Martha Stewart
Life Story of Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart is a successful American businesswoman and entrepreneur. Her career was also marred with controversy as she underwent imprisonment. Read on to know about this charismatic woman.
Donald Trump v. Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart has blamed Donald Trump for the failure of her reality television show The Apprentice.
Martha Stewart Says She Was Supposed to Fire Donald Trump
Martha Stewart claims that her version of the hit show "The Apprentice" failed because producers didn’t let her follow through on her idea of kicking off her show by firing Donald Trump.
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart is wasting no time capitalizing on her upcoming return to society, starring in two new shows, including The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
Martha Stewart's Midnight Release
The town of Alderson, WV, said goodbye to its most famous convict, Martha Stewart, in the middle of the night Thursday.
Stewart Does a U-turn and Pays Her Fine
Martha Stewart, the American lifestyle guru, is to pay the maximum possible fine of $195,000 (£102,000) to settle with the US financial watchdog over an insider trading scandal that landed her in a West Virginia prison for five months in 2004.
Comeback Queen: Martha Stewart's Next Lifestyle Launch
Martha Stewart, America's 'diva of domesticity', is launching a magazine showing thirty-something women how to live "better and more gracefully", although handy hints on staying out of jail are mysteriously absent from the first issue.
Martha Stewart Fails in Appeal Against Conviction
A US federal appeals court yesterday upheld the convictions of Martha Stewart, the celebrity businesswoman, and her stockbroker Peter Bogdanovic.
George & Martha: Sad, Sad, Sad
In a week that saw the death toll of the Iraq War cross the 1500 mark, with the president claiming international consensus in issuing ultimatums to Syria and Iran, the lead story across the spectrum of American media is Martha Stewart.
Thinner and Richer, Reborn Goddess of Us Lifestyle Leaves Jail
Martha Stewart's fortunes plunged before her trial. Now, after five months in prison, America's perfect homemaker finds herself back in favour.
Martha Stewart Released From Jail
Martha Stewart, the disgraced American domestic guru and businesswoman, was released from prison early this morning after serving a five-month sentence for lying to federal investigators over a share trade.
From Pesto to Porridge for Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart, who built an empire teaching Americans how to cook, garden and entertain, is facing a very different lifestyle after being told to report to a prison in West Virginia by October 8. The US bureau of prisons yesterday turned down a request by Stewart to serve her five-month...
Domestic Goddess Faces a Taste of Prison
I'll be back, says Martha Stewart after five month sentence for share scandal. A defiant Martha Stewart, the disgraced American doyenne of design, emerged from court yesterday vowing to make a comeback despite being sentenced to five months in prison for lying about an illicit share deal.
No New Trial for Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart's hopes of a fresh trial were crushed yesterday by a US federal judge. Martha Stewart's hopes of a fresh trial were crushed yesterday by a US federal judge. The businesswoman, convicted two months ago of lying to government investigators, filed a motion for a retrial after it emerged that a juror had lied during the selection process.
Martha Stewart Accepts Her Fate and Resigns in 'best Interests' of Company
Martha Stewart, the disgraced American businesswoman, yesterday resigned from the board of the company that bears her name. The expected move came a little more than a week after Stewart was found guilty of obstruction of justice, conspiracy and making false statements to federal...
Martha Stewart Living in Crisis
The board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia was locked in emergency meetings yesterday to determine the future of the company after its founder was last week convicted of lying to federal investigators. The difficulties facing the company were underlined over the weekend when CBS and UPN...
America's Perfect Woman Lied Over Profiting From Shares Tip-off
Martha Stewart faces prison after she was yesterday found guilty of lying to government investigators over a suspicious sale of shares.
Is the Martha Stewart Verdict in the Bag?
The jury will soon retire in the Martha Stewart case but here's our sartorial summing-up.
Stewart Accused of Cover Up
Martha Stewart, America's best known businesswoman, chose to "lie, conceal and cover up" the truth about a suspicious share sale, the jury in her obstruction of justice trial was told during closing arguments yesterday. Prosecutor Michael Schachter said that Ms Stewart lied to government...
