The End of Lockdown As We Know It
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$250 Million To Spend On A House? Go Big Or Find Another Home.
(CNN)It begins on the famed Sunset Boulevard, the iconic vein that travels 22 miles across the Los Angeles basin. Traveling toward the sea, along the hipster cafes of Silverlake, the gritty sidewalks of Hollywood and perfectly clipped lawns of Beverly Hills -- it's...
JAB Holdings Seeks Well-Heeled Buyer for Jimmy Choo Brand
Jimmy Choo claim Emma Stone as a long time fan Image caption Best foot forwardImage copyright Getty Images Luxury shoe maker Jimmy Choo is the go-to for celebrities looking to wear a pair of killer heels on the red carpet. Now the British firm is going on a strut of...
Billionaire Birla Said to Eye Booming Global Carbon Fiber Market
Indian billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla is exploring entry into the production of carbon fiber, a high-strength and light-weight composite material expected to be a $4.7 billion global business by 2022, according to a person familiar with his thinking. The Aditya...
Politician ‘trolls’ Atlassian co-founder and the tech billionaire responds brilliantly
Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar of Atlassian.Image: getty imagesYou know what they say: Talk sh*t, get proverbially hit. Co-founder and co-CEO of Australian startup Atlassian had to issue a Twitter-blow to the nation's immigration minister on Wednesday night,...
This Picture Of Barack And Michelle Obama On A Yacht Is Relationship Goals
It might feel like a thousand years and about 100 nuclear war-related panic attacks ago, but the United States used to have a president named Barack Obama, and he was cool AF. Equally cool was his First Lady, Michelle Obama, who you may remember for her crazy life...
Bernie Sanders Asks Trump’s Education Nominee If She’s Only Getting The Job Because She’s A Billionaire
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned DeVos about her qualifications to oversee student loans and distribute Pell grants. She asked DeVos if she or any of her children had ever had to take out a student loan to help pay for college. Democrats said they were angry...
Chinese billionaire Xiao Jianhua ‘abducted’ from Hong Kong hotel
The reported disappearance of the financier, who has ties to Xi Jinpings family, will ring alarm bells in the former British colonyA billionaire with links to the family of Xi Jinping was reportedly taken from his apartment in the Four Seasons in Hong Kong by Chinese...
Ships In The Night: A Surreal Encounter With A $27M Super Yacht
Viareggio, Italy (CNN)The maiden voyage of the Aurora -- a new 160-foot, $26.6 million aluminum super yacht launched last week in Viareggio, Italy -- lasted less than one hour and only covered a humble 500 yards. Watching an imposing vessel like the Aurora passing...
Billionaire Taizo Son Ditches Japan to Start Afresh in Singapore
Singapore may have just added a new tech billionaire, but it had to lure him from Japan first.Taizo Son, who built his fortune on hit smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons, has relocated to the city-state from Tokyo and plans to invest $100 million in Southeast Asia...
Everyone can’t help but blame the Giants’ big playoff loss on their yacht party
Yes, Odell Beckham Jr. was on the boat.Image: Stacy Revere/Getty ImagesThe New York Giants' season ended on Sunday but the team's blowout loss to Green Bay in the NFL Wild Card playoffs wasn't their biggest embarrassment. It was their wild Miami yacht party. After the...
Billionaire Amazon CEO snags $23 million former D.C. museum to turn into his home
The house reportedly sold for $23 million.Image: FlickrFrom Graceland to the home of Mark Twain, old storied mansions are often transformed into museums. But when you're a billionaire tech exec, life can work the other way round. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently paid...
Mariah Carey & Elton John Just Reportedly Made MILLIONS Performing At Russian Billionaire Heiress’ Wedding!
Well we guess she officially Apparently, 19-year-old Irene Kogan — heiress to Moscow's Domodedovo Airport fortune — wed Daniel Kevey at London's Landmark Hotel on Saturday… with We Belong Together selected as the couple's wedding song! It's unclear...
‘The darkest time’: Hong Kong reels over bizarre disappearance of Chinese billionaire
Xiao Jianhua vanished from his luxury hotel residence, reportedly spirited away by Chinas state security in a wheelchair and covered by a sheetRead more:...
The Most Insane Yacht on Earth Just Got Even Insaner
As far as sporting trophies go, it’s hard to find any older than the America’s Cup. Sailing teams have been fighting over the ornate, sterling silver ewer since 1851. But while Queen Victoria would recognize “Auld Mug” today, she likely...
$250 million-dollar mansion is most expensive home listed in US
(CNN)A newly-built Bel Air mansion has been listed for sale for $250 million in the US, making it the most expensive home currently on offer on the American market. The extravagant 38,000 square foot property features 12 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms, five bars and three...
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is a secret New Zealand citizen
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention.Image: Getty ImagesIt looks like Peter Thiel wants a back-up plan. Whether his back-up wants him is another question. While...
Take a 360-Video Tour of a Porsche Modders Sweet Rides
Magnus Walker is a Porsche remix artist. He doesn’t just collect the German cars, he reinterprets them—tuning their engines, modifying their bodies, painting them in vivid racing livery, and installing bespoke tartan seat panels. Porsche enthusiasts love...
