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...Martha Stewart was one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in history—and some people loved to hate her for it. Last Friday, her critics had their hey-day. While few fully understand the actual charges brought against her, Americans were all too eager to pipe in on her more egregious offenses. As Daily News columnist Lenore Skenazy asserted, “She is too confident. Too competent. Too rich. She’s even too pretty.” If there is anything to be taken away from this scandal, it’s that...
...Stewart did break the law; she was found guilty of conspiring with her former Merrill Lynch stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, for hiding the reason behind her Dec. 27, 2001 sale of shares in the biotech company ImClone Systems. The judge threw out the most serious charge against her—securities fraud, and prosecutors did not have evidence of insider trading and could not bring that charge against her. Stewart’s savings on the ImClone shares, sold the day before an announcement that sent the stock tumbling, was relatively small by corporate scandal standards, amounting to approximately...
MILESTONES: Martha Stewart gets a break; Baltimore Ravens star Jamal Lewis gets arrested...
...knows how Annan's conversations might have been recorded--perhaps by remote sensors or by bugs in the walls, phone lines or switching centers. Even worse, intelligence sources say they assume that Annan's staff has been infiltrated by informants. --By Adam Zagorin. With reporting by Stewart Stogel...
CHARGE DROPPED. AGAINST MARTHA STEWART; of securities fraud; in New York City. The judge said the charge--that Stewart deceived investors in her company by denying that she had engaged in insider trading of ImClone stock--was based on too little evidence for the jury to consider. After it hears closing arguments, the jury will decide whether she is guilty of the four remaining charges: conspiracy, obstruction of justice and two counts of lying to investigators...