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Quote of the day by John Rockefeller, the man who built America: 'The world owes no man a living, but it owes every man an opportunity to make a living'John D. Rockefeller, a pioneering industrialist, revolutionized the oil industry with Standard Oil and reshaped American philanthropy. His ...
Quote of the day by Andrew Carnegie: “The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their activities…..” Learn from the master of the American Dream — from a penniless Scottish immigrant to the richest man in the worldQuote of the day by Andrew Carnegie: Andrew Carnegie’s $310 billion inflation-adjusted fortune proves his "one basket" rule works. Most bus...
Timothy Mellon, the millionaire donor and Trump backer who gave $130 Million to pay American troops, married three times: All about his wives, family, education and relationshipsTimothy Mellon, a wealthy heir and railroad magnate, has been revealed as the anonymous donor of $130 million to the U.S. government. Mello...
The Gilded Age: George Russell shot ahead of season finale; Is this the end for the railroad titan?In a shocking turn of events on The Gilded Age, George Russell's fate hangs in the balance after being shot in the season's penultimate epi...
The Gilded Age Season 3: Will there be a new episode on HBO Tonight? What to expectWith only four episodes remaining this season, tensions are set to rise. We've gathered everything you need to know about how to watch The ...
The Gilded Age Season 2: Countdown to the final episodes unveiled, here are the detailsAfter the gripping events of Episode 6, titled "Warning Shots," Season 2 of HBO's The Gilded Age has viewers on the edge of their seats, ea...
Two of India’s richest men caught in crossfire over farmingThe protests, one of Modi’s toughest political challenges yet, follow an eventful 2020 when the combined fortunes of Ambani and Adani swell...
How Mohan Murjani joined hands with Gloria Vanderbilt to come up with the first 'for women' jeansIn the mid-80s, Murjani backed another struggling designer, who wanted to self-brand his designs as ‘Tommy Hill’.
Bleak Beauty: Route 50, the loneliest road in America, a black ribbon in a desolate landscapeOn either side of the road, the landscape was flat, bare and desolate with scattered clumps of greenery and an occasional tree, but bereft ...
Amancio Ortega passes Warren Buffett as world’s second richest person in Bloomberg Billionaires IndexOrtega’s net worth has increased 17 percent to $71.5 billion this year as Inditex profit rose amid surging sales.
- William Hunt's masterpiece to lead sale of Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art
The composition was acknowledged to be his greatest secular masterpiece and in 1886 Cosmo Monkhouse, a contemporary art critic, described i...
Janet Yellen needs to overcome 100 years of history to become US Fed headJanet Yellen, the Fed's vice-chair since October 2010, was given 65% odds of taking the helm at the Fed in January 2014.
- Citic Pacific hit by wrong-way currency bets
Citic Pacific Ltd., a leading symbol of China Inc., has become one of the country's biggest casualties of the financial crisis after a risk...