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  Billionaires Josh Kushner And Bob Iger Buy The Los Angeles Lakers For A Record $12.5 Billion Deal 12.08.2026 3min

  Billionaire investor Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger reached an agreement to buy the Los Angeles Lakers at a $12.5 billion valuation, a record-setting price tag for a U.S. sports franchise, according to multiple reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Tesla Recalls 20,000 Cars For Too-Bright Headlights 11.08.2026 3min

  Tesla is recalling 20,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with low-beam headlights that violate federal brightness standards—the latest in a string of safety concerns for the automaker that have included problems with rear image cameras, brake rotors, battery packs and warning lights. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/11/tesla-recalls-20000-cars-for-too-bright-headlights/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Jeff Bezos Nears Deal For 30% Stake In Liverpool, Report Says 10.08.2026 3min

  A consortium that includes Jeff Bezos is nearing a deal to buy a roughly one-third stake in Liverpool F.C., Sky News reported Monday, potentially making the Amazon founder the latest billionaire to acquire equity in a sports franchise. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/10/jeff-bezos-nears-deal-for-30-stake-in-liverpool-report-says/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  U.K. Backs Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Deal 09.08.2026 3min

  The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog and culture minister on Thursday approved Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing another major regulatory hurdle despite Paramount agreeing to delay its deal until next year amid broad antitrust concerns. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/06/uk-backs-paramounts-110-billion-warner-bros-discovery-deal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Qatar-Gifted Air Force One’s Future Grows Unclear—As Trump Library Plans Fall Into Doubt 08.08.2026 3min

  A Qatar-donated Boeing jet gifted to and used by President Donald Trump as a temporary Air Force One may no longer be headed to his presidential library, at least for now, according to multiple reports, with Eric Trump telling NBC News there are different plans for the aircraft. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/08/05/qatar-gifted-air-force-ones-future-grows-unclear-as-trump-library-plans-fall-into-doubt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Passes ‘Toy Story 5’ As Year’s Highest-Grossing Film 07.08.2026 3min

  The surprising success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the fourth movie to star Tom Holland as the titular character, continued Wednesday as the movie became the highest-grossing film at the box office so far this year, topping “Toy Story 5” just seven days after its release. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/08/05/spider-man-brand-new-day-passes-toy-story-5-as-years-highest-grossing-film/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Trump-Linked Bitcoin Venture Reached $2.5M Settlement Over Improperly Obtained Loan Allegation 06.08.2026 3min

  A Trump-linked cryptocurrency mining company, American Bitcoin, disclosed Monday that it settled a Justice Department allegation accusing it of improperly obtaining a pandemic relief loan, agreeing to pay millions of dollars as it omitted the settlement from its positive earnings narrative. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/08/04/trump-linked-bitcoin-venture-reached-25-million-settlement-over-improperly-obtained-loan-allegation/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  SpaceX Shares Plunge 13% As Elon Musk’s Fortune Sheds $80B—Here’s What Analysts Are Saying 05.08.2026 3min

  SpaceX’s stock once again took a hit on Wednesday after the rocket maker posted its first-ever earnings report, which seemingly spooked investors and analysts after the Elon Musk-led firm announced a sixfold increase in quarterly spending. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/08/05/spacex-shares-plunge-13-as-elon-musks-fortune-sheds-80-billion-heres-what-analysts-are-saying/?streamIndex=0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  OpenAI Shares Chats And Emails As It Refutes Apple’s Suit Alleging It Stole Trade Secrets 04.08.2026 3min

  OpenAI rejected Apple’s lawsuit alleging trade secrets theft in a lengthy blog post early on Tuesday that includes several iMessage chats and email conversations as it challenged the iPhone-maker’s bid to gain a preliminary injunction barring two former Apple employees and OpenAI from accessing or disclosing alleged confidential information. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/08/04/openai-shares-chats-and-emails-to-rebut-apples-suit-alleging-it-stole-trade-secrets/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Todd Blanche Wins Key Confirmation Holdouts—But Questions Over Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund Linger 03.08.2026 3min

  Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said Monday they’ll back Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general after he issued an order rescinding the Justice Department’s controversial “anti-weaponization fund,” but critics fear the government could still revive the fund in the future. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2026/08/03/todd-blanche-wins-key-confirmation-holdouts-but-questions-over-trumps-18-billion-fund-linger/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Anthropic Says Its AI Models Hacked Into Three Organizations During Testing 03.08.2026 3min

  Anthropic on Thursday said its advanced AI models successfully hacked the systems of three organizations while undergoing internal evaluation, a security disclosure that comes a week after rival OpenAI revealed one of its advanced models hacked a company after escaping a contained test environment. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/07/31/anthropic-says-its-ai-models-hacked-into-three-organizations-during-testing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  BTS Boycotts Grammys Amid "Asian Pop" Category Concerns 02.08.2026 3min

