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What’s at stake in Bill Gates’s divorce? A fortune that goes well beyond Microsoft, including a $131 million mansion, a rare Da Vinci notebook and investments from luxury hotels to garbage haulers.
Revenue for the quarter rose to $1.26 billion, up from $524.6 million a year earlier, as demand for remote workout classes and at-home fitness gear continues to surge during the pandemic.
The video-sharing service has provided limited information on its call to suspend the former president and has said it is continuing to monitor the threat of violence in the wake of the Capitol riot by his supporters.677
In echoes of the Old West, the Tesla CEO’s rocket firm has been building a company town in seaside Boca Chica, pressuring locals to sell their properties and talking of incorporating the town—a move that could give it eminent domain to seize houses; “bullied us from the beginning.”253
Walmart said it purchased telehealth provider MeMD, another sign that the retail giant aims to expand its healthcare business and open up a new front with Amazon.com.
The streaming-media service continued to see a boost from homebound customers consuming more entertainment content during the pandemic.
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