Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday saw his net worth soar above $202 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making him the first person to cross the $200 billion threshold. He’s now $78 billion richer than Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who stands at number two. The Amazon
The latest episode of the Third Sector Podcast looks at how charities have responded to the Black Lives Matter movement, after the killing of George Floyd by US police in May sparked worldwide protests against racism. Third Sector’s editor, Emily Burt spoke to Kunle Olulode, chief executive of Voice 4 Change England and Saba Shafi,
The Pitch: A young woman (Jessie Buckley) travels with her boyfriend of six weeks, Jake (Jesse Plemons), for a long snowy drive to meet his parents for the first time. She’s not sure about this guy; he’s nice, but insecure, a bit of a know-it-all. She’s thinking of ending things. But something’s off about the whole
I used to come to Llandudno for childhood holidays in the Seventies. Think Formica tables, push-penny games on the pier and guesthouse landladies in floral pinnies. I recently returned with my own children, joining the staycation stampede from the North West after our original holiday plans were filed under 2021. As we strolled along the windswept
First launched in 2019, the latest Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Chronograph is now offered with an onyx dial for the very first time, perpetuating the brand’s signature tradition of mineral dials. Deep, natural, and intense, this unique mineral grants the new Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Chronograph unprecedented depth. The absolute blackness granted by
Economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan is delivering an encouraging outlook. He finds a surge in commodity prices suggests the industrial space will lead the next leg of the recovery. “[It] is really firing on all cylinders,” the Economic Cycle Research Institute co-founder told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Wednesday. He builds his bullish case in a chart
The business-as-usual CBS fall schedule is starting to look a lot less likely. The broadcast network has announced CBS All Access original Star Trek and Pop TV original One Day at a Time will both be used to give the network time until originals return to the air. “This is hardly a traditional fall season,
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first good sign we’ve gotten on advance tickets sales for Warner Bros.’ Tenet, particularly here in the U.S. Movio cinema analytics corp tells Deadline that pre-sales for Christopher Nolan’s latest is outpacing his previous movies Interstellar and Dunkirk at the same point in their advance sales cycle for the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia. In the UK
Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the Booker International Prize has announced its 2020 winner, The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison. BBC’s Razia Iqbal hosted the virtual celebration which included remarks from the judges and Booker Prize staff and readings from
The best jewelry investments are timeless pieces that make us feel good. Beginning today, Aurate is having a sale that raises us one better: splurges that also do good. In honor of Women’s Equality Day—a holiday that is unfortunately, but unsurprisingly lesser-known—Aurate is holding a sale now through August 31 where shoppers can take 15%
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 26, 2020 4:13 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday. Mark David Chapman was denied after being
Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, is to step down after a decade in the role. The charity said today that Guy would leave in October to become the Independent Assessor for the Financial Ombudsman Service. Citizens Advice said Guy, who joined the charity from Victim Support in July 2010, had led it through
Juice WRLD x Marshmello’s collaborative track “Come & Go” is the theme of the upcoming college football season for 2020-21. The new promo from ESPN sets the scene for a sports season like fans have never experienced, featuring Juice WRLD and Marshmello’s newly-released collab. Along with the anthem, their imagery is worked in seamlessly and the teaser
Almost half of all Americans would consider booking a vacation if they got a second stimulus check, a survey has found. Financial advisors, however, say that’s probably not the best way to spend the money — unless you’ve already crossed all your “t’s” and dotted every “i” when it comes to your finances. To that
Workers board up a beach-front house ahead of Hurricane Laura in Galveston, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Scott Dalton | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hurricane Laura, a major Category 3 storm, is set to hit near the Texas-Louisiana border on Thursday morning as local officials scramble to evacuate thousands of residents. Laura rapidly
With time we’ve seen an endless variety of custom-made BMW motorcycles by enthusiastic engineers and motorheads alike, all of which have led to this moment, in 2020 where we witness one by the brand itself. Announcing the highest capacity boxer motorcycle ever produced, the German multinational company presents a pure, stripped-down, and raked-out BMW Motorrad
Exclusive The “Real Housewives of New York” are going to look a little different this upcoming season … we’ve learned producers want to feature more than just rich, white women. Production sources tell TMZ … ‘RHONY’ is looking to diversify the current all-white cast for season 13, and producers are actively searching and in talks
Magic Mike XXL (Rome) By the time Jada Pinkett Smith got around to making an appearance in Steven Sodenbergh’s Magic Mike XXL in 2015, she already a major star thanks to a number of high profile roles in the years, and even decades, leading up to the sequel to the 2012 surprise hit. In the
August 26 is International Dog Day, and in honor of our four-legged friends I’m here to tell you about some of the very best dogs in comics. (Just kidding, all comics dogs are good dogs.) Lots of people know about Krypto or Ace, and of course Pizza Dog is as universally beloved as his namesake,
Before COVID-19, Stephanie A.*, a corporate lawyer from Washington, DC, considered herself an impulse shopper. Her office was located close to the city’s premiere shopping district and she often found herself popping into H&M or Ann Taylor to browse for clothes, leaving with a new, office-appropriate skirt or dress. But after five months of stay-at-home
Melania Trump closed out the second night of the Republican National Convention with a 20-minute speech that certainly did not plagiarize one of Michelle Obama’s. She chose for the night’s raiments an Alexander McQueen ensemble, with a jacket currently on sale for under $1500 and the skirt a steal for $540. The shoes had the
A former solicitor has admitted stealing about £350,000 from two charities after he fell foul of a scam. Hugh Lansdell, 71 and from Norwich, last week pleaded guilty at Norwich Magistrates’ Court to one count of fraud by abuse of position between August 2015 and July 2017. In November 2016, Lansdell, who was struck off
Parents with children in kindergarten through college are bracing themselves for a tumultuous start to the school year. As they look toward the higher education landscape today — and anticipate what it could be like years down the road, some parents may be wondering if saving for college is really worth it. A survey by
Exclusive Kanye West is pulling out all the stops to get on the ballot in a crucial swing state that he sorta needs to have half a chance at this thing … and it’s home to the Grand Canyon! Sources tell TMZ … Ye and his campaign are doing a full blitz to get his
Central Vietnam is home to the azure waters of the East Vietnam Sea and the spectacular Truong Son mountain range as well as ancient cities and unique culture. Danang is one of the largest cities in Vietnam and marks the central point of the country. Here are some tips of things to do around
It seems million dollar houses are selling out like hot pancakes on a Sunday morning, for everyone but the youngest and most stylish scion of the Salvatore Ferragamo dynasty, Massimo Ferragamo. Upon listing his multi-story Park Avenue apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the residence sat idle on the market for over two years with
Marc Benioff, chairman and chief executive officer of Salesforce.com speaks during the grand opening ceremonies for the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco on May 22, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce shares rose as much as 12% in extended trading on Tuesday after the enterprise-software company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that surpassed analysts’
When The Flash Season 6 got unexpectedly cut short due to the outbreak of COVID-19, we were more than a little worried about how the show would manage to pick things back up in Season 7. Based on what we know so far though, it seems like Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) is ready to hit the ground
After jockeying release dates imposed by the uncertainty of the coronavirus evolution, Tenet time is finally here. Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending Tenet will be released by Warner Bros overseas beginning Wednesday in such markets as the UK, Korea, France, Germany, Australia, Italy and Spain. In total through Friday, there will be 40 markets playing what has
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