  The K-pop mega band BTS will not be submitting their music for consideration at next year's Grammy Awards in an apparent protest against the Recording Academy’s decision to introduce a separate new “Asian Pop” category, prompting the academy’s CEO Harvey Mason Jr. to defend the new category while saying he was “saddened” by the band’s decision. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/07/30/grammy-ceo-saddened-after-bts-boycott-awards-over-new-asian-pop-category/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  FIFA Head Sets Deadline For Members To Claim $20 Million In Kushner-Backed World Cup Plan 01.08.2026 3min

  FIFA will ask its 211 member associations to vote on its controversial plan to sell minority stakes in the World Cup in September, multiple outlets reported—although the plan has already been criticized by soccer governing bodies in the Americas, Asia and Europe. In a deal first reported by The Times and the Financial Times, FIFA is planning to raise an estimated $4.2 billion in 2026 by selling a reported 20% minority stake in a new subsidiary at an equity valuation of $20 billion. FIFA confirmed the plans in an announcement on Tuesday morning, which said the new company would be called FIFA Forward Enterprise and would control the nonprofit organization’s “commercial and event operations.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Zuckerberg’s Fortune Drops $18 Billion As Wall Street Sours On Meta’s AI Spending 31.07.2026 3min

  Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth declined by nearly $18 billion on Thursday as Meta’s stock paced an 11-day losing streak, with Wall Street souring on the Facebook parent’s plans to accelerate spending on AI. Shares of Meta plunged 9% as of Thursday afternoon, pacing what would be the stock’s worst single-day loss this year so far and a 21.7% slide over the last 11 trading sessions. The latest dip in Meta’s shares cut $17.8 billion from Zuckerberg’s net worth, valued at $183.3 billion, ranking him the sixth-richest person in the world directly ahead of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang ($167.2 billion) and behind Michael Dell ($228.9 billion). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Nvidia And OpenAI Discussing $500 Billion Data Center—Here’s What We Know 30.07.2026 3min

  Nvidia and OpenAI have held talks to spend roughly $500 billion on a data center in southern Ohio, potentially becoming the largest such project by power capacity in the world by far. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/27/nvidia-and-openai-discussing-500-billion-data-center-heres-what-we-know/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Elon Musk’s Wealth Sinks Below $700 Billion As SpaceX Rout Extends 29.07.2026 3min

  A further decline in SpaceX shares on Monday cut Elon Musk’s net worth by more than $20 billion, lowering his fortune below the $700 billion threshold for the first time since December, as Musk falls further from his trillionaire status. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/07/27/elon-musks-wealth-sinks-below-700-billion-as-spacex-rout-extends/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Chipmaker Courted By Apple Soars On Market Debut—Briefly Becomes China’s Most Valuable Company 28.07.2026 3min

  CXMT—whose memory chips have been sought by Apple—made a blockbuster trading debut on Monday and briefly became the most valuable publicly listed company in mainland China, mirroring surges in the stock price of other major memory chipmakers like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron amid an AI-driven boom in demand. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/07/27/chipmaker-courted-by-apple-soars-on-market-debut-and-briefly-becomes-chinas-most-valuable-company/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dubai Had A Record Number Of Tourists Last Year. Now, They’re Paying People To Visit. 27.07.2026 3min

  The city of Dubai is making dramatic—and expensive—efforts to recoup the once record-breaking tourist numbers that have plummeted since the start of the Iran war by offering travel perks worth upwards of $800 to residents who invite visitors to enter the country between now and the end of October. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/07/23/dubai-had-a-record-number-of-tourists-last-year-now-theyre-paying-people-to-visit/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Here’s Why LeBron Can Afford To Take A Pay Cut To Join The 76ers 26.07.2026 3min

  LeBron James on Friday signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers to extend his historically long NBA career, a sizable pay cut for James, whose earnings and investments on and off the court have cemented his billionaire status for years. James signed an $8 million deal with a player option, allowing him to extend his contract for an additional season at a set salary or become an unrestricted free agent, NBA insider Shams Charania reported, marking a 92% pay cut from his $52.6 million salary the previous season. Forbes named James—whose net worth is valued at $1.4 billion as of Friday—a billionaire in 2022, making him the first athlete to reach billionaire status while still active in their sport, and he is one of four active billionaire athletes, joining Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Tiger Woods. By Ty Roush, Forbes Staff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  LeBron James Will Join Philadelphia 76ers—Extending His Historic Career Another 2 Years 25.07.2026 3min

  LeBron James will join the Philadelphia 76ers, according to ESPN, and will sign a two-year contract with the team that will further his historically long NBA career by another two years. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/07/24/lebron-james-will-join-philadelphia-76ers-extending-his-historic-career-another-2-years/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices