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...stay in the political game (Bill Clinton) and some just disappear on the golf course (Gerald Ford). But former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking a different tack. Since he left 10 Downing Street a year ago, Blair has spent much of his time in Jerusalem, working to broker a new peace deal in the Middle East. As if trying to untangle the world's most intractable diplomatic knot didn't keep him busy enough, Blair has also set his sights on solving another insolvable problem during his retirement: climate change...
...initially marketed in 2004 as three- and four-bedroom townhomes for under $250,000 in west Fort Lauderdale, within earshot of a busy executive airport, on a busy corridor and miles from the beach. As the market boomed, the townhomes' starting prices soared to $349,000. A former broker said the units sold quickly, but then closings languished and buyers sought to get out of their contracts. The corporation managing the property changed hands earlier this year, and units remain unsold. Web advertisements indicate that some of the townhomes are available for rent...
...Acosta, a Boca Raton property appraiser, allegedly filed paperwork listing the value of each townhome at $400,000, as Rivera put together a plan to buy them at a mere $216,000 each. The applications were then said to have been shepherded through the process by an unidentified mortgage broker...
...even revolutionary. His first general-election ad, "Country I Love," is a 60-sec. paean to his Main Street normalcy. In it Obama extols policies designed to reach across the aisle, such as "cutting taxes" and "moving people from welfare to work." His initial choice of Washington power broker Jim Johnson to run his vice-presidential search was also traditional: Johnson had done the same job for John Kerry in 2004 and Walter Mondale in 1984. Unfortunately, Johnson was a little too old-school - his ties to the subprime loan industry forced him to resign. The campaign this month released...
...companies. And Giovanni says those firms are no longer catering exclusively to the leisure class. Many concierge clients these days are harried two-career families who simply need an extra hand planning a child's birthday party or picking up the dry-cleaning. "A concierge is a time broker," Giovanni says. "We're here to give you your life back so that you can spend more time with your kids or spend more time at the office...