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- Billionaires are building bunkers and assembling fortresses https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12974609/What-know-Worlds-billionaires-building-bunkers-assembling-fortresses-outside-mansions.html 6 comments
- Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia https://theintercept.com/2020/05/08/andrew-cuomo-eric-schmidt-coronavirus-tech-shock-doctrine/ 4 comments
- Zuckerberg's Bunker Plans Fuel Speculation on Billionaires Building Bunkers https://decodetoday.com/zuckerbergs-bunker-plans-fuel-speculation-on-billionaires-building-bunkers/ 608 comments worldnews
- This Australian billionaire wants to be the world’s green hydrogen baron. He’s pushing Canada to join him. Mining mogul Andrew Forrest made billions by building an iron ore empire. Now he wants to help to save the planet by transforming his company into a global leader in a carbon-free future https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-andrew-forrest-hydrogen/ 132 comments energy
- Republican billionaire Ken Langone donated to Joe Manchin’s PAC after senator opposed Biden’s Build Back Better Act https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/27/ken-langone-donated-to-joe-manchin-pac-after-senator-opposed-build-back-better-act.html 153 comments politics
- Analysis: Elon Musk used government money to build Tesla. But he fears a tax on billionaires https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/27/politics/billionaire-tax-what-matters/index.html 366 comments worldnews
- Introducing the ‘Deus Tax Machina’: Sen. Ron Wyden’s bid to rescue the Build Back Better Act’s revenue side is an audacious attempt to rein in billionaires and mega-corporations https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/introducing-the-deus-tax-machina/ 44 comments politics
- U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surged by 70 Percent, or $2.1 Trillion, During Pandemic. They’re Now Worth a Combined $5 Trillion. Sen. Wyden’s Billionaires Income Tax Tapping Those Huge Returns Could Raise Big Revenue to Fund President Biden’s Build Back Better Investment Plan. https://ips-dc.org/u-s-billionaire-wealth-surged-by-70-percent-or-2-1-trillion-during-pandemic-theyre-now-worth-a-combined-5-trillion/ 101 comments politics
- What happens to Bitcoin when billionaires build cryptocurrency miners on the Moon? https://thenextweb.com/news/bitcoin-billionaires-build-cryptocurrency-miners-on-moon-bitcoin 17 comments cryptocurrency
- Billionaire residents of NYC luxury building mocked for complaining it’s not luxurious enough https://www.newsunseen.com/billionaire-residents-of-nyc-luxury-building-mocked-for-complaining-its-not-luxurious-enough/ 104 comments nottheonion
- Spaced out: No, Elon Musk, aliens did not build Egypt's pyramids, world tells controversial billionaire https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/8/3/aliens-did-not-build-egypts-pyramids-world-tells-billionaire 6 comments worldnews
- Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia https://theintercept.com/2020/05/08/andrew-cuomo-eric-schmidt-coronavirus-tech-shock-doctrine/ 4 comments technology
- 'A Small Tax on Wall Street to Make Big Change': Bernie Sanders and Barbara Lee Introduce New Financial Transaction Tax. "It is long past time for Congress to rein in the recklessness of Wall Street billionaires and build an economy that works for all Americans." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/22/small-tax-wall-street-make-big-change-bernie-sanders-and-barbara-lee-introduce-new 22 comments politics
- Billionaires back Canadian company to build first ‘negative emissions’ plant https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/billionaire-backed-carbon-engineering-to-build-first-negative-emissions-facility 5 comments worldevents
- Billionaires back Canadian company to build first ‘negative emissions’ plant https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/billionaire-backed-carbon-engineering-to-build-first-negative-emissions-facility 13 comments worldnews
- Billionaires Are On the Hunt for New Underground Cobalt: "What we’re building is basically Google Maps for the earth’s crust and below" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-04/algorithms-join-hunt-for-cobalt-backed-by-gates-bezos-and-dalio 4 comments business
- Egyptian Billionaire Want To Build 100,000 Houses In Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme http://mazainside.com/egyptian-billionaire-want-to-build-100000-houses-in-pakistan/ 13 comments pakistan
- Please don't leave the future to tech billionaires - Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are brilliant at building businesses, but we shouldn't let them take control https://www.itpro.co.uk/technology/32380/please-dont-leave-the-future-to-tech-billionaires 39 comments technology
- New York residents sue over plan to build homeless shelter on Billionaires' Row https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/03/new-york-residents-sue-plan-build-homeless-shelter-billionaires/ 5 comments worldnews
