Where will Manhattan's first mega-home sale of 2009 come from? We predict. Those Corcoran-going-under rumors? Started by rivals! (Maybe.) But Edward Lee Cave is, in all seriousness, retooling a bit. Diddy and 50 Cent's manager Chris Lighty buys two Chelsea condos. The city strikes a tentative deal for building lots of office space in the garment district. CB ...

The idea that rappers are valuable not just for their awesomely rhyming insights into romance and street life (“Safe sex is great sex/ Better use a latex,” Lil’ Wayne says, “’Cause you don’t want that late text/ That ‘I think I’m late’ text”), but for marketing Vitaminwater and ChapStick—or for star turns in Hollywood films—has turned ...