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- An American banker, a Saudi billionaire, and a financial implosion http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/13/the-kings-of-the-desert 5 comments
- [ProFootballTalk] The idea that the employees of Stephen Ross didn't take seriously his repeated comments about 2020 draft position being more important than 2019 win-loss record is laughable. One of the benefits of being a multi-billionaire is not having to expressly order a code red. https://twitter.com/profootballtalk/status/1554546105270009862?s=21&t=gby8xHmVcNrr_4M67vlOOg 62 comments nfl
- Billionaires are coming ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?ab_channel=Psych-O-MaticProductions&v=3arHfXMMb8c 6 comments bitcoin
- 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
- Twitter vs Elon Musk Round One Goes to $TWTR. Chancellor McCormick denied Musk's request for a February trial ordering the billionaire to prepare for a five day trial in two months. Looks like summer break is over. https://politiquerepublic.substack.com/p/twitter-vs-elon-musk-round-one-twtr 26 comments wallstreetbets
- Russians billionaire yacht gets seized by Germany. If he only had bought a NFT yacht, all this could've been avoided https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/03/02/update-fate-of-russian-billionaire-alisher-usmanovs-mega-yacht-in-germany-uncertain/?sh=7e9ee6857471 36 comments cryptocurrency
- [Jewish News] - Roman Abramovich accepts Ukraine’s offer to help negotiate peace Ukraine reached out to the Russian billionaire over the weekend through his connections in Israel. Peace negotiations are expected to be held later today. https://twitter.com/JewishNewsUK/status/1498245163277291523?s=20&t=4JPh6KNfgWbsWsZhRbrM9A 19 comments soccer
- Dawn of the Space Lords - Billionaires have big plans to expand their dominion https://thebaffler.com/salvos/dawn-of-the-space-lords-pein 5 comments technology
- 'Will be the future': Canadian billionaire develops one-seat electric vehicle to fight traffic woes https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/will-be-the-future-canadian-billionaire-develops-one-seat-electric-vehicle-to-fight-traffic-woes-1.5397396 53 comments worldnews
- Mamelodi Sundowns' billionaire boss Patrice Motsepe confirmed as CAF president https://www.news24.com/sport/soccer/bafanabafana/breaking-sundowns-billionaire-boss-patrice-motsepe-confirmed-as-caf-president-20210312 9 comments soccer
- French MP and billionaire Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56313271?xtor=al-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_campaign=64&at_custom3=%40bbcworld&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom4=8ac6b684-7f75-11eb-ba25-a3e84744363c&at_medium=custom7 3 comments europe
- Elon Musk Becomes Unlikely Anti-Establishment Hero in GameStop Saga — The billionaire has inserted himself into the confounding stock market drama and solidified his role as the ultimate insider outsider. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/business/elon-musk-gamestop-twitter.html 14 comments technology
- Cork City trustees vote in favour of motion to sell club to billionaire Preston North End owner Trevor Hemmings https://www.extratime.com/articles/25994/cork-city-trustees-vote-in-favour-of-motion-to-sell-club-to-billionaire-preston-north-end-owner-trevor-hemmings/ 3 comments soccer
- Chinese Billionaire’s Network Hyped Hunter Biden Dirt Weeks Before Rudy Giuliani https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinese-billionaires-network-hyped-hunter-biden-dirt-weeks-before-rudy.html 3 comments politics
- Billionaires' riches reach record highs during coronavirus pandemic - New highs amid global crisis https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/billionaires-riches-reach-record-highs-during-coronavirus-pandemic/slideshow/78549137.cms 4 comments business
- Cuomo is letting billionaires plan New York's future. It doesn't have to be this way https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/14/andrew-cuomo-bill-gates-eric-schmidt-coronavirus 4 comments politics
- Billionaires are only rarely policy failures - Squeezing the rich https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/11/09/billionaires-are-only-rarely-policy-failures 28 comments moderatepolitics
- Hong Kong: Billionaire Li Ka-shing Donates over $100m to local businesses https://www.breakingasia.com/hongkong/hong-kong-billionaire-li-ka-shing-donates-over-100m-to-businesses/ 25 comments business
- Salesforce's Marc Benioff calls for a 'new capitalism' where billionaires pay higher taxes https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/14/salesforces-marc-benioff-calls-for-billionaires-to-pay-higher-taxes.html 243 comments worldnews
- Bernie Sanders: There Should Be No Billionaires https://www.truthdig.com/articles/bernie-sanders-there-should-be-no-billionaires/ 102 comments politics
- Royals rally round Prince Andrew as he is joined at church by The Queen, Charles and Beatrice a day after his past came back to haunt him with suicide of billionaire paedophile https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7346077/prince-andrew-joined-fellow-royals-church-balmoral-day-jeffrey-epsteins-suicide.html 1028 comments worldnews
