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Bezos' rocket company pins crash on overheated engine nozzle: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An overheated rocket engine nozzle caused last year’s Blue Origin ...
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Bezos' rocket company pins crash on overheated engine nozzle: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An overheated rocket engine nozzle caused last year’s Blue Origin ...
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Bezos' rocket company pins crash on overheated engine nozzle
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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott More Than Doubles Her Planned Gifts To Nonprofit Applicants
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Quick Glance: MacKenzie Scott doubles donations despite Elon Musk's accusations
  • MacKenzie Scott is criticized by Elon Musk for her philanthropy, but that doesn't stop her from donating.

  • Scott more than doubled her planned $250 million donation pledge, increasing it to $640 million.

  • Musk previously accused Scott of being a 'super rich ex-wife' who's destroying Western civilization.
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MacKenzie Scott Just Gave Away Another $640 Million. Here’s Where the Money Went: MacKenzie Scott, billionaire ex-wife of Amazon's Jeff Bezos, just gave away ...
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MacKenzie Scott Donates $640 Million to Non-Profits After Elon Musk's 'Ex-Wife' Comment on X
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MacKenzie Scott Donates $640 Million to Non-Profits After Elon Musk's ...
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NASA is struggling to compete with Bezos, Musk and their 6-figure salaries for starting aerospace engineers at Blue Origin and SpaceX
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NASA is struggling to compete with Bezos, Musk and their 6-figure salaries ...
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MacKenzie Scott Donates $640 Million to Non-Profits After Elon Musk's 'Ex-Wife' Comment on X
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MacKenzie Scott Donates $640 Million to Non-Profits After Elon Musk's ...
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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin pass key pee milestone for NASA contract: NASA awarded Blue Origin $130 million to build the Orbital Reef space station that will be a ...
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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin pass key pee milestone for NASA contract
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Jeff Bezos pledges $60 million to alternative-meat research: The Bezos Earth Fund is supporting research to help the alternative-meat industry lower costs and ...
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Jeff Bezos pledges $60 million to alternative-meat research
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MacKenzie Scott donates $640m to US non-profits: She has given $16.5bn in donations since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.
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MacKenzie Scott donates $640m to US non-profits
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Elon Musk Is Once Again The Richest Man In The US, Overtaking Jeff Bezos: Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have been in a month-long contest for the title of ...
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Elon Musk Is Once Again The Richest Man In The US, Overtaking Jeff Bezos
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Elon Musk crowned world’s richest man, overtaking Jeff Bezos: Musk’s estimated net worth increased by an estimated $815 million on Wednesday morning.
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Elon Musk crowned world’s richest man, overtaking Jeff Bezos
Quick Glance: Elon Musk Overtakes Jeff Bezos as World's Richest Man
  • Elon Musk claimed the title of the world's richest man for the second time as reported by Forbes on Wednesday, following an increase of approximately $815 million in his estimated net worth on Wednesday morning.

  • As of 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires tracker estimated Musk's total wealth to be $193.6 billion.

  • On Wednesday, Tesla's stock rose by 1.3% while Amazon's fell by 0.6%. Given their significant stakes in their respective companies, fluctuations in stock prices can have an impact on their wealth.

  • Since March, Bezos and Musk have been continuously swapping positions as the world's richest man.
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Elon Musk Knocks MacKenzie Scott, Blames 'Super-Rich Ex-Wives' For Downfall Of Civilization
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Jeff Bezos is the world's richest person for the first time in 2 years: Bezos is the world's richest person with a net worth of $200 billion after Amazon shares ...
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Jeff Bezos is the world's richest person for the first time in 2 years
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MacKenzie Scott net worth, philanthropy post-Bezos divorce: MacKenzie Scott has donated billions to charity post-divorce. Her philanthropy and $38 billion ...
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MacKenzie Scott net worth, philanthropy post-Bezos divorce
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Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund is spending $60M to make fake meat taste better: Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund is dedicating $60 million to improving the taste, texture ...
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Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund is spending $60M to make fake meat taste better
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Billionaires going to space need some ground rules: Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regulations for ...
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Billionaires going to space need some ground rules
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's best couple style moments: From loud luxury outfits to subtly coordinated looks, here are Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's best ...
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's best couple style moments
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"Bizarre": What insiders say about Jeff Bezos' superyacht: Jeff Bezos' superyacht Koru was a frequent topic of conversation at the Palm Beach Boat Show ...
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Obama, Bezos split on space colonization's role in saving humans, Earth: Barack Obama argues billionaires should focus on solving humanity's problems on Earth ...
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Obama, Bezos split on space colonization's role in saving humans, Earth
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Jeff Bezos' ex-wife giving most of $640M donations to extreme left groups boosting migrant criminals, trans athletes
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Jeff Bezos' ex-wife giving most of $640M donations to extreme left groups ...
Quick Glance: MacKenzie Scott Increases Donations Despite Elon Musk's Accusations
  • MacKenzie Scott continues to generously donate to charitable organizations despite Elon Musk's criticisms.

