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At the Robin Hood Foundation charity’s annual investors conference next month, Jay-Z plans to speak in front of some of Wall Street’s biggest executives. CNBC reports that organizers of the event say Jay-Z will address the executives in a speech that will cover his business moves, and will particularly focus on how he uses data […]
A Texas man left a negative review of a company on the internet and the establishment decided to take legal action. According to Oklahoma’s NBC affiliate, Tim Castleman from Lubbock, Texas hired an Irish company to help him grow his business in 2015. During the process, Castleman said he discovered that the company made $8,000 worth of […]
Bill Gates has transferred somewhere between $3 billion and $4 billion in shares to his former wife Melinda, according the Wall Street Journal. The shares, of which $850 million are of Deere & Co. (a 7 percent stake in the equipment company), were most recently transferred to Melinda on Thursday. The transfers were recorded Friday by Gates and his […]
A rowdy airline passenger who’s accused of twice hitting a flight attendant in the face, and also trying to open the door to the cockpit, is facing a $52,500 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration, making it the largest fine handed out by that transportation agency this year. CBS News writes that the largest fine the FAA can […]
According to Variety, Amazon has spent weeks negotiating a deal to acquire MGM for somewhere around the $9 billion mark. The outlet adds that rumors that Amazon/other tech companies were interested in acquiring MGM had circulated for awhile, but that this new development goes beyond mere gossip. Names attached to the move include Amazon Studios and Prime […]
CNN reports the White House released the 2020 tax returns of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tax Day, a level of transparency that was abandoned throughout Donald Trump’s one-term in office. Joe and wife Jill Biden, who filed jointly, owed $157,414 in federal income tax after reporting an adjusted gross income of $607,336. They paid $162,063, […]
Elon Musk impersonators have made over $2 million in cryptocurrency scams in recent years, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC announced the news Monday via a report as it shared that people have lost over $80 million total in such investment scams since October of last year, receiving 7,000 complaints since October with the median […]
A Florida man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in coronavirus relief funds. According to the Department of Justice, 29-year-old Miami resident David Tyler Hines is accused of falsifying federal applications to secure $3.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans, which were intended to help small businesses stay afloat during the pandemic. […]
An aspiring rapper who admitted to stealing millions of dollars to boost his music career has been sentenced to 30 months behind bars. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, 33-year-old Chad Arrington, aka “Chad Focus,” received his sentence Wednesday, more than a year after he pleaded guilty to federal wire […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced the “Vax-a-Million” initiative Wednesday in which five adult residents will be eligible to receive $1 million each, and five teens could be in play for a full scholarship, if they are vaccinated, The Columbus Dispatch reports. This announcement comes on the heels of his declaration that Ohio’s mask mandate will be lifted on June 2. DeWine explained that he […]
