Family Fortunes Three Fathers Who Took Their Obsession with Success Too Far
Legend has it that he filled an entire room with gold, an amount estimated at roughly $1.5 billion in today’s terms.14The Spanish killed him anyway and gutted his empire, but the billions of dollars worth of gold and silver that flooded Europe after 1500 caused high inflation and a prolo...
John D. Rockefelleris often cited as the world's first billionaire, achieving that status in 1916 through his ownership of Standard Oil.2From that point over a century ago, wealth has multiplied to the point where the richest people in the world have fortunes that exceed $200 billion.3The ...
The company’s headquarters was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, but a proactive response saw a quick reversal in Burger King’s fortunes. Who owns Burger King today? Burger King has been bought and sold several times over its history. After the Pillsbury Company acquisition, that company...
Washington D.C. has themost historic buildingsof any city in the nation—nearly 1 in 5 have official landmark designations; this includes17% of all residential housing and over 15% of single-family homes. Historic homes, mostly built pre-1900, are located in every city ward, although nearl...
Kelly has released her own music, as well as co-hosted E’s ‘Fashion Police’ and been a judge on ‘Australia’s Got Talent.’ The show became MTV’s most-viewed series ever, and opened the door for other celebrity-centric reality programming as networks rushed to fill their programming...
Kelly has released her own music, as well as co-hosted E’s ‘Fashion Police’ and been a judge on ‘Australia’s Got Talent.’ The show became MTV’s most-viewed series ever, and opened the door for other celebrity-centric reality programming as networks rushed to fill their programming...
during which they are indoctrinated in Islamic extremism and jihad. These Uighurs are hosted for a month longer than other pilgrims, until their expertise in jihad is completed, and are then returned to China for the purpose of fomenting separatist movements and committing terrorist actions, which...
By 1963/64 Mike was singing with 'The Innocents' who appeared on 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' TV show (hosted by Brian Mathew) in 1964. 'The Innocents' had their origins in 'Bobby Angelo & The Tuxedos'. Dave Brown & Colin Giffin from 'The Innocents' would later form the British psychedel...
Rock and metal has had its fair share of crimes and other heinous events, dating all the way back to the '50s when rock 'n' roll was first starting to really take off. Drug charges, abuse allegations and other forms of reckless behavior seem to have been a way of life for a lot ...