  • She has raised her planned donation pledge from $250 million to $640 million.

  • The organization Lever for Change is assisting Scott with her philanthropic projects, with 361 organizations receiving either 1 or 2 million each.

  • Scott's donations also include support for women's health and minority groups, along with a no-strings-attached approach towards her funding.
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'The View's Ana Navarro Gets Censored For Dropping Yet Another Expletive On Live TV
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'The View's Ana Navarro Gets Censored For Dropping Yet Another Expletive ...
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Bill Maher Defends "Complicated" Elon Musk On 'Real Time': HBO host Bill Maher defends "complicated" Elon Musk on 'Real Time' ...
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Keeping up with the Bezoses: Mark Zuckerberg buys a super yacht, reports say: A report says that Zuckerberg's luxurious new $300 million vessel was ...
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Keeping up with the Bezoses: Mark Zuckerberg buys a super yacht ...
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Eva Longoria Receives $50 Million ‘Courage and Civility’ Prize From Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez
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Eva Longoria Receives $50 Million ‘Courage and Civility’ Prize From Jeff ...
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Tesla’s weak China sales—and a 7.2% plunge in share price—help to knock Elon Musk off his perch as the world’s richest person
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Tesla’s weak China sales—and a 7.2% plunge in share price—help to knock ...
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This company intends to be the first to mine the moon: Nearly a decade ago, Congress passed a law that allows private American space companies the rights to ...
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This company intends to be the first to mine the moon
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Bezos Sets $60 Million to Improve Meat Alternatives in Sustainability Push: The Bezos Earth Fund is pouring $60 million into revamping alternative proteins as ...
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Bezos Sets $60 Million to Improve Meat Alternatives in Sustainability Push
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Mark Zuckerberg buys Russian mega yacht “Launchpad”: An oligarch ordered it, and Mark Zuckerberg has now apparently taken it: The tech billionaire gave the ...
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Mark Zuckerberg buys Russian mega yacht “Launchpad”
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Bezos Earth Fund Invests $60 Million In Centers To Improve Alternative Meats: Lauren Sanchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, said the money will address ...
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Bezos Earth Fund Invests $60 Million In Centers To Improve Alternative ...
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Warren Buffett's dot-com bubble warning fueled Jeff Bezos and Amazon: Warren Buffett's warning that most internet startups would fail was a wake-up call for ...
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Warren Buffett's dot-com bubble warning fueled Jeff Bezos and Amazon
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Concrete Is One of the World’s Worst Pollutants. Making It Green Is a Booming Business.
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Concrete Is One of the World’s Worst Pollutants. Making It Green Is a ...
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Oscar Mayer Vegan Hot Dog: Kraft Heinz (KHC) Joins With Bezos-Backed Startup: Meatless hot dogs and sausages are coming from one of the country’s most iconic ...
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Oscar Mayer Vegan Hot Dog: Kraft Heinz (KHC) Joins With Bezos-Backed ...
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Japan private rocket explodes just after launch: TOKYO: A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on Wednesday (Mar 13) ...
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Japan private rocket explodes just after launch
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The company building a rotating detonation engine is pushing the tech forward: "I'm convinced that this is going to be the engine that unlocks the ...
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The company building a rotating detonation engine is pushing the tech ...
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How one NASA scientist’s childhood dream of building a solar-powered ‘space sail’ led to the next great era of space exploration
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How one NASA scientist’s childhood dream of building a solar-powered ...
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Sam Altman says collaboration isn't something Elon Musk is known for: Altman cited an old X post by Musk where he sent Jeff Bezos a silver medal emoji after ...
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Sam Altman says collaboration isn't something Elon Musk is known for
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"Forbes" list: The richest people in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg: The Forbes list reveals who the richest people in the world are. Not only Jeff Bezos ...
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Why the Otto supervisory board chairman once brushed off Jeff Bezos: Michael Otto is retiring from his family's shipping company. In an interview he talks about ...
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Why the Otto supervisory board chairman once brushed off Jeff Bezos
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Lauren Sánchez Dons Fiery-red Lever Couture Gown for Vanity Fair 2024 Oscar Party With Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, Salma Hayek and More
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Quick Glance: Celebrities Shine at Vanity Fair Oscars Party 2024
  • Fresh off the heels of the 96th Academy Awards, Vanity Fair's star-studded after-party is just getting started.

  • Entertainers like Margot Robbie, Michelle Yeoh, Kerry Washington, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, and many more celebrated together at the magazine's 30th anniversary fête.

  • Anticipate some wardrobe changes as the celebrities transition into full party mode.

