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  Jeff Bezos Buys $90 Million Florida Mansion To Live In While His Other Newly Purchased $147 Million Homes Are 'Demolished' For A Mega Mansion With a net worth of $203.7 billion, Jeff Bezos is the second richest person in the world. He has made major real estate investments in Florida's upscale Indian Creek Island, also referred to as "Billionaire Bunker." Bezos started his shopping binge for $147 million when he bought two properties. Not content to stop there, Bezos just spent $90 million to add a third property to his holdings. he ad Bezos purchased the house, which has nine bathrooms and six bedrooms, through an off-market transaction. According to property records, banker Javier Holtz purchased the mansion last in 1998 for $2.5 million. Even with its opulent features, Zillow values the home at only $41 million, which is a lot less than what Bezos agreed to spend for it. This disparity demonstrates the premium that Bezos set Real estate investing has never b...

  The share price of Donald Trump's media company has fallen from last week's high when it officially listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. But it is still worth more than $7bn (£5.6bn) at current prices - an astonishing sum given the business behind it.  So what is the Truth Social platform, who owns it, how many users does it have, and how much money does it make? And is it the answer to Mr Trump's spiralling legal bills? What do Truth Social and Trump Media stand for?   The Trump Media & Technology Group was established in 2021 following Mr. Trump's temporary exclusion from popular social media sites including Facebook and Twitter due to allegations that he had incited violence following his loss in the presidential election.  Two men who had competed on his reality TV show . ab cd The Apprentice presented him with the concept. They recognized a chance to develop a social media platform that was different from the popular ones. The social media platform Truth S...

                                Asia-Pacific markets       China stocks rose Monday as investors assessed the country’s business activity, while Japan stocks closed lower as business optimism fell. China’s National Bureau of Statistics data showed that manufacturing activity expanded in March, with the purchasing managers index registering a reading of 50.8, compared to February’s reading of 49.1. Economists polled by Reuters expected a reading of 49.9, which still represented a contraction in the sector.  ab cd     The Caixin Global manufacturing survey for March showed China’s factory activity expanded at its fastest rate in 13 months. The private PMI reading came in at 51.1, above expectations for 51. China’s CSI 300 index gained about 1.64% after the reading, closing at 3,595.65. Separately, Japan’s first-quarter Tankan survey showed that business optimism amo...

  According to a message from the pilots' union, United Airlines is requesting that its pilots take voluntary unpaid leave in May due to delays in Boeing delivery. In response to the delivery delay, United Airlines announced in a statement on Monday that "our forecasted block hours for 2024 have been reduced and we are offering our pilots voluntary programs for the month of May to reduce excess staffing." Additionally, it coincides with industry warnings of a mass pilot shortage as the workforce ages following Covid-19 furloughs.  According to the email, the voluntary initiatives can continue throughout the summer and fall. According to the offer, benefits will continue to be paid by the employer during the experimental program. The occurrence on Monday indicates that the effects of Boeing's manufacturing problems are being felt by airlines, particularly United, which operates 81% of Boeing aircraft on its mainline. ab cd Following over a dozen occurrences, United cla...