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How Kenny Chesney Became A Rum Runner With The Help Of Millennials
Recently, we profiled a number of celebrities that run empires separate from their chosen creative crafts. We left one off the list: Kenny Chesney launched Blue Chair Bay rum in 2013. But unlike other celebrities who license their name and image, country crooner Chesney does it his way, overseeing everything…
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$10 Texas Hold 'Em Bet Wins Man $2.7 Million
A very lucky man in Perth, Australia turned a Texas Hold 'Em bet of only $10 into an incredible $2.7 million jackpot.
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The Met Has A Deficit Of $10 Million, And It's Growing
Officials say that if The Met doesn't act quickly, their budget deficit could go from $10 million to $40 million in 18 months! See their plans to fix it.
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How Bill Gates Crushed Microsoft's $8 Billion Plan To Buy Slack
Microsoft recently pondered purchasing Slack, one of its chief competitors, for $8 billion. But Bill Gates believes it would be better for Microsoft to funnel money into Skype and take down the competition.
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Los Angeles Man Seeking Part-Time Job Gets $1 Million Scratch-Off Jackpot Instead
Things were tough for Michael Fox this summer, so much so that he had to seek a part-time job in order to make ends meet. But he still dropped $10 on a scratch-off ticket, and got a million-dollar jackpot in return.
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Bernie Ecclestone's Rags To Riches Journey From Small Fishing Village To Billionaire Honcho of Formula 1 Racing
Bernie Ecclestone is the King of Formula 1 racing. But his billions are a long way from the small fishing village he was born in. Find out how Ecclestone went from rags to Formula 1 riches.
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Gretchen Carlson Gets $20 Million Sexual Harassment Settlement From Fox News
The former Fox News anchor has received not only an incredible $20 million settlement from the Fox News Channel's parent company 21st Century Fox, but an official apology as well.
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Forget The Stock Market – Become A Minority Owner Of A $165 Million Beverly Hills Mansion
Remember that scene in "The Godfather" where the guy wakes up next to the horse's head? Well now you can be a partial owner of the mansion where that scene was filmed… if you have at least $125k lying around.
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10 Weird Ways to Become Insanely Rich
The list of the richest people in the world is full of bankers, oil tycoons, trust fund babies and a slew of other profitable but boring career paths. But did you know you could get insanely rich off of a very weird idea? Let's look at some examples…
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108M Mega Yacht Concept Brings Eco-Friendly Luxury To The High Seas
The 108M is a new mega yacht concept that was engineered with the beauty and power of the surrounding environment as the central focus.
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The 20 Highest-Paid Actors And Actresses In The World Right Now
The lists of the highest-paid actors and actress of the past year are out and there are some familiar names and some surprises.
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Daniel Craig Offered $150 Million To Come Back As James Bond
Sony executives desperately want Daniel Craig to come back for two more Bond movies. How desperate? Around $150 million worth of desperate.
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Whistleblower Receives Record $22 Million From The SEC
If someone were to tell you that all you had to do to receive $22 million was pass some information to the SEC, would you do it? Of course you would. And that's just what this person did.
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A Fashion Company That Was Once Worth $1 Billion Sold For $30 Million
Not every e-commerce site gets the $1 billion payday that Dollar Shave Club did or the $3.3 billion one that Jet is about to get. Just look at what happened to One Kings Lane for proof of that…
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The Highest-Paid Actors Of 2016
For the first time in four years, Robert Downey Jr. is not the world's highest-paid actor. Instead, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is, with a whopping $64.5 million payday this past year. Move over Iron Man, it is The Rock's world now!