Can AI results boost Microsoft and...
Refresh 2025-07-29T13:55:48.290Z Markets have been open for around twenty minutes today, and as things stand Microsoft shares are up around 0.7%, while Meta’s stock has fallen 0.2%. During yesterday’s session, Meta’s shares gained a boost from market optimism over a US-EU trade deal, gaining 0.69%. Microsoft’s stock was 0.25% up at one point, but closed the session down 0.24%. 2025-07-29T08:26:51.499Z…
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How She Built a $600M Empire
Few stars have burned as brightly or lived as extravagantly as Elizabeth Taylor, whose $600 million fortune at the time of her death in 2011 cemented her legacy as Hollywood royalty. Elizabeth Taylor’s life was a dazzling blend of cinematic triumph, personal drama, and savvy business acumen. From her breakthrough role alongside Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun…
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FIRE update: fourth year anniversary
What’s better than FIRE-ing once? FIRE-ing twice, baby! This time last year I was effectively working full-time again, after opt-in house renovation costs evaporated The Accumulators’ coffers like a reservoir in a heatwave. The best remedy I could think of was to put my FIRE dream on hold, replenish our reserves, and then resign my post once again. And happily,…
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£7.4m Recovered, But Millions More Still...
wac, an hourly-paid work platform aiming to empower workers to receive fair pay, is urging the government to do more to ensure more employees are paid correctly and empowered to make a claim when they are not. In May 2025, the UK government announced that it had helped put a total of £7.4million back into the pockets of 60,000 workers…
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How HMRC will recover Winter Fuel...
HMRC has announced further details on how Winter Fuel Payments will be recovered from the wealthiest pensioners this year. Winter Fuel Payment eligibility was extended to the vast majority of pensioners in June, after the government controversially means-tested the allowance in 2024, slashing the number of people able to get the support. More than three quarters of pensioners (around nine…
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How He Lost His Fortune
Once one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors, Burt Reynolds ended his life with a surprisingly modest net worth—a dramatic fall from grace for the silver screen icon. Burt Reynolds ruled the box office in the ’70s and ’80s, starring alongside heavyweights like Sally Field and Jackie Gleason, yet financial troubles and personal setbacks led to a drastic depletion of his fortune.…
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How Much Will Ozzy Osbourne’s Funeral...
Ozzy Osbourne didn’t just redefine rock music—he ripped it wide open, howling through the decades with a voice that sounded like the end of the world and a spirit that refused to die. Following the passing of legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne on July 22, 2025, fans across the world are already asking what his final farewell will look…
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Robbie Williams Buys $40M Miami Mansion...
Robbie Williams isn’t just making a move — he’s making a statement, dropping $40 million on one of Florida’s most jaw-dropping waterfront estates with plans that scream pure pop-star excess. British pop icon Robbie Williams is trading in California’s hills for Florida’s glittering waterfront. The former Take That singer and chart-dominating solo artist has snapped up a jaw-dropping $40 million…
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US–EU Trade Deal Winners & Losers...
A Landmark Deal With Global Consequences President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have struck what’s being described as the largest trade framework in history. Announced after tense negotiations in Scotland, the deal imposes new tariffs and alters trade routes between the world’s two largest economies. While details remain sparse, the structure already hints at who…
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Bridging Traditional and Blockchain Finance: Clear...
Clear Junction, a specialist in global payments and banking infrastructure for regulated financial institutions, has launched a new on-chain stablecoin transfer service. Through its new stablecoin transfer service, Clear Junction plans to enable its clients to send, receive and convert stablecoins, beginning with USDC (Circle) and USDT (Tether) – across the Ethereum, Solana, and Tron blockchain networks. It says the…
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