- Morehouse College grads are surprised by a billionaire's promise to pay off their student loans https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/19/us/morehouse-robert-smith-student-loans-trnd/index.html 3 comments worldnews
- Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta gave a great deal to a billionaire pedophile https://newrepublic.com/minutes/152449/report-labor-secretary-alexander-acosta-gave-great-deal-billionaire-pedophile 8 comments politics
- The family of slain billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman is offering a $10-million reward in an attempt to “light a fire” under Toronto Police detectives − whose murder investigation, their lawyer says, has been plagued by missteps. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-family-of-barry-honey-sherman-announce-10-million-reward-for-info/ 240 comments worldnews
- Billionaire Michael Bloomberg: 'The Tax Bill Is an Economically Indefensible Blunder' http://time.com/money/5066014/billionaire-michael-bloomberg-the-tax-bill-is-an-economically-indefensible-blunder/?xid=homepage 144 comments politics
- Billionaire Sabih al-Masri detained in Saudi Arabia http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/billionaire-sabih-al-masri-detained-saudi-arabia-171216105808485.html 5 comments worldnews
- GOP congressman slams 'billionaire tax exile' who accused him of violating Russia sanctions http://www.businessinsider.com/dana-rohrabacher-bill-browder-magnitsky-act-complaint-2017-7 3 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders calls Donald Trump ‘a fraud’ for U-turn on Wall Street and billionaires inside the White House http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-fraud-wall-street-u-turn-billionaires-inside-white-house-a7567691.html 23 comments politics
- Deleted postings about missing Chinese billionaire hint at tensions http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-billionaire-socialmedia-iduskbn15l0lj?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social 3 comments worldnews
- Bernie Sanders: We Need People to Stand Up to Billionaire Class, Corporate America http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/26/bernie-sanders-we-need-people-stand-billionaire-class-corporate-america 2093 comments politics
- Billionaire Richard Branson rips Donald Trump as 'unfit for office' in scathing op-ed endorsing Hillary Clinton http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-branson-donald-trump-2016-10 14 comments politics
- Billionaire's Party Wins Czech Regional Elections, Beats Premier http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-08/billionaire-s-party-wins-czech-regional-elections-beats-premier 47 comments europe
- Russia Tables Law to Protect its Billionaires from Sanctions http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/foreign-assets-under-threat-russia-edges-towards-new-sanctions-law-1469188 5 comments worldnews
- Billionaires with Big Ideas are Privatizing American Science - As govt financing of basic science research has plunged, private donors have filled the void, raising questions about the future of research for the public good. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/science/billionaires-with-big-ideas-are-privatizing-american-science.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 76 comments science
- Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg Sues to Keep New Yorkers' Wages Low: The world's 20th richest man declared recently that a living wage bill passed (over his veto) by New York's city council was the next best thing to Communist central planning. http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/billionaire-mayor-bloomberg-sues-keep-new-yorkers-wages-low 892 comments politics
- The Prince vs. the 'Paupers' - Liechtenstein's billionaire royal family is threatening to literally abandon its tiny, wealthy principality over a referendum to curtail its power. Is this the coming of the Liechtenspring? http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/06/29/the_prince_vs_the_paupers?page=full 5 comments worldnews
- Legal loophole could let billionaires buy planets. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2125714/legal-loophole-let-billionaires-buy-planets-human-settlers-arrive-snap-moon.html 3 comments worldnews
- The Billionaires' Tea Party (Proof Tea Party Is Nothing But Astro Turf). America needs to understand that this movement is designed to have them support policies against their own interest making them nothing but indentured servants. http://egbertowillies.com/2011/04/14/the-billionaires-tea-party-proof-tea-party-is-nothing-but-astro-turf.aspx 4 comments reddit.com
- Michigan's governor wants the power to auction off its towns to corporations—literally. The Billionaire's Coup in action. http://www.americablog.com/2011/03/maddow-michigans-governor-wants-power.html 5 comments politics
- Billionaire investor George Soros said U.S. taxpayers were entitled to resent bankers' bonuses because their profits were funded by government bailouts, according to an interview published in the Financial Times. http://www.reuters.com/article/businessnews/idustre59m5k720091023?feedtype=rss&feedname=businessnews 5 comments politics