Jury Told of Stewart 'lies'
Martha Stewart, America's best known businesswoman, chose to "lie, conceal and cover up" the truth about a suspicious share sale, the jury in her obstruction of justice trial was told during closing arguments yesterday. Prosecutor Michael Schachter said that Ms Stewart lied to government...
Stewart Altered Phone Log, Says Aide
Martha Stewart was hit by further damaging testimony yesterday when her personal assistant said Ms Stewart had altered a potentially significant phone record from her broker. Ann Armstrong recounted events on January 3 2002, that appeared to give weight to the government's obstruction of...
Court Told of Stewart Panic
Feverish broker changed story, says star witness. The star witness in the Martha Stewart trial continued his searing testimony yesterday, recounting the businesswoman's sale of shares in the drug company ImClone and the panic which followed as she and her broker tried to hide that she had been tipped off improperly.
Witness: I Tipped Off Martha Stewart
The star witness in the Martha Stewart trial last night packed the expected punch for government prosecutors when he said he had been ordered to tip the businesswoman off that shares in the drug company ImClone were being dumped by its founder. Douglas Faneuil, a former assistant to Ms...
Key Witness Faces Up to Martha
Defence hopes to discredit evidence of broker's assistant. The closely watched trial of Martha Stewart, the American businesswoman, was set to reach a pivotal point yesterday afternoon with the testimony of the government's key witness.
Martha Stewart 'lied Over and Over'
Martha Stewart was yesterday accused of lying to federal investigators and "multiplying" that lie to shareholders in her own company as she sought to protect her reputation and her wealth. The comments were made by government prosecutor Karen Seymour in opening arguments in the hugely...
Double Marcos Link in Lifestyle Guru's Trial
A new twist to the trial of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart emerged over the weekend when it transpired that one of the potential jurors had acquitted Imelda Marcos in a previous case. The former first lady of the Philippines was successfully defended in 1990 by one of Ms Stewart's legal...
Domestic Goddess's Trial Splits America
Martha Stewart is facing allegations of lying to officials investigating possible insider dealing in her sale of shares in the biotechnology company, ImClone Systems, in December 2001.
Little Ms Perfect Runs Out of Time
Tabloids relish prospect of Martha's downfall while friends rally support. Martha Stewart snapped back defiantly when she was asked recently: "Do you feel that some people are delighted by your downfall because, as one reporter put it, 'little Miss Perfect has fallen on her face'?"
Martha Stewart Empire Warns of Ballooning Losses
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has warned that its full year losses would be twice as bad as Wall Street's current estimates, writes David Teather.
Martha Stewart: what the US papers say
America's favourite domestic goddess has been indicted for fraud. We choose the best of what the US media had to say on the story.
Martha Stewart Not Cowed By Prospect of Jail
America's domestic goddess faces imprisonment for fraud but still finds time to demonstrate the many uses of dishcloths, writes Mark Tran.
Bad Taste Day As Martha Stewart Arrives in Court
Martha Stewart, one of America's most prominent businesswomen, yesterday faced criminal charges including obstruction of justice and securities fraud, in a case that has gripped the US public. Ms Stewart, who has built an empire on the back of her recipe for tasteful living, arrived at a...
Martha Stewart to Be Charged
American domestic icon Martha Stewart is expected to face criminal charges in the next few days related to a long-running insider dealing inquiry. Her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, yesterday issued a statement saying that the US attorney's office in New York intends to seek an...
Scandal costs Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia yesterday disclosed the bruising impact of the bad publicity that has surrounded the company since insider dealing allegations hit its founder last year.
Evidence Piles Up Against Tv Guru Martha Stewart
The legal net was closing around America's domestic diva Martha Stewart yesterday, after investigators claimed they had "sufficient information" to file charges against her, and her lawyers pleaded with them to let her off with a fine in the civil courts rather than push ahead with criminal...
Martha Stewart: Goose Still Cooking
America's domestic goddess has so far escaped charges of insider trading but her share price has already been cut in half, writes David Teather.
