Regulate Us, Just Don’t Break Us Up – Mark Zuckerberg Tells U.S. Government Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published his annual personal challenge Thursday — this time training his focus not just on the next 12 months, but on the next 10 years. His goals range from philanthropy to […]
Biden, Buttigieg, Ready To Challenge President Trump On The U.S. Economy At Tuesday night’s primary debate in Iowa, several of the 2020 Democrats stressed that they were ready or even looking forward to going after the incumbent on this front. “With regard to the economy, I can hardly wait to […]
$10,000 Found With Couple Arrested For Selling “Golden Tickets To Heaven” Tito and Amanda Watts were arrested over the weekend for selling “golden tickets to heaven” to hundreds of people. The couple, who sold the tickets on the street for $99.99 per ticket, told buyers the tickets were made from […]
Britain’s Most Expensive Home Could Be Sold For A World Record-Breaking $275 Million Billionaire property magnate Cheung Chung Kiu has snapped up a 45-bedroom home in London’s upscale Knightsbridge neighbourhood, with the sale price rumored to be $275 million. If completed, the purchase would mark the U.K.’s most expensive house […]
Billionaire Roman Abramovich Pumps $324 million Into Chelsea Despite Losing Love For London Billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich has plunged a massive $324 million (£247 million) into Chelsea FC despite reportedly having not attended a game for over two years. New accounts for the west London soccer giants released yesterday evening show that […]
Australian Billionaire Andrew Forrest Pledges $48 Million For Bushfire Recovery Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest and wife Nicola have pledged $48 million ($70 million Australian dollars) to boost recovery efforts amid intense wildfires that have devastated swathes of several Australian states. The Forrests’ donation, though their charity, will be directed […]
The Quiet Billionaires Behind America’s $16 million Predator Drone That Killed World’s #1 ‘Bad Guy’ Soleimani It may be the most historic drone strike in history—last Friday an MQ-9 Reaper fired at least two Hellfire missiles at vehicles carrying Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and their […]
Adidas Beats Nike Adidas AG is beating Nike,Inc. on Wall Street. Over the last twelve months, Adidas shares are up 56.50%, while Nike shares are up 33.66%. What’s behind Adidas lead on Wall Street? Earnings and sales momentum. For 2019, the German sportswear maker reported record earnings and revenues, driven […]
Is Prime Minister Modi Watching As India Hits Worst Economy In 42 Years? The only real debate about India’s economy is exactly when things were as bad as they are in 2020. From some vantage points, the 5% inflation-adjusted growth expected for the fiscal year ending in March is the […]
The Long-Awaited ‘Year of 5G’ Arrives With More Promises And Little 5G For years, telecommunications companies and gadget makers have invaded CES to talk about how big 5G was going to be in 2020. At the Consumer Electronics Show in 2020 though the promise was still unfulfilled as the faster […]
How #Megxit Will Make Meghan and Harry Rich Beyond Their Wildest Dreams It’s been said that behind every great man is a great woman. In Prince Harry’s case, it’s three wealthy and media-savvy women. The Sussexes announced Wednesday they “work to become financially independent” and split their time between the […]
Former Boeing CEO Loses Bonus, Severance, But Walks Away With Over $30 million Former Boeing Co. BA, -1.91% Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will not receive a bonus for 2019 or severance pay, although the executive, who resigned in December after more than 30 years at the company, has earned millions in retirement benefits […]