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Trump’s tower of trouble: anatomy of a financial fiasco
For Donald Trump, it was a stunning landmark of the 21st century: a luxury high-rise shaped like an ocean liner and bearing his name that would turn Fort Lauderdale Beach into an international draw.  Trump5/20/2013
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Judge tosses Staten Island woman's injury suit against Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City
(Atlantic City) -- Donald Trump doesn't mind if you win some cash at his casinos' slot machines, but he'll fight if you try to take money out of his pocket.
5/15/2013
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Judge scolds Trump, attorney during testimony
(Chicago) -- A scowling Donald Trump raised his voice on the witness stand Wednesday while an attorney grilled him and then rolled his eyes at the "Apprentice...
5/6/2013
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Icahn Holds Up Sale of Trump Plaza
(Atlantic City) -- Investor Carl Icahn is holding out for a better deal in the sale of Trump Plaza to the Meruelo Group. Icahn, who holds the mortgage on both the Plaza...
4/29/2013
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Trump Plaza gets new general manager
(Atlantic City) -- Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. has appointed a veteran gambling executive as the new general manager of the struggling Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.
4/22/2013
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Carl Icahn won't approve sale of Trump Plaza for $20M
(Atlantic City) -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who holds the mortgage on the Trump casinos, said Monday there is no way he will approve the proposed $20 million...
4/21/2013
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Trump Plaza's buyer says sale is on hold
(Atlantic City) -- The California development company that plans to buy Atlantic City's Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino for $20 million says the deal is on hold.
4/20/2013
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California company's deal for Trump Plaza put on hold
(Atlantic City) -- A California development company that had planned to buy the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City said on Friday that it was delaying the deal at least...
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Purchase of Trump Plaza on hold, prospective buyer says
(Atlantic City) -- The California development company that sought to buy Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino for $20 million announced Friday night that the sale has been...
4/1/2013
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Hired or fired? How the Trump is doing after five years in Las Vegas
(Las Vegas) -- Las Vegas’ Trump International Hotel had a rocky start. The high-end condos failed to sell. Owner Donald Trump had to shift strategy. The Great...
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Donald Trump drops suit against Bill Maher
(New York) -- Donald Trump has dropped a lawsuit he filed against Bill Maher, claiming the comedian and TV host went back on a promise to donate $5 million to charity if...
3/16/2013
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Trump Plaza layoff notice withdrawn
(Atlantic City) -- Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino has withdrawn layoff notices that recently went out to more than 1,400 employees.
3/13/2013
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Trump Plaza Hotel's New Owner Gives Layoff Notice to 1,400 Workers
(Atlantic City) -- Notice has gone out that more than 1,400 employees could face layoffs at Atlantic City's Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.
3/12/2013
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Layoff warning filed for Trump Plaza in Atlantic City
(Atlantic City) -- A mass-layoff notice has been filed for Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, warning that more than 1,400 employees could lose their jobs as the casino...
3/11/2013
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As Sale Looms, Are Trump Plaza Jobs Safe?
(Atlantic City) -- With unemployment in Atlantic City finishing last year above 20 percent, there are questions if the proposed sale of the worst-performing casino could...
2/25/2013
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Owner plans to market Trump Plaza in Atlantic City with Grand Sierra in Reno
(Reno) -- The news of the sale of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino came from far-away Atlantic City, but it’s bound to have an impact close to home for the Reno-Sparks...
2/24/2013
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Owner plans to market Trump Plaza in Atlantic City with Grand Sierra in Reno
(Reno) -- The news of the sale of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino came from far-away Atlantic City, but it’s bound to have an impact close to home for the Reno-Sparks...
2/21/2013
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Meruelo Group racing to improve Trump Plaza for tourist season
(Atlantic City) -- The low-profile Downey company that is buying the aging landmark Trump Plaza hotel and casino in Atlantic City, N.J., for a bargain-basement $20...
2/17/2013
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Group buying Atlantic City's Trump Plaza plans to spend more than $100 million on upgrades
(Atlantic City) -- The California development company that is buying Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino for the low price of $20 million plans to spend more than five times...
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Location, Location, Location
(Atlantic City) -- The long decline of Trump Plaza apparently ended last week with Trump Entertainment announced it had sold the Atlantic City property to the Meruelo...
