{KXLG – Watertown, SD} The Boys & Girls Club of Watertown has announced in a notice sent to parents changes to its membership fee structure for 2025, effective from the next enrollment period. The increase would be the first increase in eight years for the club. According to the notice, the fee increase is necessitated…
Property tycoons are lending their support to the Hong Kong IPO market for the first time in years, a move that could help fan the flames of a nascent recovery. Billionaire Robert Ng’s Sino Land Co. is one of the largest cornerstone investors in the $793 million Hong Kong listing from courier service SF Holding…
Topline Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison have traded off the No. 2 spot on Forbes’ billionaire list Thursday, marking the latest exchange of the title between the two tech billionaires since September. Bezos net worth is down more than $2 billion Thursday. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts…
Several Russian billionaires don’t share the optimism of Vladimir Putin’s government that Russia’s economy will keep growing at a pace most Western countries can only envy. And they see little prospect that incoming US President Donald Trump will lift sanctions. While they don’t expect a collapse that would force Putin to end his invasion of…
Lui Che-woo, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of Asia’s biggest casino magnates, with a portfolio of hotels, resorts and property in Hong Kong and Macau, has died. He was 95. Lui, the chairman of the K. Wah Group of companies, passed away peacefully on November 7, according to separate filings to the…
A young man in China was detained after he flaunted an impressive cash gift of 180 million yuan (US$25 million) from his grandmother for his birthday, only to later be discovered to have fabricated the entire story. On October 5, the man was exposed for showcasing luxury cars, jewellery, and antiques on his Douyin account…
Elon Musk’s net worth has soared past $300 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It comes off the back of big stock market gains for Tesla following Trump’s election win. Tesla hit a trillion-dollar market valuation on Friday. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the…
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Omaha, Nebraska-based holding company Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the world’s most well-known investors, with a net worth north of $145 billion. Image Credit: Eric Francis | Getty Images. Warren Buffett. However, like all successful investors, Buffett had to start somewhere. In his biography The Snowball: Warren Buffett and…
Elon Musk joined a call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, highlighting the billionaire entrepreneur’s influence within the incoming US administration. Musk was in the room when the call took place, according to the person familiar with the discussion. Trump put the phone on speaker to allow Musk to participate, the person,…
The fortunes of the ten richest people in the world surged by a daily record as Donald Trump won a second term as president. The net worth of billionaires led by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, surged by $63.5 billion on Wednesday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Musk alone added $26.5…