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Billionaire gifts Georgia $10M for win vs. Portugal

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Billionaire gifts Georgia $10M for win vs. Portugal Georgia’s players are in line for an unexpected payday at Euro 2024 after a billionaire former prime minister promised to pay out more than $10 million following their surprise win over Portugal.

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Talentless Billionaire Nepo Baby Failson Remains Safely Employed By The Company His Daddy Bought For Him

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Talentless Billionaire Nepo Baby Failson Remains Safely Employed By The Company His Daddy Bought For Him Aston Martin Racing announced this week that it has elected to retain the Violet Beauregarde of Formula One, Lace Stroll, “for 2025 and beyond.” Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll purchased the failing Force India team in 2018, installing his son as a driver in the team from 2019 onward (and renaming it Aston Martin… Read more…

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Billionaire who booked a SpaceX flight around the Moon cancels after delays

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Billionaire who booked a SpaceX flight around the Moon cancels after delays Maezawa in 2022. | Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno / Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesJapanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa had once planned to take eight artists on a flight around the Moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship. But now, with Starship still in development the flight already indefinitely delayed, Maezawa says he has canceled the trip. The X account for the …

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Another Billionaire Wants To Take A Submersible To Titanic Wreckage

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Another Billionaire Wants To Take A Submersible To Titanic Wreckage An Ohio real-estate magnate is planning to take his own two-person submersible down to Titanic wreckage-level depths to show the journey can actually be done safely following the deadly implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible in June of 2023. These rich guys never really learn do they? Read more…

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Two billionaire mortgage giants have brought their beef to the NBA

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Two billionaire mortgage giants have brought their beef to the NBA When Mat Ishbia purchased the Suns in February 2023, it brought the mortgage world’s fiercest rivalry — a yearslong feud between billionaire lending giants that has been filled with public vitriol — to the NBA.

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How Anti-Union Billionaire Elon Musk Helped Spark UAW Strikes

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How Anti-Union Billionaire Elon Musk Helped Spark UAW Strikes Tesla boss and richest man in the world Elon Musk has a long history of opposing unionization and paying lower total compensation. The electric car company in Texas is non-union, and Musk would like to keep it that way. The pioneering EV maker has caused the rest of the American auto industry (and indeed globally) to… Read more…

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Christie’s cancels auction of jewelry bought by billionaire with Nazi past

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Christie’s cancels auction of jewelry bought by billionaire with Nazi past (RNS) — The auction house planned to sell jewelry from the collection of Heidi Horten, whose husband built a fortune at the expense of Jews during the Nazi years. The post Christie’s cancels auction of jewelry bought by billionaire with Nazi past appeared first on Religion News Service.

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