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With a net worth of about £136 billion, Elon Musk was this month crowned the richest man on the planet. It has been a dramatic rise to the top for Musk, with his wealth increasing fivefold in 2020, finally pushing Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who had held the title since 2017, into second place. The … Read more
Tributes poured in for James Bond and Coronation Street director Michael Apted last week, after the news broke he passed away at his Los Angeles home at the age of 79 on January 7. The British filmmaker was probably best known for the Up series of documentaries, which began in May 1964 and followed the lives … Read more
On the rebound?: There seems to be a little bit of blue sky on the horizon, despite the impact of the pandemic on the economy It has been a difficult year for most investors, especially those with a majority of their money in UK shares. The FTSE 100 Index, a barometer of the fortunes of … Read more
The Duchess of Sussex donned a dress by an African-American designer who focuses on ‘the health of people and the planet’ as she discussed ‘courageous leadership’ during a virtual summit yesterday. Meghan Markle, 39, joined Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Virtual Summit from her $14 million mansion in Santa Barbara and insisted that all social … Read more
Wheel Of Fortune’s Jenny Powell, 52, shows off her toned abs in a neon crop top and matching shorts as she leaves a yoga class By Emily Webber For Mailonline Published: 16:54 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 16:54 BST, 1 August 2020 She has been working on her incredible physique during lockdown. And Wheel … Read more
Connor Walsh claims to have it all. A Lamborghini, the freedom of a £3 million mansion and a jet-setting job — all by the age of 25. Standing in front of his indoor swimming pool, he starts to tell his 138,000 Instagram followers how he did it. He struts over to his home bar and … Read more
They presided over one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history, in which up to 960 sub-postmasters had their lives ruined after they were wrongly accused of pilfering, fraud and false accounting. Staff were plunged into a Kafka-esque nightmare after money seemed to vanish from their tills. They were pilloried even though the … Read more
Family Fortunes ‘set to return to screens with Gino D’Acampo as host’… 18 YEARS after the gameshow went off air By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 00:32 BST, 4 June 2020 | Updated: 00:38 BST, 4 June 2020 Family Fortunes is reportedly making a comeback to TV, with Gino D’Acampo stepping in as host. The … Read more
Terry Smith is one of the shrewdest investors to come out of this country in a long, long time – although he now runs his successful investment operation Fundsmith from the sun-kissed island of Mauritius in the middle of the Indian Ocean rather than the UK (currently enjoying its own bit of sun-kissing). What Smith … Read more
Shares in M&C Saatchi surged by more than a quarter after a tech industry veteran took a hefty stake in the advertising network. Serial investor Vin Murria bought 13.25 per cent of the AIM-listed company’s shares on April 30, according to a stock market announcement yesterday. Murria is an adviser at Hgcapital, was previously chief executive … Read more