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Billionaire scion on brink of buying Nets stake
February 22, 2024 | 11:15amThere have been rumblings of Nets owner Joe Tsai looking to sell a minority share for the past year.
Jamie Dimon urges voters to back Nikki Haley over Trump 'even if you're a very liberal Democrat'
November 29, 2023 | 1:06pm"Even if you’re a very liberal Democrat, I urge you, help Nikki Haley too," Dimon, 67, told attendees of The New York Times DealBook Summit.
Why the powerful Koch network's Nikki Haley endorsement matters
November 28, 2023 | 7:06pmAmericans for Prosperity Action, a super PAC that’s part of the powerful Koch political network, announced Tuesday it’s backing Nikki Haley for president.
Influential Koch network backs Nikki Haley as best GOP alternative to Donald Trump
November 28, 2023 | 11:52amThe massive political network founded by the Koch brothers endorsed GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday, giving her a potential boost in her increasingly competitive primary battle against Florida...
Former bodyguard of billionaire David Koch walks back claims against family
October 8, 2021 | 7:43pmEx-bodyguard Felicia Racine had sensationally claimed Koch's socialite wife and her ex-boss, Julia Flesher Koch, did not want nurses to give her cancer-stricken husband a feeding tube.
Koch brothers in the mix to buy regional sports networks
April 26, 2019 | 10:18pmThe battle over Disney’s 21 regional sports TV networks just got a little weirder. Jeff Kwatinetz — who along with rapper Ice Cube is spearheading a bid for the so-called...
Charles Koch quietly investing over $15B in small tech firms
November 12, 2018 | 8:01amCharles Koch is taking tech by inches. Kansas-based Koch Industries — the conglomerate led by the libertarian 83-year-old billionaire whose support for the Americans for Prosperity Foundation helped to reshape...
Donald Trump doubles down in attack on Charles Koch
August 2, 2018 | 9:18amPresident Trump doubled down Thursday on his attack on Charles Koch, questioning the conservative megadonor’s political donations and belittling his assertion that the president’s actions are unfair to foreigners. “Charles...
Trump: Koch brothers are 'a total joke'
July 31, 2018 | 8:44amPresident Trump slammed the conservative Koch brothers Tuesday, calling the megadonors “a total joke in real Republican circles” a day after their political network said it would not help the...
Group wants to teach workers how to stop paying union dues
July 5, 2018 | 9:47pmA new group is launching a campaign to educate New York government workers about their rights to opt out of paying union dues following a US Supreme Court ruling. The...
The NY Times' absurd Koch brothers conspiracy
June 22, 2018 | 10:06pmThe half-awake citizen may be unaware just how dexterously the arms of the Kochtopus have reached into every precinct of American life. Not one mile from my home stands a...
John Jay College rejects money from Koch brothers
January 13, 2018 | 8:55pmCUNY and its faculty are constantly crying poverty, but some money is simply no good to them. The president of John Jay College said the school will not solicit donations...
Koch heir suing ex-fiancée for ring may have found a new flame
January 1, 2018 | 10:30pmBillionaire Bill Koch’s son, Wyatt Koch appears to have already moved on.
Koch heir sues ex-fiancée to get giant ring back
December 19, 2017 | 8:18pmWyatt Koch — the son of billionaire Bill Koch — is suing his ex-fiancée to get back an 8.24-carat ring after she broke off their engagement.
Mike Bloomberg takes digs at Trump and the Koch Brothers
December 6, 2017 | 2:18pmMike Bloomberg took pot shots at Donald Trump and the Koch brothers as he presided over his inaugural “Bloomberg 50” shindig at Gotham Hall Monday. The former Big Apple mayor...
Time Inc. insiders on edge over Koch-backed Meredith bid
November 17, 2017 | 12:49pmShock waves jolted Time Inc. on Thursday after reports that Meredith, with backing from the billionaire brothers Charles Koch and David Koch, was making another run at the legendary magazine...
Time Inc. shares leap 25 percent on report that Koch brothers are circling
November 16, 2017 | 11:50amTime Inc.’s stock, after hitting a 52-week low only a week ago, was up more than 25 percent in early trading Thursday on news that the billionaire Koch brothers, Charles...
Bill Koch throwing Cape Cod fundraiser for Trump
August 4, 2016 | 3:02amUnlike his brothers, Bill is supporting the GOP candidate.
Koch brother to auction 20K bottles of wine because he can't drink it all
March 30, 2016 | 11:59pmBillionaire wine enthusiast and GOP donor William Koch will auction off more than 20,000 bottles of vino and cut his vast collection nearly in half — because he can’t possibly...
Koch brothers: Spending money against Trump would be a waste
March 3, 2016 | 12:01amThe Koch brothers, the most powerful conservative mega donors in the United States, will not use their $400 million political arsenal to try to block Republican front-runner Donald Trump's path...