The Greatest Depression on Shine

Carolina Herrera and Victoria Beckham Steal First Post-Crash Fashion Week

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When fall Fashion Week, 2009, kicked off in earnest this past weekend, I was nervous. The economy is in its worst shape since the Great Depression; glossy magazines are folding faster than bad hands of cards; clothes are so slow to move out of stores their prices are slashed by as much as 70 percent…

On the Chanel Trail at Palm Beach Consignment Shops

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Chanel, Jimmy Choo, Hermès, Lana Marks, Escada Couture...

Divorce and the downturn: Is the economy the reason for the high divorce rate this year?

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<img style="width:211px;height:280px;" alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/TOVtNPUkQx1w/photos/064350af862c9f70adc3acaf764365ab/mr_617d1fc966cc1c.jpg?ug_____D.1cZK1b2" align="left" width="211" height="280">Editor’s Note: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wowowow.com/post/christie-brinkley-peter-cook-divorce-lawyer-55013">Robert Stephan Cohen</a>, a partner in Cohen Lans, LLP, is one of the top divorce attorneys in the United States, having just successfully represented Christie Brinkley in her landmark custody battle this summer. Past clients include Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco and various Trump wives. He is the author of Reconcilable Differences: 7 Keys to Remaining Together from a Top Matrimonial Lawyer. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wowowow.com">wowOwow</a> asked attorney Robert Cohen a few questions about the economy and divorce. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wowowow.com">wowOwow</a>:  How is the economic downturn affecting divorce? Bob Cohen: People considering divorce don’t generally look at the Dow Jones before making that decision. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wowowow.com">wOw:</a> Are people staying together more in these times? Or is it just the opposite?

FDIC's Sheila Bair getting the Wall Street testosterone treatment from Geithner

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<img alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/yRjnWEZbk1.D/photos/5d5cd0e9619d94bb29e13f999276d264/ori_e7597776e48774.jpg?ug_____DoUz5DBD0" align="left" width="300" height="366">The Old Boy Network that brought on the current downturn is triangulating around a woman whose work at FDIC has been widely hailed on both sides of the aisle Even in the new Barack Obama "Yes We Can" era, the boys on Wall Street are apparently still up to their testosterone-fueled tricks. Rubin protégé and Fed Secretary-elect Timothy Geithner is reportedly triangulating with other top financial appointees to get Sheila Bair, the head of the FDIC, to step down.