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New York’s attorney-general has sent subpoenas to six high-frequency trading firms as its investigation into whether certain traders have an unfair advantage over others widens beyond the stock exchanges. The office of Eric Schneiderman last week sent subpoenas to six trading firms, including Tower Research, Chopper Trading and Jump Trading, a person familiar with the matter said. The identity of …

After nine years on the market, the legendary 52-acre estate of Huguette Clark in New Canaan finally has been sold, Realtor Barbara Cleary said Monday. The property, which was listed at $15.9 million, was purchased for $14.3 million by DeLom LLC, according to Cleary, who would not reveal who’s behind the purchase.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced the “Pay to Quit” program to the company’s shareholders on Thursday. Bezos said the new programs offers Amazon’s employees up to $5,000 to quit their jobs, with the goal being to make sure their employees really want to be there. “The goal is to encourage folks to take a moment and think about what they …

The famous “Fleur de Lys” mansion in Los Angeles is now up for rent for $40,000 a month. The lease offer comes just days after it sold for an astounding $102 million, making it the most expensive sale in L.A. county’s history.

Phil Ivey‘s alleged use of “edge-sorting” in Baccarat earned the nine-time WSOP bracelet winner almost $10 million in ill-gotten winnings according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Borgata Hotel & Casino. The suit alleges Ivey and Cheng Yin Sun used the technique to defraud the Atlantic City casino of $9.6 million in 2012. This lawsuit comes less than one …

Visitors come to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park to dig for gemstones, but a 14-year-old Oklahoma girl didn’t really expect to find one on her family’s visit there last October. After two hours of digging, Tana Clymer was about to give up when she saw what she at first thought was a candy wrapper. Turns out, it was a …

Soon-to-be -married “Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara just dropped $US10.6 million on a villa in the heart of Beverly Hills, according to Trulia. The 11,400-square-foot home has seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, including a master suite with separate his and hers closets and a balcony terrace.

Teresa and Joe Giudice of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” fame can only pay $7,500 of their $13 million debt, as declared by a bankruptcy judge. Teresa and Joe seemed to have it all, but their lavish lifestyle – including their $1.7 million home – was based on loans, according to the Daily Mail. The residence holds just $140,000 of …

The dashing Tyler Florence and his wife Tolan have traded up for a fancy new $2.375 million pad in Corte Madera. Curbed SF has a look around the Wayfare Tavern chef’s new spread, which includes a massive kitchen, of course.

As the world’s largest purchaser, the U.S. government must explore every savings opportunity — down to the last serif on its millions of printed pages. But when a Pittsburgh sixth-grader recently detailed a proposal to save the feds $136 million merely by printing documents in a simpler typeface, the Government Printing Office’s reaction was lukewarm.

Five former workers of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff were convicted Monday following a six-month trial in a Manhattan federal court. The past employees of Madoff’s Wall Street firm were accused of helping the former NASDAQ chairman hide a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of billions of dollars.