Kirk Kerkorian, the 92-year-old billionaire investor, so-called father of the mega-resort, and richest man in Los Angeles, worked odd jobs as a boy during the Great Depression and never went to high

The investment outlook is waxing at Madame Tussauds while waning everywhere else with stocks falling for a fourth day in five on weakness in financials and a jump in the dollar as Greenback and Green

It’s hard to believe that a medium which gave us both The Sopranos and Celebrity Rehab would leave audiences cold. But television -- the way people watch The Bachelor hand out that final rose -

Unfortunately neither Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger or the Hudson River are anywhere in sight this time. I'll let Minyans choose the disparaging adjectives to hurl at yesterday's spectacle by

I hope this never happens, but what if a commercial airliner were to be piloted by someone who falsified training documentation and successfully impersonated a real pilot - and the plane crashed? How

As US Airways (LCC) flight 1549 prepared for takeoff Thursday afternoon, passengers learned for the umpteenth time where their flotation devices and nearest exits were located. At that moment, captai

It was captivating and chilling at precisely the same time. The financial markets, snapping fiercely out of the abyss, were suddenly no longer the center of attention. As word spread of a p

Editor's Note: Annette Solyst is a longtime Minyanville reader. This is her second op-ed for the site.Leaving the Lincoln Tunnel, one emerges into view of one of the world’s most beautiful skyl

There are global corporations, but no global airlines.The merger of Delta Airlines (DAL) and Northwest Airlines (NWA) is likely to change that.Delta serves 375 cities worldwide. Northwest is strong i

Editor's Note: Ron Coby is an industry veteran who has worked as a broker, investment banker, Wall Street analyst, market strategist, venture capitalist and hedge fund manager. His short-side strateg