Big spenders paying record-breaking prices are offsetting lighter volume for upscale-art auction houses.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleven Filipino bakery workers say they won $15 million in damages in a human trafficking lawsuit against a couple who they said forced them to do housework after arriving in the United States and paid them meager wages. Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles said Friday that a federal judge in Los Angeles granted the judgment on behalf of the workers last week.
This week Amazon quietly listed customizable versions of its Dash buttons. The post Press Amazon's IRL Button to Call a Cab, Brew Coffee, or Whatever appeared first on WIRED.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — U.S. presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is showing no signs of letting up on his campaign, urging supporters in North Dakota to voice their opinions during the state's June 7 caucus.
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Seemingly pulled right from the grainy, black-and-white footage of the first attempts at motor racing, a 1925 Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix Two-Seater for sale in Monaco this weekend is a wonderful example of beauty by mechanical simplicity.
Bonhams estimates a sale price of $1.1 million to $1.7 million.
A purpose-built vehicle from the famous French manufacturer of luxurious and speedy automobiles, the car was raced to some success in Europe by a private owner before finding a new home in Australia... Читать дальше...
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Bill Gates isn't budging from his longstanding position as the richest person on earth. With a net worth of $87.4 billion, Gates is $20 billion richer than the next-wealthiest person — Spanish fashion titan Amancio Ortega — according to Wealth-X data from our new ranking of the 50 richest people in the world.
Gates made his billions building juggernaut software maker Microsoft, but his main venture these days is giving it all away through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation... Читать дальше...
[...] that could indicate that management wanted to rein in the reporting, which has included accounts of corruption, the lucrative activities of a woman believed to be Putin's daughter and a profile of a wealthy cello-player and Putin associate later identified in the Panama Papers as a conduit for Russian offshore money. An RBC editor who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly about internal matters told the AP that the resignations were triggered by the... Читать дальше...
Don't say there wasn't any warning. Iron ore's gone from boom to bust in the space of just three weeks.
– NUPENG, PEGASSAN have endorsed the price mechanism adopted by FG to arrive at the new N145 per litre pump price for petrol – The two unions asked FG to immediately commencement of negotiation of minimum wage for workers across all cadres Following the removal of subsidy from petrol, the two major unions in Nigeria’s […]
Читать дальше...Joey Logano knows he can't criticize Denny Hamlin's bold move at Kansas that wrecked him.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a Shell oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local):
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a Shell oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local):
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a Shell oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local):
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a Shell oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local): Shell says vessels have begun skimming operations to clean up oil that leaked from a flow line at one of its drilling sites about 90 miles off the Louisiana coast. Shell says crews are preparing to clean up an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after about 88,200 gallons of oil were released from a flow line about 90 miles off the coast of Louisiana.
Amy R. Connolly and Doug G. Ware
LAKE MARY, Fla., May 13 (UPI) -- Bidding for the gun George Zimmerman used to shoot Trayvon Martin topped $65 million Friday, but it seems unlikely anyone will seriously pay that much for it.
The shops that have come back from the brink
Sheffield Wednesday will take a two-goal lead into the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final with Brighton.
Microsoft and Yahoo still allow payday loan company ads despite the fact Facebook, and now Google, have banned the ads in the face of activist pressure
Microsoft and Yahoo still allow payday loan company ads despite the fact Facebook, and now Google, have banned the ads in the face of activist pressure
Jones, who was 116, reportedly had a penchant for bacon and lingerie. Now, there is believed to be only one person still alive who was born before 1900.
We hear a lot less about Afghanistan these days, but America's longest war isn't over. The U.S. military still has nearly 10,000 personnel in the country, where they're assisting the Afghans.
Air Force Academy cadets had plenty of questions for Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday, including when the Pentagon will accept transgender troops into the ranks.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Actress Vanessa Hudgens has agreed to pay $1,000 for carving into the red rock in Sedona around Valentine's Day.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Actress Vanessa Hudgens has agreed to pay $1,000 for carving into the red rock in Sedona around Valentine's Day.