2/16/2013
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BRENNAN: Atlantic City casino sale prices low – but is that so bad for the city itself?
(Atlantic City) -- Here’s a second-day look at the pending sale of Trump Plaza for another remarkably low price. For all of the negative news coming out of...
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Buyer has big plans for Trump Plaza's future
(Atlantic City) -- The California company that paid the bargain-basement price of $20 million for Atlantic City's Trump Plaza says Internet gambling will be part of...
2/15/2013
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Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino sold to California company for only $20 million
(Atlantic City) -- Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City’s poorest performing property, is being sold to a California development group for just $20 million.
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Trump Plaza sale could pave way for rebound, observer says
(Atlantic City) -- With the Trump Plaza slated to be sold to a California investment group for a bargain price, backers of the Boardwalk property may be hoping it...
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What's in store for Trump Plaza?
(Atlantic City) -- Absent in Thursday’s announcement about the sale of Trump Plaza casino-hotel to Southern California-based Meruelo Gaming Holdings LLC was any...
2/14/2013
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Trump CFO speaks about deal to sell Plaza Hotel
(Atlantic City) -- The Trump Plaza is set to be sold. The casino announced Thursday a deal to be purchased by Meruelo Gaming Holdings LLC, a company that owns the Grand...
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Trump Plaza sold for bargain-basement $20 million
(Atlantic City) -- Trump Plaza, the Boardwalk centerpiece of Donald Trump's one-time Atlantic City empire, was sold Thursday to a California company for $20 million...
2/4/2013
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Donald Trump to sue Bill Maher after bet feud
(California) -- Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday in California against liberal comic Bill Maher, suing him for $5 million after Trump says Maher did not follow...
1/31/2013
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Trouble on the green
(Florida) -- When Donald Trump took over the Doral Golf Resort & Spa last year, he said he had two choices.
1/28/2013
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D.C. turns down Donald Trump's request for tax break
(Washington D.C.) -- District of Columbia officials are requiring Donald Trump's organization to pay millions in local property taxes to redevelop the Old Post...
1/12/2013
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Trump Entertainment Says CEO to Succeed Lasry as Chairman
(Atlantic City) -- Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., operator of two casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, said Chief Executive Officer Robert Griffin will take up the...
1/11/2013
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Trump Entertainment chairman resigns from board
(New York) -- The billionaire New York hedge fund manager who led the $225 million bankruptcy buyout of Trump Entertainment Resorts is resigning as the casino company...
12/26/2012
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Donald Trump and state kill Jones Beach catering hall
(New York) -- Trump on the Ocean is dead. Donald Trump and state parks officials have agreed that the developer's proposed and controversial $24 million Jones Beach...
12/4/2012
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The Long-Awaited Trump Panama Casino Is A Go
(Panama) -- As if Trump Panama didn't already have enough going on (the one-year-old hotel has quickly become a top destination in Panama City, and there are reports...
11/25/2012
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Why investors have reservations about Trump tower
(Toronto) -- Build it well and they will come. That appears to be the philosophy of Val Levitan, chief executive officer of Talon International Development Inc., the...
11/21/2012
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Trump Hotel’s troubles mounting as sales tactics face probe
(Toronto) -- Developers of Toronto’s Trump International Hotel & Tower were given explicit instructions by the Ontario Securities Commission back in 2004 not...
11/16/2012
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Trump steakhouse in Las Vegas fails inspection
(Las Vegas) -- A Las Vegas Strip restaurant bearing the initials of celebrity financier Donald Trump was briefly shut down after health inspectors found violations...
9/7/2012
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Trump tower on Las Vegas Strip sells some 300 units as timeshares
(Las Vegas) -- Donald Trump’s gold-colored high-rise near the Las Vegas Strip will no longer be just a condo/hotel tower: It’s now a condo/hotel/timeshare...
9/6/2012
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LOOKING BACK: How the Trumps struck Klondike gold
(Alaska) -- There’s not much left of Bennett Town today: just the old wooden church high up above the blue water of Lake Bennett and the empty mountains and sky...
8/17/2012
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Donald Trump, local bully
(Scotland) -- Anthony Baxter's indie film, "You've Been Trumped," which premiered in theaters in the US this month is continuing to cause a stir...
