Greenwich, a town filled with old-money estates, is no stranger to grand listings.
Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne, is an old-money heir and the owner of Wayne Enterprises, a massive international-technology conglomerate.
In the past century, Nantucket, true to its Tory roots, has become an old-money summer enclave, both corporate and conservative.
More than a few old-money families that have staffed up such investment offices have gone on the offensive to attract outside assets.
By contrast, Mr Beaudoin seems more like a haughty old-money European financier.
Another escape from the old-money Hamptons can be found at Sunset Beach, a bar, restaurant and hotel on Shelter Island, which lies between the north and south forks.
The Web crash brought vindication for this old-money center.
If a house is tied to old-money heritage or an A-list celebrity, the premium on its price can be as much as 15% to 20%, says New York real-estate broker Barbara Corcoran.
There is also more than a whiff of old-fashioned money politics about the Dean campaign.
The merchant does not know the buyer's name unless he or she reveals it -- just like with old-fashioned money.
Teams desperate for a competent big man, like the New York Knicks for instance, may be willing to give the 30-year-old more than mid-level money for his talents.
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We think the financial markets will still make money, the banks can still make money, but they got to make money the old-fashioned way, which is loan money to small businesses who are providing services to the community.
Philip Fisher, the legendary 89-year-old money manager (FORBES, Sept. 23, 1996), has held Motorola since 1957.
In days of old, money-strapped monarchs reduced the gold or silver content of their coins.
Philip Fisher, the legendary 89-year-old money manager, has held Motorola since 1957.
It is the difference between being what Mr. Griffith called a "business model company" and a plain old money-making enterprise.
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But Bentley's chief shrugs off the suggestion that the brand's growing popularity among flashy celebs, the Osbournes included, could turn off buyers with old money--or turn Bentley into a fad.
Banks have little incentive to make money the old-fashioned way (by lending) if they can lazily tap the Federal Reserve for free money and then buy long-term U.S. Treasurys yielding 3.5%.
If the Dynamic Tower is not built, Mr Wood says, the explanation will not be an unavoidable lack of know-how, but an old-fashioned lack of money.
That was old-fashioned spending: money spent, money gone.
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The 85-year-old said some of the money would go towards an international hospital for stem-cell treatment.
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This harkens back to the old joke about long-only money managers always seeing bull markets.
Their candidates have also resorted to those old faithfuls - regional sentiments and money politics - to pick up the votes.
If they can't use the law to crush competitors, tequileros will have to make money the old-fashioned way, by making better tequila.
Their plan would also provide a one-time benefit hike at age 85, a time when many of the old-old run out of money.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to sell his 33-year-old car to raise money for a charity that funds housing projects for young people.
The prospects of a big payday have left Mills, 38, fighting accusations that she is a "gold digger" who married the 63-year-old McCartney for his money.
These days the simple life is perhaps priciest in Great Britain, where, unlike the sage actor, most owners of stately homes made their money the old-fashioned way: They inherited it.
Mr Singh's government is already hobbled by corruption scandals involving his cabinet ministers ranging from allocation of resources (mobile phone spectrum licenses and coal) to plain old-fashioned bribery allegations (money for transfer of officials to "lucrative" postings).
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