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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. 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. 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. 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. More

The indictment

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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. More

Putting Martha on the stand: A good thing?

Sean "Puffy" Combs did it. So did Mick Jagger, Errol Flynn and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. 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. 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. 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. More

Standing by their woman

As barbs and jokes about Martha Stewart ricocheted around her, Catherine Moellering could think of only one thing: her mandoline. 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. More

Timeline of events in Stewart scandal

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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?" 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. More

Key players in the Stewart saga

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How about some company for Stewart

Martha Stewart has mainly herself to blame for all the trouble she's in. 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. More

Turning $228,000 in stock into a $286M loss

If Martha Stewart could learn one thing from the controversy surrounding her sale of shares in ImClone Systems Inc., it may be that sometimes it pays to take a loss. 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. 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: 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. More

Probes by Congress losing steam

Hot television lights beamed on disgraced corporate executives summoned to testify before Congress. 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. 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. More

Stewart's control of firm in peril

After a nine-month investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to bring civil fraud charges against Martha Stewart -- an action observers say is likely within weeks. 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. 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. More

Samuel Waksal in brief

Age: 55. Born in Paris and moved with his family in the early 1950s to Dayton, Ohio. More

A chronology of ImClone events

Here is a chronology of events in the ImClone Systems Inc. case: More

Probe too little, too late

After more than 10 hours, hundreds of pages of evidence and a dozen witnesses, the much-hyped hearings on Manhattan biotech ImClone Systems Inc. came to an abrupt end last week, leaving investors and experts asking: Now what? More

The dish on Martha

As she hacked and whacked and stabbed at a head of cabbage on her final, testy appearance on CBS' "The Early Show" June 25, Martha Stewart, in lofty and assured tones, predicted that she would be "exonerated of any ridiculousness" relative to insider trading. More

Martha Stewart case not all sewn up

Whether you work on Wall Street or Main Street, there is sometimes a fine line between the routine and the illegal. And that line may be the difference in determining whether style guru Martha Stewart committed one of the more widely known white-collar crimes -- insider trading -- when she sold her ImClone Systems Inc. stock last year. More

What it all means

Experts say these are among the potential charges Martha Stewart could face: 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. More

Martha Stewart sees lower profits

Martha Stewart's name has been maligned, and her multimedia company's stock has taken a beating. More

Stewart stock woes persist

Martha Stewart's stock problems extend beyond allegations of insider trading in shares of drug maker ImClone Systems Inc. More

ImClone probe looks at sudden buys

A congressional investigation into drugmaker ImClone Systems Inc. has expanded to include the possibility that someone attempted to pump up ImClone's stock by buying shares, even while friends and family of former chief executive Samuel Waksal were selling. More

So far, Stewart’s down $200M

A month of accusations, investigations and constant hounding from the media has left Martha Stewart more than $200 million poorer. More

'$60' note may back Stewart's story

Congressional investigators have obtained a document from Merrill Lynch that sheds light on style guru Martha Stewart's alleged early plans to sell her ImClone Systems Inc. stock. It mentions $60 -- the price at which Stewart says she planned to sell the shares. 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. More