Martha Stewart-ImClone
The diva, the deal, the fallout
Appellate judge questions Martha Stewart prosecutor about juror
NEW YORK - With Martha Stewart looking on, a federal appeals judge sharply questioned a prosecutor yesterday about why no hearing was held into allegations that a juror in the homemaking entrepreneur's trial lied. Read more ...
Stewart is hired by 'Apprentice'
From prison time to prime time - that's where Martha Stewart is headed as star of The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, an NBC spinoff of the Donald Trump reality series that will begin casting this week and could debut next fall. Read more ...
Martha Stewart faces dilemma over when to start prison term
NEW YORK - Sentenced to prison but free for now, Martha Stewart faces a wrenching choice - whether to start serving her time immediately or stay out on appeal. Read more ...
Stewart sentenced to five months
Apologizing to supporters for "a small personal matter" that "became an almost fatal circus event," Martha Stewart was sentenced yesterday to five months in prison and five months of home detention for the stock-trading cover-up that upended her life, her company and her finely groomed image. Read more ...
The indictment
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Stewart seeks retrial, calls juror dishonest
NEW YORK - Martha Stewart requested a new trial yesterday, saying one of the jurors who convicted her failed to disclose a checkered past that includes an arrest on assault charges. Read more ...
Style guru's outlook bleak
Martha Stewart began the next chapter of her stranger-than-fiction business story yesterday by thanking her supporters after appearing before a probation officer - three days after her felony conviction helped make her, on paper, $213 million poorer. Read more ...
Stewart's attitude was on trial, too
MARTHA STEWART's conviction in federal court last week must stand as a warning to all future Marthas. Read more ...
Martha Stewart: Commentary
Blunders that sabotaged her case
High-profile cases like the one involving Martha Stewart provide a window into America's justice system. Read more ...
Jurors in Stewart trial surprised defense was not more aggressive
NEW YORK - Jurors who convicted Martha Stewart of lying about a stock sale said they believed the key prosecution witnesses who testified against the homemaking guru and were surprised that her team didn't build a more aggressive defense. Read more ...
Stewart's tarnished image bad for business
Almost everyone who has studied the predicament confronting the managers of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. agrees that Martha Stewart should leave for her company to have its best chance to survive. Read more ...
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia: A vulnerable empire
The foundation of the media-lifestyle business empire put together by Martha Stewart is provided by her Emmy-winning television show and the monthly Martha Steward Living magazine - two institutions most vulnerable to negative publicity from her conviction. Read more ...
Diverse group of jurors deciding Stewart's fate
NEW YORK — After 27 witnesses and 19 days of testimony and arguments, the jury is officially out on Martha Stewart. Read more ...
Jurors begin deciding Stewart's fate
The Martha Stewart jury began its deliberations today, wrestling with the question of whether she lied about a stock sale -- and likely holding her reputation as an icon of gracious living in its hands. Read more ...
Omnimedia to report results that reflect troubles
While the jury deliberated the criminal case against Martha Stewart, the latest verdict in her media empire's performance seemed more certain: Analysts expect Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. to report its first annual loss when it releases financial results Thursday. Read more ...
Stewart attorney cites inconsistencies
The government has wrongly accused Martha Stewart of participating in a laughable "confederacy of dunces," her lawyer said today in closing arguments at her federal trial. Read more ...
Closing arguments due next week
Lawyers in the Martha Stewart trial will deliver their closing arguments early next week, and 12 jurors will begin deciding the fate of the celebrity homemaker Wednesday morning. Read more ...
Stewart billed firm for luxury vacation
Martha Stewart billed her company for the luxurious vacation she took just after selling her ImClone Systems Inc. stock in 2001, a Stewart business manager testified Tuesday. Read more ...
Friend says Stewart knew CEO was selling
Three days after dumping her ImClone Systems stock, Martha Stewart confided to a longtime friend that she knew ImClone CEO Sam Waksal had tried to sell his own shares, the friend testified Thursday. Read more ...
Stewart prosecutors dealt setback
A federal judge dealt a blow Friday to the government's effort to prove Martha Stewart committed securities fraud when she publicly proclaimed her innocence amid an investigation of a stock sale. Read more ...
Prosecutors to rest case next week
Prosecutors say they expect to rest their case against Martha Stewart and her former broker next week, and jurors are likely to begin deliberations in the stock-fraud trial in March. Read more ...
