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Nine hundred guests dined last night at Pier 57, a former bus depot, festooned with photographs of the High Line hanging from clotheslines.
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Just before 10 last night, NBC News anchor Brian Williams said the total amount raised at the Robin Hood Foundation benefit was “$72,559,253 and counting.”
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Level Global Investors LP co-founder Anthony Chiasson, convicted of an insider-trading scheme that reaped $72 million, asked a judge to give him less time in prison than the 13-year term called for by U.S. sentencing guidelines.
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Elton John, Bono and Grammy-winning singer Mary J. Blige will be featured performers at the Robin Hood Foundation’s 25th anniversary gala next month.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie drew laughs at the Pine Brook Jewish Center in Montville last month as he explained the “ugly truth” of his 27-year marriage: His bond-trader wife is his meal ticket.
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The news that Cantor Fitzgerald LP’s nonprofit arm would hand out $10 million in $1,000 debit cards to Hurricane Sandy victims sparked relief and skepticism.
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“It’s ok to applaud for the Yankees,” Greenlight Capital Inc.’s David Einhorn said this morning at Cipriani 42nd Street.
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The Robin Hood Foundation defied the recession and raised a record-setting $72.7 million at its annual spring gala last year. Still, executive director David Saltzman was nervous about this Monday’s fundraiser.
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Last night’s concert to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy raised $30 million in ticket revenue, sponsorships and corporate donations, according to the Robin Hood Foundation, which organized the event.
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The Robin Hood Foundation's annual fundraiser raised $57.4 million on May 14 with a sprawling event that took over Manhattan's Javitz Center. The more than 3,800 guests including George Soros, Steve Cohen and Paul Tudor Jones and stage appearances by Jimmy Fallon, Brian Williams and Rihanna. Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle was given exclusive access as the event's organizers planned the evening. Additional footage courtesy Robin Hood Foundation. (Source: Bloomberg)
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