Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund manager, received two critical rubber stamps on Friday that all but completed his $2.4 billion purchase of the…
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Tag: Wilpon, Fred
With Wilpons Set to Cede Control, the Mets End an Era of What-Ifs
About six months after leading a pointed public battle against the Mets’ owners over their entanglement with the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme, the lawyer…
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Steven Cohen Agrees to Buy the Mets, Again
Frustrated Mets fans have for years pined for a new owner to swoop in and buy their team, someone to save it from what they…
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Denying Alex Rodriguez, Mets Avoid a Risky Presence in the Owner’s Box
From the very start, Alex Rodriguez has been an achiever. He was the first overall draft pick at 17 years old and a batting champion…
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For Sale: A Team With a Colorful Financial History
When Nelson Doubleday, John O. Pickett and Fred Wilpon bought the Mets from the Payson family for $21 million in 1980, it was a relatively…
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