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Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, is illuminated by a display screen at the introduction of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite in Santa Monica, California, Thursday, September 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
From the WebJuly 17, 2018, 10:30 am
Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in modern history, topping $150 billion
Bloomberg: The founder of Amazon.com Inc. is about $55 billion richer than the world’s second richest person, Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corp.
Actress Rose McGowan at a film premiere in Los Angeles on April 15, 2015. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
October 13, 2017, 3:10 am
‘HW raped me,’ says actress Rose McGowan, Harvey Weinstein accuser
The embattled producer reportedly paid film star a financial settlement of $100,000 in 1997 over an incident in a hotel room
By Jake Coyle
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon at Mosul's al-Nuri mosque in Iraq during his supposed first public appearance, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)
July 22, 2017, 7:45 pm
Trump slams NY Times for ‘foiling’ bid to capture IS chief
Paper says it asked White House to clarify president’s comments; Mattis said earlier he believes Al-Baghdadi is still alive
By AFP
Illustrative: A United Parcel Service driver delivers packages from Amazon.com in Palo Alto, California, June 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
From the WebApril 10, 2017, 12:47 pm
Battle of billionaires as Son set to clash with Bezos in India
Bloomberg: SoftBank is closing a deal to combine its e-commerce company Snapdeal with market leader Flipkart Online Services Pvt., people familiar with the matter have said
Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on January 27, 2015 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 26, 2017, 4:31 pm
Yad Vashem asks Amazon to pull Holocaust denial books
Holocaust museum director offers Jeff Bezos help to ‘curb the spread of hatred’; online retailer previously said it wouldn’t stop sales
By Agencies
Pope Francis meets Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, at the Santa Marta residence, the guest house in Vatican City where the pope lives, Monday, August 29, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool/AP)
January 16, 2017, 4:17 am
Eight men own half the world’s wealth: Oxfam
NGO points to a link between the vast gap between rich and poor and growing discontent with mainstream politics around the world
By Agencies
Left to right, Amazon's chief Jeff Bezos, Larry Page of Alphabet, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, then-Vice President elect Mike Pence, then-President-elect Donald Trump, Peter Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of PayPal, Tim Cook of Apple and Safra Catz of Oracle attend a meeting at Trump Tower December 14, 2016 in New York. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)
December 22, 2016, 4:56 pm
Top Oracle executive quits over CEO joining Trump team
George Polisner leaves tech company, tells Israeli-born Safra Catz that, in contrast to her position, he will oppose president-elect ‘in every possible and legal way’
By Stuart Winer and AFP
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