Archive for July 2011

Yesterday afternoon, Judge Richard Holwell agreed to postpone the sentencing for Raj Rajaratnam until September 27. While the news that he’ll have another two months free before heading to prison for what could be 25 years is surely a relief to the Galleon founder, it’s a serious amount of pressure to put on one summer. Continue reading »

At 10:45 a.m., Mr. Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, left the brick town house at 153 Franklin Street, where he has been under 24-hour confinement, paying $50,000 a month in rent and much more for required security measures. They got into a black Lexus RX350 sport-utility vehicle. Minutes later, they arrived at the courthouse; Mr. Strauss-Kahn, wearing a light blue tie, looked relaxed as he walked past the photographers. [NYT]

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