Stewart lawyer tries to discredit witness
Martha Stewart's lawyer sought Wednesday to discredit the testimony of a government investigator who quizzed the domestic entrepreneur about her sale of ImClone Systems Inc. stock. Read more ...
Faneuil says he feared he would be fired
The star witness against Martha Stewart testified today that she had berated him at least twice and once even threatened to take her business to another brokerage because she didn't like the telephone hold music. Read more ...
Excerpts from Faneuil's e-mails on Stewart
Here are the texts of e-mails sent by Douglas Faneuil to a friend. The e-mails were introduced as evidence Thursday in the trial of Martha Stewart and her former stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic. Read more ...
Witness says he tipped Stewart
NEW YORK — A 28-year-old former stockbroker's assistant took the witness stand Tuesday in the Martha Stewart trial and, in an hour of testimony that riveted the courtroom, said he was ordered to pass on an insider stock tip to the lifestyles tycoon. Read more ...
Star witness to testify in Stewart case
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart was "very hurried and harsh and direct" in a call to ImClone Systems headquarters on the day she dumped her stock in the company, a former ImClone secretary testified today. Read more ...
Putting Martha on the stand: A good thing?
Sean "Puffy" Combs did it. So did Mick Jagger, Errol Flynn and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Read more ...
Witness describes Stewart phone call
NEW YORK - Martha Stewart called ImClone Systems Inc.'s headquarters and demanded to talk to founder Samuel D. Waksal to find out "what was going on" with ImClone's falling share price on the day she sold her stock in the company, a former ImClone secretary testified yesterday. Read more ...
Stewart lawyer frets over jury pool
Martha Stewart's lead attorney is concerned that jurors at her stock-fraud trial might mistakenly believe the style-setter is charged with insider trading. Read more ...
Stewart again pleads innocent
Martha Stewart waved to her supporters, strode into a Manhattan courthouse and repeated a plea of innocent at the formal start of her stock-trading trial Tuesday. Read more ...
Case poses challenges for all parties
NEW YORK — For sheer spectacle, the Michael Jackson legal drama playing out in Santa Barbara County has a rival: the trial of home-and-hearth tycoon Martha Stewart. Read more ...
Timeline of events in Stewart scandal
Here is a chornology of events in the Martha Stewart stock-trading case: Read more ...
Stewart judge puts block on interviews
The federal judge in the Martha Stewart case said today that members of the media will not be allowed to watch the questioning of prospective jurors -- a process usually held in open court. Read more ...
Martha Stewart uses Web to rally supporters
True to her perfectionist reputation, Martha Stewart is using a stylish and highly detailed personal Web site to tell her side of the story as her high-stakes trial approaches. Read more ...
She'll be Martha's judge
It may be Martha Stewart's high-profile day in court, but the woman who will command the stage starting next week is a petite, reserved 74-year-old whose daily attire will be basic black. Read more ...
Jury selection starts in Stewart case
Lawyers picking through jury questionnaires for the Martha Stewart trial face the tricky task of predicting how potential panelists might lean based on answers to queries that could be as simple as what their favorite TV show is. Read more ...
Shy assistant key to Stewart case
Martha Stewart's fate -- and the future of the vast empire that has put her name on everything from books and bed linens to garden boots and garlic presses -- may well be in the hands of a lowly brokerage assistant by the name of Douglas Faneuil. Read more ...
Martha Stewart loses round in court
NEW YORK -- A federal judge refused to dismiss a securities fraud charge today that accuses Martha Stewart of deceiving her stockholders when she publicly declared her innocence in the insider-trading scandal. Read more ...
Stewart's e-mail barred from trial
A federal judge gave Martha Stewart a legal victory Monday, blocking prosecutors from using an e-mail she wrote to her lawyer last year as evidence at her upcoming trial. Read more ...
Earnings plunge at Martha Stewart
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., which continues to struggle amid a scandal surrounding its namesake founder and former chief executive, posted an 86 percent drop in second quarter profits today, as revenue fell more than 16 percent. Read more ...
For Stewart, a pantry full of strategies
NEW YORK — Defense attorney J. Michael Nolan hasn't seen a witness list and he isn't familiar with the physical evidence or other details of the government's case, but he already knows what his final words to the jury would be: "If it wasn't Martha Stewart, do you think we'd be here?" Read more ...
