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In 2010, Playboy's Hugh Hefner donated $900,000 to save land behind the Hollywood Sign from luxury homes. 16 years on, 138 acres at Cahuenga Peak remain protected in Griffith ParkIn 2010, a major fundraising campaign sought to protect 138 acres at Cahuenga Peak, the land behind the iconic Hollywood Sign, from potenti...- In 1991, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore paid $6 million for 24 Woodside acres; 30 years later, his estate placed the property under a permanent conservation easementIn 1991, Gordon and Betty Moore acquired Mountain Meadow, a historic estate nestled in Woodside, California. They dedicated significant res...
- Aviation security measures under new scrutiny after in-flight attack on FlyDubai pilotThe alleged stabbing of captain by his co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv has exposed potential gaps in crew screening, cockp...
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly bought 37,000 acres in Sweden for $22 million; locals found out only after hunters got an unexpected emailIn a surprising move, Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir Technologies, has acquired a substantial forested region in Härjedalen, Sweden, for 23...
- Indian-American Ajay Bhutoria appointed to California regulatory boardAjay Bhutoria has been appointed as a public member of California's regulatory board for engineers and geologists. Governor Gavin Newsom an...
- Billionaire Barry Diller spent $260 million to transform a derelict New York pier into a little island. Now millions use the Hudson river parkLittle Island transformed an abandoned pier into a public park on Manhattan's Hudson River. Barry Diller funded the project to create a spa...
- Mary Zmudowski was a California schoolteacher when she donated 155 acres of coastal land to the state in 1950; today it is a 220-acre state beach bearing her nameZmudowski State Beach, a treasured spot north of Monterey, owes its existence to Mary Zmudowski's generous donation in 1950. While facing t...
- Meet Martha Nickerson, a Massachusetts teacher who gave away 48 wooded acres in 2001; today the land survives as a public preserve people can walkMartha L. Nickerson contributed 48 acres of her family farm in Massachusetts to the Attleboro Land Trust. This donation created the public ...
- Tata Sons shake-up could hit Tata Group credit ratings, S&P warnsS&P Global Ratings has indicated that upcoming changes within the Tata Group may affect credit quality. The agency pointed out that leaders...
- ‘They will simply ghost you’: Dubai entrepreneur says Indian clients ‘don’t know how to be clients’An Indian entrepreneur based in Dubai has triggered a discussion on client professionalism after describing what she sees as recurring chal...
- Change in Tata structure could affect rating, says S&PThe leadership transition or changes in the group structure or stakeholder priorities may raise questions around the continuity of the grou...
- Tata Sons listing, leadership transition may reshape group's long-term financial strategy: S&PS&P Global said a potential Tata Sons leadership transition or listing would not immediately affect group company ratings, with financial p...
- Inside Tata Sons' power struggle: Tata Trusts, Chandrasekaran and the battle over controlTata Sons is facing a boardroom dispute with its largest shareholder, Tata Trusts, over chairman N Chandrasekaran’s reappointment and a pot...
- Tata dispute sends India Inc scrambling to shore up shareholder rightsA boardroom dispute at Tata Sons is prompting founders, strategic investors and private equity firms across India to review shareholder agr...
- In 1995, Bette Midler launched NYRP to restore neglected spaces in New York. 30 years later, it has planted 200,000+ trees and restored 350+ green spaces for New YorkersThirty years after Bette Midler began picking up trash in a New York park, the New York Restoration Project has developed into an organizat...
- Sharing your salary with everyone? Woman explains the comparisons and pressure it can createA woman on social media shared her advice on discussing salaries, urging people to be selective about revealing their exact earnings to fri...
- Inside the 24 hours that laid bare Tata’s brutal power struggleA dramatic Tata Sons board meeting has exposed a deep split between chairman N Chandrasekaran and Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata over leade...
- In 1905, Beatrix Potter used Peter Rabbit royalties to buy threatened farmland in UK; the result protected 4,000 acres and 14 farms, preserving the Lake District’s working countrysideWhen Beatrix Potter bought Hill Top Farm in 1905, she was doing much more than investing her book royalties. She was starting a quiet, deca...
- In 1997, actor Paul Newman donated 7.5 acres to Connecticut's Westport to stop development. 14 years later, his land formed part of the 39-acre Newman-Poses Nature Preserve, now public landIn 1997, actor Paul Newman donated 7.5 acres to Connecticut’s Westport to stop development. Fourteen years later, his land became part of t...
- Inside the Tata power struggle: Who controls the group, and who calls the shots?Tata Sons' board reappointed its chairman, facing opposition from the controlling Tata Trusts. The charity arm protested this decision, cit...
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