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Warren Buffett paid $7 in taxes at 14, Berkshire Hathaway paid $26.8 billion in 2024
Warren Buffett filed his first tax return in 1944 at age 14, owing just $7 on earnings of $592.50 as a paperboy in Washington, D.C., according to fortune.com.
04 Oct, 09:28 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
NorthPoint offers $10,000 to Pennsylvania residents for data center project
NorthPoint Development proposed a $165 million investment in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, including a 15-building data center campus called Project Hazelnut.
04 Oct, 07:28 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 1 min
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak reveals early rejections before founding company
Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple, revealed that he faced five rejections from Hewlett-Packard (HP) before cofounding the tech giant in 1976 alongside Stev…
03 Oct, 08:27 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's net worth tops $200 billion on share surge
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., has surpassed $200 billion in net worth as Nvidia shares hit a record high.
03 Oct, 06:27 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
McKinsey says AI will create more US jobs than it displaces by 2035
A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute projects that AI and automation will eliminate demand for about 36 million jobs in the US by 2035, while cr…
03 Oct, 02:21 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years for $50 million Venezuela lobbying
David Rivera, a former Republican congressman and ally of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for concealing a $5…
03 Oct, 04:21 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Thieves steal Nvidia-branded truck carrying 20,000 pounds of sand in California
Two trailers were stolen last week from PlusAI's Fremont, California warehouse, including one branded with Nvidia logos, the autonomous trucking company confirmed.
02 Oct, 12:41 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
McDonald’s plans $8.5 billion overhaul focusing on protein and GLP-1 consumers
McDonald’s is planning an $8.5 billion, decade-long overhaul called “McDonald’s Next” to adapt its menu toward protein-first and GLP-1 consumers, the company confirmed this week.
01 Oct, 02:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
East Africa launches $16 billion oil refinery with 700,000 barrel capacity
Five African heads of state inaugurated a $16 billion oil refinery project in East Africa on Wednesday, marking the start of construction in Lamu.
30 Sept, 10:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Van Gogh and Cézanne works from private collection to auction at $450 million
A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks valued at nearly $450 million will be auctioned on November 18 in New York, Sotheby’s announced.
30 Sept, 10:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Goldman Sachs finds high and low earners live paycheck to paycheck
A new study by Goldman Sachs reveals that in 2026, individuals earning less than $50,000 or more than $500,000 annually are most likely to live paycheck to paycheck.
30 Sept, 06:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Jeff Bezos Earth Fund awards $25 million to protect Pacific Ocean
Jeff Bezos’s Earth Fund announced a $25 million grant on September 17 to protect over 625,000 square miles of ocean across Pacific nations including the Co…
30 Sept, 02:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Boeing wins $20 billion Navy contract for next-generation fighter
Boeing secured a $20 billion contract to build the U.S. Navy's next-generation fighter aircraft, the F/A-XX, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
30 Sept, 06:41 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
US bans nearly $1 billion in Canadian imports including booze
The United States implemented a ban on nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, effective early Tuesday, targeting alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and motorcycles, according to fortune.com.
30 Sept, 02:41 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
US $14 billion arms deal to Taiwan remains stalled amid China pressure
Taiwan's $14 billion arms package from the United States remains stalled, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Tuesday, despite ongoing talks between Taipei and Washington.
29 Sept, 10:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Europe spent $113.5 billion more on energy since Iran war began
European Union nations have paid an additional $113.5 billion for energy imports since the outbreak of the Iran war, without receiving any extra oil or gas, according to fortune.com.
29 Sept, 10:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
Malaysia opens durian center to attract China’s $7.5 billion market
Malaysia has launched the Kuala Lumpur Durian Experience Centre, a nearly $2 million investment aimed at promoting the country's durian varieties to local…
28 Sept, 08:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
US to receive $600 million in seized Iranian oil under prize law
Nearly six million barrels of Iranian crude oil valued at approximately $600 million are en route to the United States after being seized by naval forces, according to fortune.com.
28 Sept, 08:41 am IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable for 43 million consumer law violations
A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for over 43 million violations of the state’s consumer protection law, potentially exposing Meta, Facebook’s parent…
26 Sept, 10:41 pm IST - GLOBALGLOBAL · 2 min
North Korean hackers steal $387 million from Bitget in crypto breach
Crypto exchange Bitget suffered a security breach on Thursday night that resulted in the theft of more than $387 million, marking the largest cryptocurrenc…
26 Sept, 02:41 am IST