How to Spot a Loser
I wasn't sorry to see that Martha Stewart, America's most famous hostess, and a woman who makes Nigella Lawson sound like a barmaid in EastEnders, is in trouble for possible insider trading.
Martha's fall from grace
She's Delia Smith, Alan Titchmarsh, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Dr Spock - all rolled into one. But now Martha Stewart is being investigated for alleged insider trading. Matthew Engel on what went wrong for the millionaire goddess of the American household.
Martha Stewart, the American lifestyle guru, is to pay the maximum possible fine of $195,000 (£102,000) to settle with the US financial watchdog over an insider trading scandal that landed her in a West Virginia prison for five months in 2004.
Comeback Queen: Martha Stewart's Next Lifestyle Launch
Martha Stewart, America's 'diva of domesticity', is launching a magazine showing thirty-something women how to live "better and more gracefully", although handy hints on staying out of jail are mysteriously absent from the first issue.
Martha Stewart Fails in Appeal Against Conviction
A US federal appeals court yesterday upheld the convictions of Martha Stewart, the celebrity businesswoman, and her stockbroker Peter Bogdanovic.
George & Martha: Sad, Sad, Sad
In a week that saw the death toll of the Iraq War cross the 1500 mark, with the president claiming international consensus in issuing ultimatums to Syria and Iran, the lead story across the spectrum of American media is Martha Stewart.
Thinner and Richer, Reborn Goddess of Us Lifestyle Leaves Jail
Martha Stewart's fortunes plunged before her trial. Now, after five months in prison, America's perfect homemaker finds herself back in favour.
Martha Stewart Released From Jail
Martha Stewart, the disgraced American domestic guru and businesswoman, was released from prison early this morning after serving a five-month sentence for lying to federal investigators over a share trade.
From Pesto to Porridge for Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart, who built an empire teaching Americans how to cook, garden and entertain, is facing a very different lifestyle after being told to report to a prison in West Virginia by October 8. The US bureau of prisons yesterday turned down a request by Stewart to serve her five-month...
Domestic Goddess Faces a Taste of Prison
I'll be back, says Martha Stewart after five month sentence for share scandal. A defiant Martha Stewart, the disgraced American doyenne of design, emerged from court yesterday vowing to make a comeback despite being sentenced to five months in prison for lying about an illicit share deal.
No New Trial for Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart's hopes of a fresh trial were crushed yesterday by a US federal judge. Martha Stewart's hopes of a fresh trial were crushed yesterday by a US federal judge. The businesswoman, convicted two months ago of lying to government investigators, filed a motion for a retrial after it emerged that a juror had lied during the selection process.
Martha Stewart Accepts Her Fate and Resigns in 'best Interests' of Company
Martha Stewart, the disgraced American businesswoman, yesterday resigned from the board of the company that bears her name. The expected move came a little more than a week after Stewart was found guilty of obstruction of justice, conspiracy and making false statements to federal...
Martha Stewart Living in Crisis
The board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia was locked in emergency meetings yesterday to determine the future of the company after its founder was last week convicted of lying to federal investigators. The difficulties facing the company were underlined over the weekend when CBS and UPN...
America's Perfect Woman Lied Over Profiting From Shares Tip-off
Martha Stewart faces prison after she was yesterday found guilty of lying to government investigators over a suspicious sale of shares.
Is the Martha Stewart Verdict in the Bag?
The jury will soon retire in the Martha Stewart case but here's our sartorial summing-up.
Stewart Accused of Cover Up
Martha Stewart, America's best known businesswoman, chose to "lie, conceal and cover up" the truth about a suspicious share sale, the jury in her obstruction of justice trial was told during closing arguments yesterday. Prosecutor Michael Schachter said that Ms Stewart lied to government...
Jury Told of Stewart 'lies'
Martha Stewart, America's best known businesswoman, chose to "lie, conceal and cover up" the truth about a suspicious share sale, the jury in her obstruction of justice trial was told during closing arguments yesterday. Prosecutor Michael Schachter said that Ms Stewart lied to government...
