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Bitcoin Hits Milestone By Becoming More Valuable Than Gold
For the first time in its history, a single unit of Bitcoin (known as a bitcoin, for capitalization nuance junkies) was worth more than an ounce of gold.
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Samsung Heir Charged With Embezzlement
Samsung heir charged with embezzlement and bribery
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Tech Workers Feel Poor In Silicon Valley
In the Silicon Valley, a six-figure salary isn't enough.
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CEO Brian Moynihan Awarded For Bank Of America's Big Growth
Investors are warming up to Bank of America, and Brian Moynihan's rolling in the profits.
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Antique Books Worth Millions Stolen In London Heist
The group, thought by police to be three in number, used glass cutters and rapel gear to bust into a warehouse in London from 40 feet above the floor.
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A Buddhist Monk Was Busted For Hiding Millions Of Meth Pills In Monastery
The cops were tipped off that this monk might have drugs in his car, so they stopped him during a drive through Myanmar's northern Rakhine state next to the Bangladeshi border.
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Guy Makes Huge Profit By Buying A House With Bitcoin
Most people aren't crazy about the idea of sinking their money into a cryptocurrency that rollercoasters up and down in value seemingly at random, but sometimes it has its benefits.
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A North Carolina Farm Worth Almost Half A Million Dollars Is Being Given To The Winners Of An Essay Contest
Norma Burns, owner of Bluebird Hill Farm in Bennett, North Carolina, has a much less capitalistic approach than the norm in mind for deciding who gets her 13-acre organic farm after she moves to Raleigh: an essay contest.
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The Story Of How One Man Changed The Food Industry And Made A Fortune In The Process
Birdseye is credited as the inventor of flash-freezing, and in an even broader sense is acknowledged as the father of the entire frozen food industry, which still goes strong even today.
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Former Billabong CEO Matthew Perrin Sentenced To 8 Years For Fraud
Perrin was recently sentenced to eight years in prison for defrauding a bank of millions, and he did it not through a daring and savvy heist or an impressive confidence scheme, but by forging his then-wife's signature.
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Americans Will Bet Almost $5 Billion Super Bowl This Weekend
Americans will gamble around $4.5 billion on Super Bowl LI between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. But there's a catch – around 97 percent of that sum will be in illegal bets.
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Seafood Businessman Kiyoshi Kimura Pays More Than Half A Million For A Single Fish
Kiyoshi Kimura shelled out 74.2 million yen for the giant 466-pound Pacific bluefin tuna, which comes to about $632,000 in American dollars.
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Papa John Schnatter Just Hit Billionaire Status
Papa John's currently has locations in nearly 50 countries and territories. Not too shabby for a company that started out in a broom closet of a bar.
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Former HBO Employee Jennifer Choi Sentenced For Million-Dollar Embezzlement Scheme
The main spine of Choi's embezzlement, which was found in court to total almost a million dollars, was a fake company she'd set up called "Shine Glossy."
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Woman Files $2 BILLION Lawsuit Against Chipotle For Unauthorized Use Of Photo
How much is the average person's likeness worth? One woman had to make that determination after her photo was used by Chipotle without her permission, and her conclusion is certainly one that grabs your attention: $2,237,633,000.