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Money
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The 16 Most Insanely Expensive iPhone Apps [INFOGRAPHIC]
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What’s the most you’ve ever spent on an app? We’ve all dabbled in the purchase of $0,99 apps, sometimes even venturing to buy a newly released, $9,99 app on special occasions. Want to know what the 16 most expensive apps are? They will put your $9,99 purchase to shame.
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Meet The Man Behind Silk Road: Fascinating Interview With The World’s Best Online Drug Dealer [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Dread Pirate Roberts, creator and owner of the Silk Road online drug-buying portal has completed an anonymous interview with Forbes about his growing enterprise. The Silk Road is a website where one can acquire heroin, methamphetamine, crack, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and an insane number of marijuana varieties. Payment is possible via BitCoin.
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Obscenely Rich Mystery Buyer Picks Up R275 Million Classic Ferrari, Casually Sets World Record
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some rich guy (or girl) just purchased a super rare 1967 Ferrari for $27,5 million (R279,034,843.84) and set a world record! The Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S N.A.R.T. Spider was sold on Saturday night in Monterey, California, and makes it the most expensive road car ever sold at an auction.
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Imagine Finding Out You’re Getting A Portion Of A Long Lost Relative’s R3 Billion Fortune
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cha Ching! The distant family of Huguette Clark, are in talks to secure a portion of her R3 billion fortune. Huguette was the youngest daughter of former US Senator William Andrews Clark. He was one of the copper kings of Montana, a railroad builder and – get this – the founder of Las Vegas! You can imagine how much money this man had…
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New York Calls Bitcoin A Wild West For Criminals – Pulls Biggest Players Into Court
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The state of New York will set the tone for the US government’s official relationship with virtual currency, Bitcoin when the New York State Department of Financial Services meets every major Bitcoin player in court. Shortly after a federal judge recently ruled that Bitcoin is real money, 22 digital-currency companies and investors have been subpoenaed by […]
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Mind Blowing: 20-Year-Old Construction Group Might Be South Africa’s Biggest Ever Fraud
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mail & Guardian has detailed their investigation into what could be this country’s largest fraud scheme. Jeff Wiggill and Andy Bertulis are reportedly the men behind the fraud at First Strut which has been going on for more than two decades.
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The Massive R4 Billion Powerball Lottery Has Been Won
08 Aug 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
And it will be split three ways. Which means at least three people will be practicing their jetski back flips for the rest of their lives. Two of the three Powerball winners were from New Jersey, and one in Minnesota. Because three tickets matched all six numbers, Powerball officials said the three winners would split […]
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American Judge Ruled Bitcoin “Can Be Used As Money” In Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Case
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Civil action case against Trendon Shavers and his company Bitcoin Savings and Trust for running a Ponzi scheme has in an American Judge ruling Bitcoin can be used as real money.
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9 African Millionaires To Bet On In An Internet Boom
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Almost everyone on this list has already made sizeable personal fortunes with online ventures, but some of them, like Heunis and Apteker seem to be biding their time. With internet commerce projected to be one of the fastest growing African industries in the next 10 years, these are 10 people who have the expertise and the industry know-how to exploit an African internet boom.
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Nigeria’s Wealthiest Weddings Are Absolutely Mental [GALLERY]
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Nigeria has the second-highest gross domestic profit of any African nation. A fountain of oil produces 2,5 million barrels of oil every day, and the nation’s wealthy have more money than you can fathom. And it stands to reason that there is a healthy sprinkling of extrovert personalities within the ranks of the country’s elite. And when they get married, they get married, hard.
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The Top 7 Richest Women In Music In 2013
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sure, you have a handle on who the biggest stars in the world are right now, but you probably have no idea who the wealthiest women in music right now are. No seriously. In this top 7 list you’ll find no Beyonce, no Lady Gaga, no Adele, no Rihanna, no Katy Perry, no Nicki Minaj, no Taylor Swift… So obviously they’re all old-timers, right? Wrong. A youngster tops the list.
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Can Tonight’s R4 Billion Lottery Jackpot Really Make You Happy?
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Will a lottery win solve all your problems and make you happy? Its an age old question. Well, lucky for us, Princeton Professors Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton have put a lot of time and effort into researching this question, and have come up with an answer.
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This Is How The SnapChat Founders Screwed Their Business Partner Out Of His Share Of R7,8 Billion [PIC]
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown were friends. They developed the unsuccessful app Future Freshman and then came Snapchat. The popular photo sharing app is cashing in for the boys but one, Brown has been left out of the $800 million pay day. His contributions are reportedly not worth any equity in the company.
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The Majority Of Millionaires In Africa Call South Africa Home
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A study has revealed that South Africa is the favoured country in Africa for millionaires. There are over 35,000 millionaires living in South Africa according to senior analyst at New World, Andrew Amoils.
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Maria Sharapova Is The World’s Highest-Paid Female Athlete
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Maria Sharapova has topped the earnings list in women’s sport for the last calendar year, earning $29 million (R285 million) from June 2012 to June 2013. This is Sharapova’s ninth year at the top of the list. Of her $29 million earnings, $6 million came from prize money, while $23 million was the fruit of endorsement deals.
