Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner New York Times October 03, 2018 Donald Trump built a business empire and won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help. “I built what I built myself,” the president has repeatedly said.But an investigation by The New York Times has revealed that Donald Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate empire. What’s more, much of this money came to Trump through dubious tax schemes he participated in during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, The Times found.In all, the president’s parents transferred well over $1 billion in wealth to their children, which could have produced a tax bill of … [Read more...] about 11 takeaways from The New York Times’ investigation into Trump’s taxes
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Former New York Assembly Speaker gets 7 years in prison
Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Updated 2:22 pm CDT, Friday, July 27, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery … [Read more...] about Former New York Assembly Speaker gets 7 years in prison
AICPA ENGAGE to Feature New Learning Track on the Future of Finance
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2018--This year’s AICPA ENGAGE will feature a new track: ‘Finance Redefined,’ which is designed to help accounting and finance professionals thrive in the global economy and an era of swift technological change.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180503005981/en/Clar Rosso, executive vice president for education, learning and innovation for the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (Photo: Business Wire)The core of the new track focuses on creating—and incorporating—a data-driven strategy and culture into your organization. Attendees who participate in the four sessions on data analytics, plus an additional one from the event’s Human Intelligence track, will earn a digital badge.“Finance Redefined is about building new skills, learning new problem-solving techniques and taking the right steps now to prepare for … [Read more...] about AICPA ENGAGE to Feature New Learning Track on the Future of Finance
The Young and the Reckless
I. The Bumper The trip to Delaware was only supposed to last a day. David Pokora, a bespectacled University of Toronto senior with scraggly blond hair down to his shoulders, needed to travel south to fetch a bumper that he’d bought for his souped-up Volkswagen Golf R. The American seller had balked at shipping to Canada, so Pokora arranged to have the part sent to a buddy, Justin May, who lived in Wilmington. The young men, both ardent gamers, shared a fascination with the inner workings of the Xbox; though they’d been chatting and collaborating for years, they’d never met in person. Pokora planned to make the eight-hour drive on a Friday, grab a leisurely dinner with May, then haul the metallic-blue bumper back home to Mississauga, Ontario, that night or early the next morning. His father offered to tag along so they could take turns behind the wheel of the family’s Jetta. An hour into their journey on March 28, 2014, the Pokoras crossed the … [Read more...] about The Young and the Reckless
Physician turned entrepreneur begins work with new patients: Union-Tribune and L.A. Times
Growing up in apartheid South Africa, the son of Chinese immigrants, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong got his information and entertainment from daily newspapers. Television was banned in that country until he was 23.When he started saving money for college, he turned to newspapers again, plucking hundreds of copies warm off the presses of the Port Elizabeth Evening Post and scampering around the city to sell them.And now, at age 65, after amassing a multibillion-dollar fortune as a physician and biotech entrepreneur, he’s gone all in with newspapers, buying The San Diego Union-Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and a string of community publications in Southern California for an eyebrow-raising $500 million. The deal is expected to close this month.“It’s in my blood,” Soon-Shiong said in a recent interview at the Culver City headquarters of NantWorks, the umbrella organization for a group of health-care and diagnostic companies he founded that are trying, in his … [Read more...] about Physician turned entrepreneur begins work with new patients: Union-Tribune and L.A. Times