Stewart quits top posts after indictment
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart, the steely perfectionist who built a fortune by selling her vision of good taste and gracious living, was indicted today in an insider-trading scandal that could put her behind bars. Hours later, she stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer of her media empire. Read more ...
Key players in the Stewart saga
Here are the primary players in the Martha Stewart investigation: Read more ...
How about some company for Stewart
Martha Stewart has mainly herself to blame for all the trouble she's in. Read more ...
Martha the marketer is still a force
It may have been the worst kept secret on Wall Street. But when news broke Tuesday morning that the Justice Department is expected to indict Martha Stewart on insider-trading charges, shares in Martha Stewart Omnimedia Inc. got clobbered anyway. Read more ...
Martha Stewart likely to be indicted
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart, who has been under investigation by the Justice Department for more than a year for her sale of shares in ImClone Systems Inc. in late 2001, is expected to be indicted on criminal charges "in the near future," her company said Tuesday. Read more ...
The Martha Stewart-ImClone saga
Here are some key dates in the scandal surrounding Martha Stewart's sale of her stock in ImClone Systems Inc., a biotechnology company founded by her friend Samuel D. Waksal: Read more ...
Profits plunge 42% at Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. reported a 42 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Thursday and warned that fourth-quarter earnings would fall far short of analysts' expectations, as a federal probe into a stock sale by its namesake founder continues to hurt the bottom line. Read more ...
Probes by Congress losing steam
Hot television lights beamed on disgraced corporate executives summoned to testify before Congress. Read more ...
Is Martha Stewart case all that?
This isn't about getting sympathy for Martha Stewart. If she is found guilty of insider trading, she deserves to be punished. Read more ...
SEC ready to file against Stewart
Securities and Exchange Commission laFwyers have told Martha Stewart that they are ready to file civil securities fraud charges against the home-decor entrepreneur for her alleged role in an insider-trading scandal, a source said Tuesday. Read more ...
Case presents challenge for U.S.
While federal regulators think they have enough evidence to file a civil suit against Martha Stewart for allegedly trading stock on insider information, securities lawyers say hers is an unusual and potentially difficult case. Read more ...
Ex-ImClone CEO pleads guilty
Samuel D. Waksal, the jet-setting scientist and entrepreneur who founded ImClone Systems Inc., pleaded guilty Tuesday to bank and securities fraud in a mushrooming scandal that also threatens his friend and investor, Martha Stewart. Read more ...
Samuel Waksal in brief
Age: 55. Born in Paris and moved with his family in the early 1950s to Dayton, Ohio. Read more ...
A chronology of ImClone events
Here is a chronology of events in the ImClone Systems Inc. case: Read more ...
Aide in Stewart sale pleads to payoff
Prosecutors turned up the heat on Martha Stewart Wednesday when a stockbrokers assistant admitted taking a payoff to keep silent about an alleged insider-stock trade by the home-decorating diva. Read more ...
Shareholder sues Martha Stewart
An investor in Martha Stewart's company has filed a lawsuit alleging she dumped shares of her own stock because she knew she would be investigated on suspicion of insider trading in the ImClone Systems Inc. case. Read more ...
Stewart subpoena not ruled out
Lawmakers leading an investigation of Martha Stewart's sale of ImClone Systems Inc. stock aren't ruling out issuing a subpoena to force her to appear on Capitol Hill. Read more ...
Stewart meets deadline to Congress
Lawyers for domestic-marketing powerhouse Martha Stewart handed over documents Tuesday that were sought by a House investigative panel examining her sale of ImClone Systems Inc. stock. Read more ...
Ex-ImClone CEO indicted on trades
NEW YORK -- A federal grand jury has indicted ImClone Systems Inc. founder and former chief executive Samuel Waksal in an insider trading scandal that has tarnished Martha Stewart and her home fashion empire. Read more ...
Martha Stewart sees lower profits
Martha Stewart's name has been maligned, and her multimedia company's stock has taken a beating. Read more ...
Martha Stewart is off her game
Her detractors say there are better cooks, more creative party planners, greater gardeners and warmer hostesses. But what Martha Stewart has on all of them is a formidable combination of talents: a brilliant understanding of modern consumers and an almost unparalleled ability to sell herself to them. Read more ...
Ex-ImClone CEO: A very social scientist
It was quite a party: Celebrity guests like Martha Stewart and Mick Jagger mingled with business tycoons around bowls of caviar in an art-adorned Soho loft. Read more ...
