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 […]
Nigeria’s Economy To Grow By 2.1% In 2020 – World Bank The World Bank has predicted that Nigeria’s economy will grow by 2.1 percent in 2020, adding that growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union is expected to stabilise at 6.4 percent. The bank made the prediction in […]
Uber and Hyundai Teams Up To Develop Electric Air Taxis That Can Fly 60 miles At Cruising Speeds Of 180mph Uber and Hyundai have joined forces to develop taxis of the future that will fly people to their destinations. The US ride-hailing company and South Korean automaker plan to jointly […]
Young M.A: From OOOUUU To Detty Wap Ever since Young M.A set the streets on fire with her introductory blazer “OOOUUU,” the Brooklyn-bred rapper-slash-entrepreneur has checked items off a bucket list that most dream about. However, with the sunshine comes the rain, and M.A is geared to tell all on […]
Alleged $11 Million Fraud: Obinwanne Okeke Faces 30 Years In Jail Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian young ‘businessman’ who was recently arrested in the United States for $11 million fraud, could spend up to 30 years in jail if convicted. Mr Okeke was charged with two counts of computer fraud and wire […]