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American billionaires are turning into millionaires. Same with the Russians, Chinese, and even a few guys in Dubai. Ok, maybe not them. But apparently in Kazakhstan, home to the fictional "Borat", they've still got money to burn.
BornRich.org reports that Kazakh Princess Regina Abdurazakova is planning to release a bottle of vodka worth $1.3 million. Gulp. (If I'd gulped that vodka it would've cost me $20,000). The vodka is being created with Russo-Baltique, a high-end Russian carmaker. The vodka is supposed to make its debut next April at a super luxury car show in Monaco. But a million bucks? Well, you have to understand the Princess. She's already pimped out a stretch version of a Mini Cooper into a $1 million limo.
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BOTOX FOR THE WELL-HEELED
What do Saddam Hussein and stilettos have in common? Both torture people.
Regarding the stilettos, now you can fight back! In a development Carrie Bradshaw would love, Botox, made by Allergan [AGN
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Several well-heeled women (heh, heh) are showing up at one London Botox center for the $400 treatment, called a "foot filler". The clinic claims a 20 percent jump in requests for the procedure—20% up from what? One procedure last year? I've never even heard of this. The Daily Telegraph says a clinic coordinator claims that foot fillers could become as common "as breast enlargements or facelifts in years to come." My question, if you're deadening the nerves in the part of the foot bearing all your weight, how well can you walk? Especially after a couple of Cosmos?
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Regarding Saddam, Beth W. writes about the much-needed Extreme Makeover: Yacht Edition required for the late dictator's $30 million ship: "Truly hideous decor. They don't call him 'The Tacky Iraqi' for naught."
Regarding the Merrill Lynch Finance Advisors who feel "insulted" by the Bank of America retention package, I heard from Darin Manus, CEO of RJ & Makay, who started this whole thing:
"There is a huge misunderstanding out there from all of the angry people responding. Merrill Lynch advisors had nothing to do with the current Wall Street crisis we are in right now. They had nothing to do with why Merrill Lynch failed. They are not the ones that purchased mortgage backed securities...That was a capital markets issue and a senior executive management and trader issue, not a retail broker issue. Your reader's anger should be directed at the Investment Bank and the senior executives, not at the retail financial advisor...Merrill advisors have seen their senior leadership make terrible decisions that has caused them to lose a lot of money as well. In some cases, most of their retirement...Another big issue is Merrill financial advisors are NOT salary employees...They get paid on a commission basis based upon the fees generated from managing their client's assets. They are not a part of the greedy excessive executive pay that has been in the news of late. Merrill advisors should not be thrown under the bus for what their bosses 4 and 5 levels up did to the company and to our economy."
Dave P. decided to weigh in on Warren Buffett: "Anytime I see a picture of Warren it seems that he is eating a Hamburger, so one can only assume that the secret to being a great investor is to eat Hamburgers. My new investment strategy for 2008 will be to eat like Warren and hope that it leads to investing like Warren. Damn the cholesterol full burgers ahead!!!! With lots of big profits and waistline too…"
Finally, an extremely rare love letter from "an admirer" which I'm posting because...it's my blog:
"I just wanted to say, Jane, that among all the pretty faces on CNBC that you've always been the one with the sharpest wit, and the one I think I (and many others) would most like to have a conversation with over lunch. Keep up the good (and funny!) work. (p.s. Mark Haines is my runner-up for the funniest and wittiest truth-teller on CNBC, but he certainly doesn't compete in the "Pretty Faces" league, LOL...)"
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