Stewart Altered Phone Log, Says Aide
Martha Stewart was hit by further damaging testimony yesterday when her personal assistant said Ms Stewart had altered a potentially significant phone record from her broker. Ann Armstrong recounted events on January 3 2002, that appeared to give weight to the government's obstruction of...
Court Told of Stewart Panic
Feverish broker changed story, says star witness. The star witness in the Martha Stewart trial continued his searing testimony yesterday, recounting the businesswoman's sale of shares in the drug company ImClone and the panic which followed as she and her broker tried to hide that she had been tipped off improperly.
Witness: I Tipped Off Martha Stewart
The star witness in the Martha Stewart trial last night packed the expected punch for government prosecutors when he said he had been ordered to tip the businesswoman off that shares in the drug company ImClone were being dumped by its founder. Douglas Faneuil, a former assistant to Ms...
Key Witness Faces Up to Martha
Defence hopes to discredit evidence of broker's assistant. The closely watched trial of Martha Stewart, the American businesswoman, was set to reach a pivotal point yesterday afternoon with the testimony of the government's key witness.
Martha Stewart 'lied Over and Over'
Martha Stewart was yesterday accused of lying to federal investigators and "multiplying" that lie to shareholders in her own company as she sought to protect her reputation and her wealth. The comments were made by government prosecutor Karen Seymour in opening arguments in the hugely...
Double Marcos Link in Lifestyle Guru's Trial
A new twist to the trial of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart emerged over the weekend when it transpired that one of the potential jurors had acquitted Imelda Marcos in a previous case. The former first lady of the Philippines was successfully defended in 1990 by one of Ms Stewart's legal...
Domestic Goddess's Trial Splits America
Martha Stewart is facing allegations of lying to officials investigating possible insider dealing in her sale of shares in the biotechnology company, ImClone Systems, in December 2001.
Little Ms Perfect Runs Out of Time
Tabloids relish prospect of Martha's downfall while friends rally support. Martha Stewart snapped back defiantly when she was asked recently: "Do you feel that some people are delighted by your downfall because, as one reporter put it, 'little Miss Perfect has fallen on her face'?"
Martha Stewart Empire Warns of Ballooning Losses
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has warned that its full year losses would be twice as bad as Wall Street's current estimates, writes David Teather.
Martha Stewart: what the US papers say
America's favourite domestic goddess has been indicted for fraud. We choose the best of what the US media had to say on the story.
Martha Stewart Not Cowed By Prospect of Jail
America's domestic goddess faces imprisonment for fraud but still finds time to demonstrate the many uses of dishcloths, writes Mark Tran.
Bad Taste Day As Martha Stewart Arrives in Court
Martha Stewart, one of America's most prominent businesswomen, yesterday faced criminal charges including obstruction of justice and securities fraud, in a case that has gripped the US public. Ms Stewart, who has built an empire on the back of her recipe for tasteful living, arrived at a...
Martha Stewart to Be Charged
American domestic icon Martha Stewart is expected to face criminal charges in the next few days related to a long-running insider dealing inquiry. Her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, yesterday issued a statement saying that the US attorney's office in New York intends to seek an...
Scandal costs Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia yesterday disclosed the bruising impact of the bad publicity that has surrounded the company since insider dealing allegations hit its founder last year.
Evidence Piles Up Against Tv Guru Martha Stewart
The legal net was closing around America's domestic diva Martha Stewart yesterday, after investigators claimed they had "sufficient information" to file charges against her, and her lawyers pleaded with them to let her off with a fine in the civil courts rather than push ahead with criminal...
Martha Stewart: Goose Still Cooking
America's domestic goddess has so far escaped charges of insider trading but her share price has already been cut in half, writes David Teather.
How to Spot a Loser
I wasn't sorry to see that Martha Stewart, America's most famous hostess, and a woman who makes Nigella Lawson sound like a barmaid in EastEnders, is in trouble for possible insider trading.
Martha's fall from grace
She's Delia Smith, Alan Titchmarsh, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Dr Spock - all rolled into one. But now Martha Stewart is being investigated for alleged insider trading. Matthew Engel on what went wrong for the millionaire goddess of the American household.