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Fifa to hand out $1bn prize pot at expanded Club World Cup
A quarter of prize money will go to clubs not taking part Winners may take home as much as $100m in summer Fifa are to distribute $1bn (£775m) in prize money as part of the expanded Club World ...The Guardian - 19h -
Club World Cup in U.S. to have $1BN prize fund
The prize money for this year's 32-team Club World Cup to be held in the U.S. between June 14-July 13 will be $1 billion, soccer's governing body FIFA said on Wednesday.ESPN - 16h -
Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond
007 stars offer mixed reactions to deal with the British-American heirs to the film producer Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli. Business live – latest updates Amazon has paid more than $1bn for ...The Guardian - Feb. 21 -
UK battery start-up backed by Britishvolt investors aims for £1bn gigafactory
Volklec has deal with Far East Battery to use its engineers, expertise and raw material suppliesFinancial Times - Feb. 26 -
Blackstone chief Schwarzman’s income eclipsed $1bn last year
Private equity group increased dividend payouts 18% in 2024, benefiting several top company executivesFinancial Times - 5d -
Fifa to give $1bn as Europe nears Club World Cup deal
Fifa is set to give more than $1bn in prize money to clubs, which is believed to be a record sum, for its summer Club World Cup.BBC News - 22h -
Short Novels Dominate International Booker Prize Nominees
Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.The New York Times - Feb. 25 -
New York padlocks 207 illegal pot stores as licensed sellers gain traction
State gears up actions against illicit cannabis stores with the total count of legal shops in N.Y. now at 307.MarketWatch - Feb. 26 -
Canopy Growth’s stock falls to all-time low on pot company’s share-sale plans
Canopy Growth Corp.’s stock fell 9% to an all-time low on Monday after the cannabis company said it would sell up to $200 million of its stock.MarketWatch - 2d -
Freezing health benefit would save UK £1bn a year by 2029, says think-tank
State spending on incapacity and disability payments has risen sharply in recent yearsFinancial Times - 14h -
Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging ...NBC News - Feb. 23 -
Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman's prize at NAACP Image Awards
The 56th annual Image Awards kicked off Saturday.ABC News - Feb. 23 -
England and Ireland remind Six Nations rivals that points win prizes
Making tries worth more could be worth considering but for now Steve Borthwick’s men remain in Six Nations hunt. Style and beauty count for only so much in top‑level sport, as Welsh and Scottish ...The Guardian - Feb. 23 -
'Eyes on the Prize III' arrives on HBO during a renewed 'assault on equality'
HBO's docuseries, inspired by Henry Hampton's seminal civil rights documentary, picks up where he left off, taking us through the Obama presidency and to the brink of the first Trump administration.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 25 -
Trump still really wants to win a Nobel Peace Prize
Trump's desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize may not be fulfilled as he increasingly breaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.NBC News - 5d -
Republican says he's nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said on Monday he is nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. “Today I will nominate @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Issa wrote in a post on ...The Hill - 2d -
‘I’m an endless honey pot’: My wife and I are in our 70s. We gave our son $40,000 for his L.A. wedding. Now he wants more.
“We have four sons. We financed three of them through college, so none of our kids have student loans.”MarketWatch - 2d -
Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke are among the finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 19 -
Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'
Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year’s finalists for JABC News - Feb. 19 -
‘Dreams,’ Film About Teen Infatuation, Takes Top Prize at Berlin International Film Festival
The event’s other honorees include the actress Rose Byrne, a performance as the composer Richard Rodgers and an Argentine film about a girl who seems to speak to animals.The New York Times - Feb. 22 -
Norwegian drama 'Dreams (Sex Love)' takes top prize at the Berlin Film Festival
A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on SaturdayABC News - Feb. 22 -
‘Overjoyed’: US lottery winner pledges to give part of $328.5m prize to non-profits
Abbas Shafii says he plans to travel, invest and share Powerball prize with non-profits ‘close to [his] heart’. What would you do if you won hundreds of millions of dollars playing the lottery? A ...The Guardian - Feb. 25 -
Bill O'Reilly: Trump wants Nobel Peace Prize via Ukraine peace deal
O'Reilly defended Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has entered its third year.The Hill - Feb. 25 -
Kennedy Center affirms Conan O'Brien's Mark Twain Prize ceremony moving forward amid Trump upheaval
While drama has surrounded the Kennedy Center following President Trump's takeover as its board chair, a night of comedy honoring Conan O'Brien has not been caught in the crossfire. The annual Mark ...The Hill - Feb. 25 -
PGA Tour schedule: Cognizant Classic 2025: How to watch, streams, field and prize money
TV times and more for this week's Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.Yahoo Sports - Feb. 26 -
Rubio says Trump would be 'on his way to the Nobel Peace Prize' if he were a Democrat
Secretary of State Marco Rubio fiercely defended President Trump’s approach to negotiating a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia on Sunday, saying the media and public would be praising his ...The Hill - 3d -
The winner of EA’s ‘Madden’ videogame tournament will get more prize money than the NFL’s Super Bowl champions
The Madden tournament will pay its winner $250,000, while Super Bowl champs each received $171,000.MarketWatch - 2d -
‘I aspire to be like water’: the exquisite buildings of Liu Jiakun, winner of architecture’s top prize
He turns steelworks into parks and makes ‘rebirth bricks’ from earthquake rubble. As the novelist, meditator and ‘accidental architect’ wins the Pritzker prize, we look at the masterful temples, ...The Guardian - 2d -
Pritzker Prize goes to Liu Jiakun of China, an architect who celebrates lives of ordinary citizens
The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Liu Jiakun of China, who earned the field’s highest honor for “affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens.”ABC News - 2d -
AI pioneers who channeled 'hedonistic' machines win computer science's top prize
Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one that was recognized Wednesday with ...ABC News - 1d
