MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's Leonardo Del Vecchio, who rose from childhood poverty to build the eyewear empire that owns brands such as Ray-Ban and Oakley, has died at the age of 87, his company said on Monday. Del Vecchio added a dash of Italian style to spectacles and became on...
Billionaire Sammy Ofer to be laid to rest today. Shipping magnate, who died Friday, spent final weeks embroiled in controversy over allegedly selling tanker to IranNADAV SHEMERLAHAV HARKOVNADAV SHEMERLAHAV HARKOVJerusalem Post staffReuterscontributed to this report...
“I had a patient who I was in the room with when her doctor explained she only had a few weeks to live … She just broke down and couldn't stop crying about how much she wished she didn't put her dog down because they could have died together. Come to find out her dog was on...
Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as “the grave dancer” for his ability to revive moribund properties has died due to complications from a recent illness. He was 81. Bearded and blunt-spok
Julia Koch is an American philanthropist and socialite who inherited her fortune from her late husband David Koch. The two met in 1991 on a blind date (which apparently didn’t go well) and later on got married and had three children: David Jr, Mary Julia, and John Mark. Today, Julia ...
The Microsoft founder, who was speaking before a speech at the Royal United Services Institute in London (RUSI), warned that an outbreak of a lethal respiratory virus such as smallpox would be more dangerous than even a nuclear attack. ...
Olav Thon, a billionaire entrepreneur recognizable for his bright red cap who went from selling leather and fox hides in his youth to build one of Norway’s biggest real estate empires, has died.
“I do not believe that people fought and died for democracy so that billionaires can buy elections” — Bernie Sanders Share </> Quote Image “Our world is one of terrible contradictions. Lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others… Billions spent on weapons to kill peo...
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Lewis, who sold her paintings by the side of the road outside her tiny Marshalltown, Digby County, home, died in 1970 at the age of 67. She was poor — her home had no insulation or indoor plumbing — and a bout of childhood rheumatoid arthritis had prevented her from dev...