- Billionaire ex-Facebook president Sean Parker unloads on Mark Zuckerberg and admits he helped build a monster http://www.businessinsider.com/ex-facebook-president-sean-parker-social-network-human-vulnerability-2017-11 4 comments business
- Billionaire Robert Mercer Used Tax Haven to Build War Chest for Pro-Trump Populists: Report http://www.newsweek.com/breitbart-backer-robert-mercer-used-tax-havens-trump-populist-703935 75 comments politics
- C'mon Calgary: Flames billionaire owner can build his own arena | The Hockey News http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/c-mon-calgary-flames-billionaire-owner-can-build-his-own-arena 87 comments hockey
- Tech billionaires are building boltholes in New Zealand http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4190322/tech-billionaires-building-boltholes-new-zealand.html 18 comments worldnews
- Cash King: Karnataka billionaire builds model palace for daughter's 500-crore wedding http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cash-king-karnataka-billionaire-builds-model-palace-daughters-500-crore-wedding-52886 101 comments india
- Warren Buffett's mobile home empire preys on the poor - Billionaire profits at every step, from building to selling to high cost lending http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/03/17024/warren-buffetts-mobile-home-empire-preys-poor 12 comments economy
- Shadowy Chinese billionaire behind world’s largest building vanishes amid corruption scandal http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/14/shadowy-chinese-billionaire-behind-worlds-largest-building-vanishes-amid-corruption-scandal/ 3 comments worldnews
- Australian Billionaire Wants To Build Jurassic Park-Style Resort with cloned dinosaurs. http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/07/31/clives-going-jurassic-sunshine-coast/ 660 comments worldnews
- Australian billionaire to build Titanic II: An almost exact replica of the original http://www.smh.com.au/business/clive-palmer-plans-to-build-titanic-ii-20120430-1xtrc.html 1455 comments worldnews
- Pie in the Sky: What happened when a billionaire pizza mogul tried to build an elite Catholic law school. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/feature/pie_in_the_sky.php?page=all 3 comments indepthstories
- Ron Paul Wants to Abolish the CIA; His Largest Donor Builds Toys for It - Why does 76 percent of the civil libertarian's Super PAC money come from billionaire Peter Thiel, whose Palantir Technologies helps the government spy on citizens? http://www.thenation.com/article/166421/ron-paul-wants-abolish-cia-his-largest-donor-builds-toys-it?rel=emailnation 82 comments politics
- The Billionaire King Of Techtopia --- Profile of Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, angel investor in Facebook. Champion of "seasteading": Building new sovereign city-states on oil-rig-type platforms in international waters. "The next frontier is start-up countries" http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201109/peter-thiel-billionaire-paypal-facebook-internet-success?printable=true 70 comments business
- Freedom and democracy are incompatible, says billionaire Peter Thiel. His solution? Build a libertarian utopia off the coast of California. http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201109/peter-thiel-billionaire-paypal-facebook-internet-success?printable=true 13 comments politics
- We Don't Build Offshore Wind Farms Because They Might Spoil Some Billionaire's View http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8447960 168 comments politics
- Ask r/Science: Could we actually build a city-sized dome today, if a bored billionaire was so inclined? http://www.greenpacks.org/2009/06/09/the-houston-dome-will-save-the-city-from-peril-may-help-environment/ 20 comments science
- Oil billionaire Pickens puts his money on wind power - plans to build a 2 billion dollar wind farm in Texas http://www.cnn.com/2008/tech/science/07/08/pickens.plan/index.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Russian billionaire wants to build a tunnel between Russia and America. Invested $160 million to buy a giant tunnel drill. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=546688&in_page_id=1811 5 comments reddit.com
- Billionaire accused of building hidden sex and drugs den http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2783216.ece 63 comments reddit.com
- Google billionaire founder Sergey Brin begins building gargantuan blimp https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/06/02/google-billionaire-founder-sergey-brin-begins-building-gargantuan/ 4 comments technology
- Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Co., run by billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, said its associate firm, Jeddah Economic Co., had signed a 4.6 billion Saudi riyal ($1.23 billion) deal with Bin Laden Group to build the world's tallest tower in Jeddah http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424053111903341404576483540742054836.html?mod=googlenews_wsj 23 comments worldnews
- Brexit-backing billionaire will build his SUV in France, not the UK https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/09/business/jim-ratcliffe-grenadier-brexit/index.html 9 comments europe