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1. Tips of Choosing a Suitable Rich Men Dating App
October 09, 2017

Nowadays, girls are willing to find a rich guy to date or get married. Why these girls want to do this? They want to live a luxury life, receive expensive gifts and enjoy luxury travel with their rich guys. People always want to find out the most effective way to date a rich man. Some of them joined gold course or high end restaurant; some of them tried online billionaire or millionaire dating sites; some of them used rich men dating apps. Here we will discuss how to find a suitable rich men dating app when you are trying to find a rich man: 1. Choose the high ranked app. In app stores, a... (read more)

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2. Democrats to Use Hearings on Trump Picks to Court Working Class
December 16, 2016

Determined to hold around two dozen Senate seats in 2018, Democrats will use the coming series of confirmation hearings to try to distinguish themselves from President-elect Donald Trump's billionaire nominees and convince working-class voters who elected him that he's not on their side.   While Democrats have little leverage to stop the Republican's picks in the Senate, they still plan a fight. To highlight what they say is the hypocrisy of Trump's campaign promise to...... (read more)

3. Trump Campaign Spent Less Than Clinton
December 09, 2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump put $66 million of his own money into the presidential campaign, according to disclosures filed Thursday night. Federal Election Commission reports say that in the final days of the campaign, Trump spent $94 million dollars, while his opponent, Hillary Clinton - who had a larger campaign fund than Trump - spent $132 million in the last days of the race to the Oval Office. Still, the brash billionaire beat out the former secretary of state in a stunning...... (read more)

4. Musk's SpaceX Says Rockets to Remain Grounded Until January
December 07, 2016

Elon Musk's SpaceX has been forced to delay the return of its rockets to flight until January as an investigation continues into a launch pad explosion earlier this year, the tech billionaire' s company said Wednesday. The company had hoped to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 16 to put 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications Inc., but did not receive a required license to fly from the Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees U.S. commercial space...... (read more)

5. Stein Turns to US Federal Court for Help With Pennsylvania Recount
December 04, 2016

Former U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is turning to a federal court in her effort to recount the state of Pennsylvania's ballots from the recent presidential election that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was widely expected to win, but lost to billionaire businessman Donald Trump. Stein dropped her attempt to have Pennsylvania recount the votes after a state judge ordered her to post a $1 million bond. Jonathan Abady, lead counsel to Stein's...... (read more)

6. Philanthropist Puts Up Millions to Renovate Washington Monument Elevator
December 02, 2016

Billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein has pledged the funding needed to fix the elevator at the Washington Monument, which was forced to shut its doors several months ago due to the elevator's mechanical failures. The National Parks Service shuttered the more than 550-foot-tall monument to George Washington on August 17 after numerous elevator failures left tourists stranded on its observation deck. The $2 million to $3 million gift from Rubenstein will allow the NPS to...... (read more)

7. Saudi Billionaire Prince: Women Should Be Allowed to Drive in Kingdom
November 30, 2016

A Saudi prince has issued a public call for women to be allowed to drive in the conservative kingdom. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal made the call on Twitter, tweeting in Arabic and English: "Stop the debate: Time for women to drive." His tweet late Tuesday included links to an opinion article arguing for the change that cited economic, social and religious considerations.   Alwaleed does not hold a formal position in the Saudi government. The billionaire leads the...... (read more)

8. Silicon Valley School Uses Unconventional Methods to Train Entrepreneurs
November 25, 2016

Many future entrepreneurs first attend university and business school. In Silicon Valley, though, a place that celebrates innovation, there is a school aimed solely at current and future entrepreneurs that uses unconventional methods of teaching. Most of the students did not expect jumping into a chilly pool with a billionaire investor would be their first step at Draper University. But the unexpected is the norm at Draper, and Aima Ohiwerei from Nigeria is experiencing it...... (read more)

9. Trump Expected to Pick Billionaire Wilbur Ross for Commerce Secretary
November 24, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary, officials with knowledge of the decision said. The 78 year old is the billionaire chairman of private equity firm W.L. Ross & Co, that is known for buying up failed companies.... (read more)

10. Critics: Trump's Vast Assets Pose Corrosive Conflicts of Interest
November 21, 2016

Weeks before President-elect Donald Trump even takes office, critics are warning that his vast financial interests threaten to embroil him in conflicts of interest that could cast doubt on the motives for his decisions and have the potential to undermine his presidency. The billionaire real estate tycoon, soon to be the wealthiest U.S. president ever, is not required by law to divest his financial holdings and has shown no interest in doing so. But numerous past U.S. presidents have done...... (read more)

11. International Trade a Likely Loser Under Trump Administration
November 18, 2016

Free trade, the notion of international trade with few restrictions and low tariffs, is likely to be among the losers in a Donald Trump administration. The billionaire businessman won the presidency after a tumultuous and divisive election, partly by blaming what he called bad trade deals for massive job losses in U.S. manufacturing. As a result, the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation free-trade zone that, combined, accounts for nearly 40 percent of the world's...... (read more)

12. World Wonders About How to Deal With President Trump
November 09, 2016

People across the globe woke up to a different world Wednesday on news American voters have elected Donald Trump as the next U.S. president. It is being called the Earth’s most watched election since World War II, one that will transform American policy and America’s position in the world. Analysts said the New York billionaire’s victory amounts to a seismic shift at a time when Washington’s relations with Russia are difficult, conflicts in Syria and Ukraine are still raging, the war...... (read more)