Revealed: how US billionaire helped to back Brexit
Robert Mercer, who bankrolled Donald Trump, played key role with sinister advice on using Facebook dataThe US billionaire who helped bankroll Donald Trumps campaign for the presidency played a key role in the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, the Observer has...
London squatters occupying 15m mansion evicted
Activists removed from Belgravia building owned by Russian oligarch Andrey Goncharenko after dawn raidSquatters occupying a 15m mansion in Londons exclusive Belgravia have been evicted after after a two-hour standoff with bailiffs following a dawn raid on Wednesday....
The Russian Buddhists v the billionaire a photo essay
A small group of Buddhists led by a veteran of the USSRs Afghan war has spent 21 years establishing a monastery in the Ural mountains. It sits on land claimed by a company belonging to one of Russias most powerful oligarchs. After years of delays, a date has now been...
See the Evolution of the Famed Porsche 911 in 7 Photos
The Porsche 911, like the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette, has pulled off the neat trick of remaining thoroughly modern yet utterly timeless. The latest models look a lot like the car that rolled into the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963, making it instantly...
The ‘Bachelor’ Mansion Is Someone’s Actual Home
After finding out that three of this season's contestants have been trying to become celebrities for a while and that *spoiler alert* Rachel, who is still on the show, doesn't win and becomes the next Bachelorette, it feels like nothing is sacred about our favorite...
World’s largest sailing yacht impounded in Gibraltar
Taller than Big Ben and longer than 13 London buses, billionaire Russians 400m luxury vessel kept in dock over unpaid bills to shipbuilderRead more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/feb/20/worlds-largest-sailing-yacht-impounded-in-gibraltar
Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media
With links to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, the rightwing American computer scientist is at the heart of a multimillion-dollar propaganda networkJust over a week ago, Donald Trump gathered members of the worlds press before him and a large bulk of its...
Audi, Porsche are tops in Consumer Reports’ annual rankings
Audi, Porsche, BMW and Lexus are the best-performing brands in Consumer Reports' annual rankings, but lower-priced options aren't far behind. Subaru, Kia, Mazda, Honda and Buick also made it into the organization's top ten brands for 2017. Tesla was the...
This is the ultimate yacht for fast car lovers
Need to get to your private island really, really quickly? Fans of sports cars likely can't wait to get their hands on the latest limited edition yacht from Palmer Johnson. The Bugatti Chiron comes to life on the water as one of the world's fastest-- and most...
Porsche’s massive bonus scheme shows employers how it’s done
Porsche employees in Germany are living it up with $9K bonuses.Image: ronald WITTEK/EPA/REX/ShutterstockIn the United States, working full-time does not always mean earning even just a living wage. But in Germany, things are pretty different. And there, Porsche is...
Billionaire Warren Buffett becomes face of Cherry Coke in China
Coca-Cola Cherry bottles to carry cartoon portrait of US businessman whose firm is the drinks companys largest investor The likeness of billionaire Warren Buffett is to grace Cherry Coke cans in China, where the companys largest investor enjoys a legendary reputation....
New Bugatti yacht has a jacuzzi, because a jacuzzi is exactly what a yacht needs
Image: BugattiIf you reduce the notion of a boat to its simplest purpose, it is a vehicle designed to keep you from getting wet. Which is why Bugatti's new yacht, which comes with a jacuzzi and a fire pit, makes so little sense and yet, I bet someone out there will be...
Forbes billionaire list: Trump loses $1bn as elite club gets 233 new members
Post-US election boom in stock markets and continued rise in oil price help bring global total of billionaires to nearly 2,300 individualsUS president Donald Trumps fortune has fallen by about $1bn to $3.5bn over the past year, as measured by Forbes magazine in Number...
David Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, dies aged 101
Last of his generation in one of Americas most famous families led a network of interests both business and philanthropic, from conservation to the artsDavid Rockefeller, a billionaire philanthropist who was the last of his generation in the famous Rockefeller family,...
Billionaire bunkers: How the 1% are preparing for the apocalypse
(CNN)Say "doomsday bunker" and most people would imagine a concrete room filled with cots and canned goods. The threat of global annihilation may feel as present as it did during the Cold War, but today's high-security shelters could not be more different from their...
Airline pricing secrets: How carriers come up with fares
Anyone who's lost an evening researching flight deals knows that airfare pricing can seem pretty random -- high one week, low the next and long-distance often cheaper than short-haul. It's called airline revenue management: the science of adjusting fares dynamically...
Wells Fargo Board Claws Back $28 Million More From Ex-CEO
Wells Fargo & Co.’s board clawed back an additional $28 million from former Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf and canceled about $47 million of ex-community bank head Carrie Tolstedt’s stock options after determining they were among senior managers...
Billionaire Facebook Backer Buying Commodities That Made Him
The Russian tycoon who made $1.4 billion with an early bet on Uber Technologies Inc. is returning to the sooty old commodities industry that first made his fortune.Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., Anglo American Plc surging.“Last year showed that commodities...