Wealth Editor

24/07/2020

The story had been circulating for decades.

Warren G. Harding’s private life has long been speculated upon – but now the truth is finally out. While rumors of presidential misbehavior are a lot easier to spread today than they were a century ago, that didn’t stop Warren G. Harding from being caught up in a scandal of his own. Yes, back ...

17/07/2020

Pierce Brosnan became a grandfather at the age of 45.

Some celebrities don’t look like they’re anywhere near old enough to be grandparents, but they are. And these 20 stars all hit that milestone at a pretty young age. What’s the “correct” age to become a grandparent? Sixty? Seventy? Obviously, it largely depends on who you ask. And being a g...

08/07/2020

The athlete has been estimated to have been worth $14 billion to Under Armour.

29/06/2020

The man realized the miners were covered in gold dust.

The Chinese faced vicious racism and abuse in gold-rush California, but legend tells how at least one fortune-hunter prospered. It’s the height of the 19th-century California Gold Rush. A Chinese man called John John is bent over a wooden tub filled with miners’ filthy clothes. He’s working ha...

02/06/2020

Planning ahead can make a big difference.

Everybody knows how outrageously expensive that trip to Uncle Walt’s theme parks could be... but it Disney have to be that way if you’re smart! It can seem like visiting Disney theme parks these days will put you in the same wallet-emptying league as buying your own plane or yacht. With the cost...

26/05/2020

The Meteor-M was intended to have a five-year mission.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos lost a rocket with a payload of 18 satellites. At first the agency thought it was a problem with the rocket, but it turns out something much simpler was to blame. Space missions take years of meticulous planning. It’s a delicate mathematical balancing act to blas...

19/05/2020

Investigators had to trace the story of Jerry and Rita Alter.

When Willem de Kooning’s painting Woman-Ochre was stolen from an Arizona museum, the curators thought it had gone forever. But then they received a telephone call from a New Mexico antique store. It’s August 2017, and an antiques dealer has just discovered a notorious stolen painting in a deceas...

15/05/2020

The richest men in history, from John D. Rockefeller to Henry Ford.

We’re not talking about millions here – these 20 men were at one point actually worth billions or even trillions of dollars. For most of us, the end of the month marks the moment that we get our paychecks from work. Once our accounts replenish, we might feel pretty rich – even if it’s just.....

13/05/2020

Dr. David Harnish wanted to ensure the facilities had a fresh coat of paint.

Principal and superintendent Dr. David Harnish had a long summer off ahead of him. But when the school he worked at had closed, he spent 90 hours working each week to achieve something amazing. As a school district superintendent and a junior and high school principal, Dr. David Harnish had a lot on...

11/05/2020

Johnny Georges hoped to become an entrepreneur.

During a 2013 episode of Shark Tank, farmer Johnny Georges stood up against some difficult questions about his proposal. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, you may need any help you can get to make it big. And so after Johnny Georges came up with his own great idea, he landed a spot on the realit...

07/05/2020

The act meant a great deal to Therra Jaramillo.

While Ludacris was shopping at Whole Foods, he offered to pay for Therra Jaramillo’s $375 grocery bill. But he didn’t know how far his act of generosity would go. When Ludacris was buying groceries, an error resulted in his items getting mixed up with those of the woman behind him. So the rapper...

05/05/2020

The figurines first became available in 1978.

If you have Precious Moments figurines hidden away in your home, then it may just be worth your while to dig them out again... If you have one of these figurines in a box in the attic, you may want to get it out and dust it off. You see, it turns out that some…

04/05/2020

The offer came with some strict conditions.

The only thing better than leaving the daily rat race for a tranquil life in the Swiss Alps would be being paid to do it. But there’s always a catch… Imagine being able to swap city smog for fresh mountain air, busy highways for flower-filled meadows and noisy traffic for birdsong. A small villa...

29/04/2020

The compound had changed hands on only a small number of occasions over the years.

When a lavish retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, went on sale, it evoked memories of John F. Kennedy. And a look inside reveals a home fit for a president. In mid 2014, a compound went on sale in Palm Beach, Florida, that hadn’t been on the market in nearly a decade. At first glance, it…

27/04/2020

These people seemingly made a stand against commercial development.

Home is where the heart is for these stubborn homeowners, who all chose to stick with their dwellings. And in some cases, even brute force and dirty tricks wouldn’t make them leave. These extreme examples of urban development will make you thank your lucky stars that you live in a property not bor...