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Apple's services unit is now a $100 billion a year juggernaut after 'phenomenal' growth
Apple's services business has become a critical part of the company's appeal to Wall Street over the past decade.Business - CNBC - November 1 -
The 57-Year-Old Who Is Entering His 40th Season as a Pro Soccer Player
Kazuyoshi Miura was one of the first star soccer players in Japan and was crowned Asian Footballer of the Year in 1992.Sports - The New York Times - November 12 -
10-year-old walks alone a mile away from Georgia home, leading to his mother's arrest
A Georgia woman was arrested and accused of allegedly endangering her son — all because the unsupervised 10-year-old walked less than a mile away from home, officials said.Top stories - NBC News - November 14 -
JonBenét Ramsey's father insists his daughter's 28-year-old murder will still be solved
JonBenét Ramsey's father still clings to hope that his daughter's killer can be caught, saying Thursday he welcomes new pop culture attention on the nearly 28-year-old slaying.Top stories - NBC News - 2 days ago -
100 Million People Involved in UnitedHealth Hack
The scale of the hack makes it the worst healthcare data breach in the country.Business - Inc. - October 25 -
This startup brings in $162 million a year helping people find food at huge discounts: It's 'the most genius app'
Copenhagen-based Too Good To Go wants to help reduce global food waste, an estimated $1 trillion problem. Here's the food tech startup's strategy.Business - CNBC - November 16 -
52-year-old billionaire CEO: I've woken up at 4:30 a.m. to work on vacations—so I can spend the days with family
Billionaire Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves schedules family time into his calendar to avoid getting lost growing his business — sometimes at the cost of sleep.Business - CNBC - November 15 -
Physical Intelligence, a Specialist in Robot A.I., Raises $400 Million
The start-up raised $400 million in a funding round with investments from the likes of Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital and OpenAI.Business - The New York Times - November 4 -
22-Year-Old M.L.S. Player Dies 5 Weeks After a Serious Car Crash
Marco Angulo was one of five people in a car that crashed into a metal structure on the motorway.Sports - The New York Times - November 13 -
Save $100 On Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones With This Black Friday Deal
Over at Best Buy, you can get a pretty fantastic set of premium Bose headphones at a big discount as part of the retail chain's Early Black Friday Sale. Normally $429, they're on sale for $329 ...Tech - GameSpot - November 8 -
Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.World - The New York Times - 1 hour ago -
Is 61 too old to take up gymnastics? Not if you’re planning on living to 100
The older I get, the more I want to play rather than just work out. Have I left it too late to learn a backflip, cartwheel or forward tuck – especially with a dodgy knee?. How do you know when it’s ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Is Juan Soto Worth $600 Million? We’re About to Find Out.
The average annual value of Soto’s next contract could surpass a record set by Shohei Ohtani, a columnist for The Athletic writes.Sports - The New York Times - November 4 -
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How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million
Walk into any supermarket and you can usually buy a banana for less than $1Entertainment - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market
Italian authorities have announced the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria regionEntertainment - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market
Italian authorities have announced the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria regionWorld - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Armed gang steal jewels from French museum’s £6m ‘national treasure’
Thieves fired shots and took parts of 1904 work by goldsmith Joseph Chaumet from Hiéron Museum. Armed robbers snatched jewels worth millions from a work by the famed Parisian goldsmith Joseph ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
36-year-old in Denmark quit his job and built himself a tiny home in the woods for under $13,000—take a look inside
It took Anders Boisen on and off eight months to build the 6.5 meters long and 2.5 meters wide tiny home in the outskirts of Aarhus.Business - CNBC - November 16 -
Moody’s former top lawyer made $54 million and didn’t file his taxes. Now he’s going to prison.
John Goggins was sentenced to eight months behind bars after pleading guilty to willfully failing to file tax returns between 2018 and 2021.Business - MarketWatch - October 26 -
Warhammer 40,000: Ultimate Guide Gets Big Discount One Week After Its Release
Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide $33 (was ...Tech - GameSpot - November 4 -
How much is a gold bar worth right now?
The price of gold has been fluctuating, so it's important to understand how much your gold bars are worth now.Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
McDonald's investing $100 million to lure customers after E.coli outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said slivered onions on the McDonald's Quarter Pounders were the likely source of the E. coli.Top stories - CBS News - November 16 -
McDonald’s to Invest $100 Million in E. Coli Outbreak Recovery
Of that, $65 million will go to the McDonald’s franchises hit the hardest.Business - Inc. - November 16 -
Magritte, Master of Surrealism, Joins the $100 Million Dollar Club
Move over, Picasso, van Gogh and Warhol. With an inscrutable painting, the Belgian painter breaks a nine-figure threshold at Christie’s fall auction.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Apple Offers $100 Million Investment in Indonesia to Lift iPhone 16 Ban
The amount the U.S. tech giant has offered is 10 times higher than an initial plan to invest $10 million and will be invested over the next two years.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago -
Why Botham Jean’s Family Won’t Get $100 Million Awarded by Jury
Cities have paid out billions of dollars in police misconduct cases, but depending on the case, families may not receive any money at all. A recent $100 million penalty for a police shooting case ...Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Minimum wage to rise to £12.21 an hour next year
The National Living Wage will rise by 77p from £11.44 per hour for workers over the age of 21.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
How a Year of Rain Flooded Spain in Eight Hours
The region is no stranger to storms like those that caused this week’s deluges. But global warming helps them pack a bigger punch, scientists said.World - The New York Times - November 1 -
Designer Marc Jacobs talks about the 4-year renovation of his $9 million upstate New York house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Jacobs opens up about the lengthy and complex renovations to the waterfront home, and explains why he bought the property in the first place.Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago -
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I’m a 26-year-old property investor. Is now a good time to refinance — or should I flip houses before buying more?
“I’ve been investing in real estate since I was 20.”Business - MarketWatch - November 2 -
Are Black Friday deals worth waiting for? Here's what to expect this year
Retailers try to tempt shoppers with Black Friday discounts. But these offers are not necessarily the best prices of the year, according to experts.Business - CNBC - 5 days ago -
Are Black Friday deals worth waiting for? Here’s what to expect this year
Typically, the five days beginning Thanksgiving Day and ending Cyber Monday are some of the busiest shopping days of the year.Top stories - NBC News - 6 days ago -
Richard A. Cash, Who Saved Millions From Dehydration, Dies at 83
He worked alongside another doctor to show that a simple rehydration therapy could check the ravages of cholera and other diarrhea-inducing diseases.Science - The New York Times - November 2 -
Richard Cash, Whose Rehydration Therapy Saved Millions of Lives, Dies at 83
His treatment, developed with David Nalin, was elegant in its simplicity, which made it accessible to people and countries with limited resources.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 7 -
RFK Jr. is poised to save the health and lives of millions of Americans
If Kennedy is even halfway successful in his quest to save the American people from the life-robbing threats of ultra-processed foods and toxic chemicals, he can potentially save or improve tens of ...Politics - The Hill - November 16 -
Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup that raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation.Business - CNBC - November 4