  • Enjoy a glimpse of all the red carpet arrivals at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscars party.
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Stratolaunch achieves first powered flight of hypersonic test vehicle: Stratolaunch Systems conducted the first powered flight of its Talon-A test vehicle ...
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Stratolaunch achieves first powered flight of hypersonic test vehicle
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Former Blue Origin President Leads Helium-3 Moon Mining Mission: Last living Apollo 17 crewmember is guiding off-world prospecting.
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Former Blue Origin President Leads Helium-3 Moon Mining Mission
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Bezos’ fiancée, a VIP in his green fund, makes $60 million splash at Miami climate meet
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Bezos’ fiancée, a VIP in his green fund, makes $60 million splash at Miami ...
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Thrice-divorced Elon Musk says ‘super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse’ are killing Western Civiliza
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Thrice-divorced Elon Musk says ‘super rich ex-wives who hate their former ...
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Jeff Bezos is the world's richest person for the first time in 2 years: Bezos is the world's richest person with a net worth of $200 billion after Amazon shares ...
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Jeff Bezos is the world's richest person for the first time in 2 years
Quick Glance: Bezos Overtakes Musk: Richest Man in the World
  • Jeff Bezos has surpassed Elon Musk as the richest man in the world.

  • His wealth of $200 billion exceeds Musk's and Arnault's.

  • Bezos' fortune is primarily from Amazon and other investments.

  • Musk faces a lawsuit from former Twitter executives over unpaid severance.
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Elon Musk's wealth down almost $40 billion this year — and it's only March: Tesla's sagging share price has put a big dent in Elon Musk's net wealth ...
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Elon Musk's wealth down almost $40 billion this year — and it's only March
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The Great Cash-Out: Jeff Bezos, Leon Black, Jamie Dimon, and the Walton family have now sold a combined $11 billion in company stock this month—some for the ...
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The Great Cash-Out: Jeff Bezos, Leon Black, Jamie Dimon, and the Walton ...
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Jeff Bezos Surpasses Elon Musk as World’s Richest Person: The Amazon founder has reclaimed the title for the first time since the fall of 2021.
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Jeff Bezos Surpasses Elon Musk as World’s Richest Person
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An AI humanoid robot startup raised $675 million — including from Microsoft and OpenAI
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An AI humanoid robot startup raised $675 million — including from ...
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Surprise, Lauren Sánchez Wrote a Children’s Book About Space: Jeff Bezos’ future wife Lauren Sánchez was so inspired by his 11-minute trip to space that she ...
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Surprise, Lauren Sánchez Wrote a Children’s Book About Space
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Insider Sales: Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg Stock Sales Aren't Worrying: A pickup in insider sales — particularly by executives at Magnificent Seven ...
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Insider Sales: Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg Stock Sales Aren't ...
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Giant telescopes and moon houses: This is what NASA and experts are planning: It sounds like science fiction, but researchers are making serious plans to settle ...
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Giant telescopes and moon houses: This is what NASA and experts are ...
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Figure Raises $675M for Its Humanoid Robot Development: Plus everything you need (and want) to know about Figure's latest video
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Figure Raises $675M for Its Humanoid Robot Development
Quick Glance: Figure Rides Humanoid Robot Hype Wave to $2.6B Valuation
  • Today Figure confirmed rumors of raising significant funding, announcing a $675 million Series B round valuing the startup at $2.6 billion.

  • Founder Brett Adcock initially invested $100 million, with an additional $70 million last May. The focus is on developing humanoid robots for industry, with funds geared towards accelerating market entry.

  • Figure set an ambitious goal to create a walking bipedal robot within a year. The partnership with OpenAI aims to enhance humanoid robots' capabilities, particularly in natural language processing.

  • Microsoft, OpenAI, and other notable investors have backed Figure to advance humanoid robot development for various applications, including warehouses.
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Bezos’ Move Isn’t an Argument for Not Taxing Local Billionaires: Right-wing harrumphing about the foolishness of raising taxes on the rich rests on a relative ...
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Bezos’ Move Isn’t an Argument for Not Taxing Local Billionaires
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Bezos, Nvidia join OpenAI in funding humanoid robot startup, Bloomberg reports: Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Nvidia and other big technology names are ...
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Bezos, Nvidia join OpenAI in funding humanoid robot startup ...
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AI Startup Making Humanoid Robots Raises $675 Million From Bezos, Nvidia, Others: Figure, founded in 2022, is working on a faceless robot that can do tasks in ...
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AI Startup Making Humanoid Robots Raises $675 Million From Bezos, Nvidia ...
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Why Bezos and Zuckerberg are selling billions in shares: Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have sold shares in their companies because the value of their shares has ...
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Why Bezos and Zuckerberg are selling billions in shares
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Jensen Huang Is Tech’s New Alpha Dog: The head of Nvidia is becoming a legend in real time.
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Jensen Huang Is Tech’s New Alpha Dog
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Bezos, Dimon, Zuckerberg sold stock worth $9B, may think markets have peaked: Jeff Bezos pocketed about $8.5 billion from selling stock, while Mark Zuckerberg ...
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Bezos, Dimon, Zuckerberg sold stock worth $9B, may think markets have ...