6/13/2012
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Donald Trump vs. Steve Wynn: The Inside Story of Their ‘War at the Shore’
(Atlantic City) -- Fans of Boardwalk Empire know that Atlantic City was a hotbed of intrigue, corruption and drama during the Prohibition era. In The War at the Shore,...
5/31/2012
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Jon Stewart Mocks Donald Trump's Birther Conspiracy Claims (VIDEO)
(Washington D.C.) -- With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama locked in as the candidates to beat this upcoming election, things are looking pretty bland in terms of comedy...
5/29/2012
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CILLIZZA: Mitt Romney’s losing gamble on Donald Trump
(Washington D.C.) -- Late last week Mitt Romney’s campaign unveiled its latest fundraising gambit: Donate just $3 and you are eligible to have dinner with reality...
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Romney, on His Big Day, Finds Himself Upstaged
(Las Vegas) -- It was supposed to be a day of triumph for Mitt Romney, when he would at last formally claim the Republican presidential nomination with a victory in the...
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Trump sticks with 'birther' argument, Romney sticks with Trump
(Washington D.C.) -- Donald Trump did not back down on Tuesday from his questioning of President Barack Obama's birthplace, keeping the issue alive on the day he is...
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Wolf Blitzer To Trump: ‘You’re Starting To Sound A Little Ridiculous’
(Washington D.C.) -- Donald Trump called into CNN Tuesday hours before he was scheduled to hold a fundraiser with Mitt Romney. The topic of Trump’s continued...
5/28/2012
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POLITICS: George Will, Donald Trump trade insults
(Washington D.C.) -- After George Will dubbed Donald Trump a “bloviating ignoramus,” the real estate mogul shot back by calling the columnist the “...
5/25/2012
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Trump fiasco Romney’s biggest blunder by Philip Klein
(Washington D.C.) -- Mitt Romney made the biggest blunder of his candidacy today – at least so far. Previous missteps have mainly involved him making badly worded...
5/21/2012
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Trump card on its last legs in Atlantic City
(Atlantic City) -- Donald Trump once was the biggest name in Atlantic City – but times have changed, and now one Trump hotel has been renamed and another is on the...
5/19/2012
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Trump Entertainment announces Trump Plaza is for sale
(Atlantic City) -- Call it Trump Entertainment’s version of a garage sale. Virtually everything in the Trump casino empire is up for the taking — except the...
5/6/2012
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Legalizing casinos in New York won't hurt gambling in Atlantic City, Donald Trump says
(New York) -- The Donald is betting that legalizing casinos in New York won’t hurt Atlantic City. Despite sluggish revenues for the Jersey casinos, real estate...
5/5/2012
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BLOG: Trump’s NJ cards
(New Jersey) -- One thing I’ve come to conclude about Donald Trump is that he may be the most famous person on earth who is willing to chat with ink-stained media...
3/27/2012
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Trump’s tower of trouble: anatomy of a financial fiasco
(Florida) -- For Donald Trump, it was a stunning landmark of the 21st century: a luxury high-rise shaped like an ocean liner and bearing his name that would turn Fort...
11/26/2011
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Trump no more, Golden Nugget polishes own brand
(Atlantic City) -- The thousands of "Trump" references are gone from hotel doors, corridors and the sides of the building, along with the hundreds of thousands...
10/28/2011
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Trump Teams With Avenue's Lasry in Online Gaming Venture
(New York) -- Donald Trump and New York hedge-fund manager Marc Lasry want a seat at the virtual poker table if online gambling is legalized in the U.S.
10/20/2011
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Atlantic City Trump casinos choosing operating partner to help launch online gaming operation once it's legal
(Atlantic City) -- The city’s two Trump casinos are preparing for Internet gaming. Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. is in the final stages of selecting an...
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Donald Trump: Internet Gambling Mogul
(New York) -- With the U.S. casino industry making a hard push to pass federal online gambling legislation, it is no surprise that Donald Trump has plans to seize the...
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Donald Trump: US should legalize Internet betting
(New York) -- Donald Trump sees money — lots of it — flowing away from him. That, he said, needs to change. The real estate mogul and founder of an Atlantic City casino...
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Trump Plaza lowers table game minimums
(Atlantic City) -- The ongoing economic doldrums being experienced by Atlantic City's gaming industry may be no fun for casino operators, but it continues to be a...
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