13. Clinton Victory Party Turns to Sorry and Worry
November 09, 2016

In a stunning upset, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost her bid to become the first woman president of the United States, losing to billionaire businessman Donald Trump. Ahead in most polls before Tuesday's vote, the mood at the Hillary Clinton watch party in New York changed drastically as the election returns came in. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti was there at the Javits Center in New York City.... (read more)

14. Billionaire Republican Donald Trump Wins the 2016 U.S. Presidential Race
November 09, 2016

Republican Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States. The celebrity businessman was ebullient as he addressed his supporters in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday. VOA White House correspondent Mary Alice Salinas was there and has this report.... (read more)

15. Donald Trump: From NYC Businessman to Presidential Candidate
November 06, 2016

Heir to a real-estate fortune, billionaire, tabloid fodder, reality TV star and now the Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States. Donald Trump has amassed a fortune building office towers, hotels, casinos, golf courses and other branded facilities worldwide. He is also the chairman and president of the Trump Organization, a holding company for his real estate ventures and other business interests. Born in the New York City borough of Queens, Trump grew up in the...... (read more)

16. Mike Pence Offers Solid Conservative Background to Trump Ticket
November 06, 2016

In the months since being named Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence has, for the most part, proven to be a loyal supporter to the billionaire. While being regularly called into action to support statements made by Trump or his family, he has, at times, not been afraid to speak his own mind. Michael Richard “Mike” Pence was born on June 7, 1959, in Columbus, Indiana. One of six children of Nancy and Edward Pence, a U.S. Army...... (read more)

17. In Pictures: Donald Trump Through the Years
November 03, 2016

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s nominee for president, following his unorthodox and colorful primary campaign to win the party's nomination. Now, Trump will face the Democratic presidential contender, former senator and secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who is married to former President Bill Clinton. That Trump, a businessman with no political experience, became his party's presidential candidate is unprecedented in modern American politics.... (read more)

18. Tom Hanks Sees Lessons for Election in New Thriller 'Inferno'
October 21, 2016

Embedded within the manic action of “Inferno,” the latest big-screen adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller, is a warning about the dangers of seeking simple solutions to complex problems. Star Tom Hanks says it’s a theme with echoes in the current U.S. presidential race. “Inferno” sets Hank’s polymathic professor Robert Langdon on the trail of a deadly plague concocted by billionaire scientist Bertrand Zobrist (played by Ben Foster) out of a sort of warped humanitarianism: He plans to end...... (read more)

19. Janet Jackson Pregnant at 50
October 12, 2016

Pop star Janet Jackson is pregnant with her first child, at age 50. Jackson went public with her baby news to celebrity magazine People. "We thank God for our blessing," she said. Jackson, who is married to Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, stirred speculation that something was up when she cancelled her tour, citing personal reasons. "I thought it was important that you be the first to know," she said in a Twitter video at the time. "My husband...... (read more)

20. Trump Taj Mahal Closes After 26 Years; 5th Casino Casualty
October 10, 2016

Donald Trump opened his Trump Taj Mahal casino 26 years ago, calling it "the eighth wonder of the world." But his friend and fellow billionaire Carl Icahn closed it Monday morning, making it the fifth casualty of Atlantic City's casino crisis. The sprawling Boardwalk casino, with its soaring domes, minarets and towers built to mimic the famed Indian palace, shut down at 5:59 a.m., having failed to reach a deal with its union workers to restore health care and pension...... (read more)

21. Republican Leaders Withdraw Support For Trump
October 08, 2016

Some leading Republicans in the United States are beginning to withdraw their support for the party's presidential candidate, Donald Trump, after a video surfaced Friday from 2005 in which Trump can be heard making bawdy remarks about groping and making sexual advances on women.  Trump was married to his present wife Melania at the time of his conversation with an entertainment reporter. While the brash billionaire has only enjoyed tentative and begrudging support from many in...... (read more)

22. Cash-for-jobs Racket Alleged Inside Trump Tower
October 06, 2016

Six years after George Gjieli left federal prison, where he'd been sent for trying to break out a triple murderer, Donald Trump gave him a job running Trump Tower, where the billionaire businessman lived and worked. For a decade, the Albanian immigrant, whom federal prosecutors had described as having "utter disdain for the laws of our country,' was the live-in residential superintendent of Trump's most prized Manhattan high-rise. Meanwhile, he was accused in court...... (read more)

23. Zuckerberg Pledges $3 Billion to End Disease
September 21, 2016

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to wipe out disease by the end of the century. The billionaire CEO and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said they are giving $3 billion over the next ten years to advance research toward that end. A huge chunk, $600 million, will be dedicated to a new research center at the University of California, San Francisco, that will collaborate with the University of California, Berkeley as well as Stanford University. "Mark and I spent the past two years...... (read more)

24. Chinese Man Gives Dog 8 New iPhones
September 20, 2016

The son of a Chinese billionaire has given his dog eight new iPhones. Wang Sicong, whose father is billionaire Wang Jainlin, gave the phones to his Alaskan malamute, Coco and posted pictures on his Weibo account, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Each phone cost nearly $1,200 in China. Coco is used to getting extravagant gifts from Wang. In 2015, he posted photos of the dog wearing two Apple watches along with designer wristbands, at a cost of more than $37,000. Wang, who is...... (read more)

25. Trump: Will Reverse 'Concessions' With Cuba
September 17, 2016

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says if he is elected, he will reverse all of what he called the "concessions" President Barack Obama made in an effort to normalize relations with Cuba, unless Cuba meets certain demands. "Those demands will include religious and political freedom for the Cuban people and the freeing of political prisoners," Trump said Friday in Miami, home to a large Cuban population. The real estate billionaire said...... (read more)