near-out-of-body experience watching Winfrey wax poetic about the desserts while filming the show, she added. "I can understand how someone like Oprah Winfrey can, and does, have such a positive power over people she's never even met," Nelson said.

☆ Julie Powell, author of "Julie & Julia," dies at 49
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Julie Powell, the food writer best known for her hit memoir "Julie & Julia," has died, her publisher said Tuesday. Powell's "Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously," released in 2005 and based on a series of her blog posts, was a bestselling hit. It chronicled a yearlong journey in which she cooked all 524 recipes in Julia Child's classic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." The book was adapted into the popular 2009 movie "Julie & Julia," starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams as Powell. She's written for the New York Times, Bon Appétit and Food and Wine and won the James Beard Award twice.

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