Read more speaking engagements stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19692/speaking-engagements.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:44:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70629/lecture-circuit-to-palin-thanks-but-no-thanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe lecture circuit isn’t sold on Sarah Palin. Though the ex-governor signed on with the prestigious Washington Speakers Bureau, which is hawking her services to the tune of $100,000 a speech, lecture buyers “are paralyzed with fear about booking her,” an industry insider tells the New York Post , “basically...http://www.newser.com/story/70629/lecture-circuit-to-palin-thanks-but-no-thanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 7:32:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68208/palin-to-make-first-trip-to-asia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce pilloried for her lack of foreign policy experience—except for Russia, which she said she could see from Alaska—Sarah Palin will make her first trip to Asia in September. The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors Forum, a prominent conference of global...http://www.newser.com/story/68208/palin-to-make-first-trip-to-asia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 7:57:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63826/palin-poised-to-rake-it-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagShe says media sniping drove her from her job, but in fact, “the media invented Sarah Palin,” and now's her chance to cash in on that celebrity. “Can we stop pretending that Palin is interested in anything other than her own ambition?” Kathleen Parker asks in the Washington Post . “From...http://www.newser.com/story/63826/palin-poised-to-rake-it-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 8:29:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56482/condi-commands-same-speaking-fee-as-ex-boss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCondoleezza Rice isn't playing second fiddle to George W. Bush any longer: The former secretary of state charges a $150,000 speaking fee—the same as her old boss, The Hill reports. Rice will even get a jump on the former president later this month when she addresses the Economic...http://www.newser.com/story/56482/condi-commands-same-speaking-fee-as-ex-boss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 12:47:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51686/bush-ready-for-new-gig-speeches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Bush is officially ready for his new job: speech-maker. Now signed up with the Washington Speakers Bureau, Bush plans to make at least 10 speeches around the world in the next year. The first—"A Conversation With George Bush"—will be March 17 in Calgary to business leaders, reports...http://www.newser.com/story/51686/bush-ready-for-new-gig-speeches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Feb 2009 18:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49156/bill-clinton-earns-6m-in-speaking-fees-in-2008.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton earned nearly $6 million in speaking fees last year, almost all of it from foreign companies, say financial documents filed by his wife. Of the former president's $5.7 million in 2008 honoraria, $4.6 million came from foreign sources, including Kuwait's national bank and firms in Canada,...http://www.newser.com/story/49156/bill-clinton-earns-6m-in-speaking-fees-in-2008.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 20:26:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41213/blair-banks-20m-in-first-year-as-ex-pm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair took in around $20 million since stepping aside as British PM last October, the Times of London reports, six times what he’d made in his entire life and more than double Bill Clinton’s take in his first year out of office. Some at the UN have questioned whether...http://www.newser.com/story/41213/blair-banks-20m-in-first-year-as-ex-pm.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Oct 2008 14:05:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/15024/huckabee-hasnt-put-down-the-mic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs the presidential race heats up, candidates from both parties have backed off their lucrative speaking engagements, but not Mike Huckabee, the Politico says. The pastor-turned-frontrunner has been making the rounds at universities, charging $25,000 per speech. “If I don’t work, I don’t eat,” Huckabee said, insisting he enjoys...http://www.newser.com/story/15024/huckabee-hasnt-put-down-the-mic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Dec 2007 9:40:00 CST