What’s Hot
and what’s NOT across the USA
By Dean Tsouvalas
Heroes
1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
A black 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa just sold in Italy for $12,402,500, setting a new record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction. So far, the winning bidder has chosen to remain anonymous.
Supercollector” Joseph Lau Luen hung
Billionaire Joseph Lau Luen-hung is now the proud owner of a 7.03-carat $9.5 million blue diamond – the highest price per carat for any gemstone. The tycoon adds the diamond to his collection of a Boeing 787 jet and a $39.2 million Gauguin painting.
American Hotel Stories, your new source for history-making travel ideas
This book documents the best hotel-based exploits of some of America’s most infamous, from Jim Morrison to Clint Eastwood. A comprehensive appendix guides you to a list of the nation’s most unique hotels to make your own story.
Zeroes
Jon & Kate Gosselin
So, Jon’s accused of cheating on his wife while Kate’s accused of cheating with a bodyguard. But do we really care? The parents of Jon & Kate Plus 8 need to step out of the spotlight to focus on their marriage and the well-being of their brood.
General Motors
GM should now stand for ‘Government Motors’. Unfortunately, the real zeroes are the folks that are bond holders.
Nuclear testing
North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong-il has just tested an atomic bomb underground with seeming success. The US and other nations are more than just a little concerned. What ever happened to the communist-ruled Asian nation’s 2005 disarmament-for-aid deal in which it agreed to abandon all its nuclear programs?
To read this story and others check out the June issue of Exec Digital