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Cash Battle Of The Sexes: How Men And Women Spend Their Money [INFOGRAPHIC]
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Society is pretty quick to pin “retail therapy” tendencies exclusively on women, but a recent roundup of data profiling western men and women clearly indicates that your average modern man is almost as keen to drop a load of cash on a bad mood as his feminine counterpart, even if he is buying different things. Check it all out, below.
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The Knock-On Effect Of First Tech’s Liquidation Is Terrifying
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After the murder engineering firm First Tech’s chairperson Jefferey Wiggill almost two months ago, the company has been liquidated to service unpaid debts. Not only will the provisional liquidation affect the employees of the company’s subsidiaries but other companies indirectly associated with First Tech will be affected too.
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This Student Is Paying His Way Through University By Living With 200,000 Cockroaches [PICS]
31 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Introducing Kyle Kandilian, the the Michigan-Dearborn University student that lives with about 200,000 cockroaches. According to Detroit Free Press, Kandilian has this hobby for two reasons. One is for fun and the other is to help him pay for his education. The 20-year-old has a room that’s stacked up with 130 varieties of roach that can be purchased […]
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The Liquidation Of South African Construction Company Has Left Investec And Sanlam In A Tight Spot
31 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
First Strut’s liquidation puts Sanlam and Investec’s money managers at risk. The company that supplied the mining, power and transport industries has been placed under liquidation.
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Yep, Angelina Jolie Is Still The Highest Paid Actress In The World
30 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The last big film that the sultry star partook in was The Tourist and that came out three years ago, but Angelina Jolie is still the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. The 38-year-old star has sprouted out into other roles in her industry – she has written and directed her first film, In The Land of Blood and […]
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Imagine Finding Out Your Father’s Forged Will Was Meant To Leave You R40 Billion
30 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When an Indian maharajah crowned at a young age passed away (after the depression caused by his son’s death), his daughters were left with nothing near what they deserved. Instead of getting what they thought was there birthright fortune, they were given only a few dollars a month from the palace officials that they suspected to have […]
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Guy Raises R1,2 Million On Kickstarter – Walks Away And Blows Cash
26 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Erik Chevalier came up with a “nerd-approved” board game that he used to trick people into giving him money. The people who fell for the trap, ended up giving away over R1 million to a guy that was taking them for a ride. This is what The Doom That Came To Atlantic City was about: […]
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Check Out These Pics Of Richard Gere’s R635 Million Mansion In the Hamptons [Gallery]
25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the latest celeb real estate news, Richard Gere has listed his North Haven home for a hefty R635 million. The 1902 Strongheart Manor is made up of 6,3 acres, two guest houses, an outdoor fireplace pavilion and dock. During Gere’s ownership, the estate has been expanded to include 12 bedrooms and over 1,115 square […]
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61 Tons Of Silver – Biggest Shipwreck Haul Ever
24 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Odyssey Marine Exploration based in Tampa, Florida has made a heavy discovery. On Monday, the company that salvages deep-water shipwrecks, recovered over 61 tons of silver bullion from a World War II wreck. The SS Gairsoppa, which was British cargo ship, reportedly sank in February 1941. Greg Stemm, Odyssey’s chief executive officer: This was an extremely complex recovery which was […]
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Classy-Looking German Woman Has Been Living Without Money For 16 Years – This Is How
22 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Is it possible to live with no money? German Heidemarie Schwermer has been doing exactly that for the past 16 years. Her penniless journey has been documented in the film ‘Living Without Money’.
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Man Loses 64 Grand On Slot Machine, Attacks It With Axe [VIDEO]
22 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nure Bregu attacked slot machines with an axe after reportedly losing over R64,500 in two weeks. The normally quiet 47-year-old man calmly walked into the bar in italy and smashed the machines before calmly walking out again.
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Goth Barbie Exists And It’s Currently The Best-Selling Doll On Earth
19 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Barbie you know and loved has had a slight make-over. Yes it does actually exist, the Goth Barbie is alive, kicking (figuratively speaking) and being sold more than any other doll in the world. These light skinned, tattooed and hair-dyed Barbies are from the collection called Monster High, designed by one of the world’s […]
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It’s Official – Telkom Screwed Us Over With Internet Charges
19 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Come yesterday, the South African wireless telecommunications provider Telkom is being charged with a doozy. According to Mail & Guardian, the group has to pay R200 million in administrative penalties. This is after the Competition Tribunal found evidence to substantiate that Telkom is abusing its power as the leader of telecoms facilities in the country. […]
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Since You Were Wondering: This Is Exactly How Much It Would Cost To Be The Hulk [INFOGRAPHIC]
18 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever wondered what the cost of being an Avenger is? Well, it doesn’t come cheap, especially if you’re The Hulk. The infographic below shows everything you need to know about budgeting to be the comic book superhero. From his anger management sessions to his Yoga classes, it’s got it all, including the crazy inflation. Here […]
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Eat A Donut Right Now: Dubai Will Actually Pay Residents In Gold As Incentive To Lose Weight
18 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If gym isn’t the thing for you, then maybe you need to move to Dubai. According to Emirates 24/7, Dubai is testing the incentive theory. Will people lose weight, if they have something to gain…that isn’t fat? The city is offering, wait for it…two grams of solid gold, if they drop a casual two kilograms […]
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