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They have had more than 20 gold and platinum records with many #1 singles and have sold more than 75 million records. Their #1 singles include “Tennessee River”, “Why Lady Why”, “Old Flame”, “Feels So Right”, “Love in the First Degree”, “Mountain Music”, “Take Me Down”, “Close Enough to Perfect”, “Dixieland Delight”, “The Closer You Get”, “Lady Down on Love”, “Roll On (Eighteen Whatever”, “When We Make Love”, “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)”, “(There’s A) Fire in the Night”, “There’s No Way”, “40 Hour Week (For a Livin’)”, “Cant’ Keep a Good Man Down”, “She and I”, “Touch Me When We’re Dancing”, “You’ve Got the Touch”, “Face to Face”, “Fallin’ Angel”, “Song of the South”, “If I Had You”, “High Cotton”, “Southern Star”, “Pass It On Down”, “Jukebox in My Mind”, “Forever’s as Far as I’ll Go”, “Down Home”, “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)”, and “Reckless”....

Warren Buffett – The Intelligent Investor It figures that a book called “The Intelligent Investor” would be the pivotal book for Warren Buffett, himself famous for his mastery of the stock market. He has told the story about how he accidentally bought the book at 19, and upon devouring it he learned a “bedrock philosophy on investing that made sense,” and the book’s author Benjamin Graham went on to become Buffett’s personal mentor as his investment career took off....

Howard’s exit from the “Iron Man” movies came down to money, and from his perspective, promises made by Marvel not being honored. The most detailed breakdown of the situation comes from a 2015 interview Howard gave with Rolling Stone. In it, Howard says that during casting of the first “Iron Man” movie, he took a pay cut of $1 million against his original offer of $3.5 million in order to ensure Downey could get the part that went on to become his signature role....

Let’s take a look at the 20 richest Reality TV Stars in the world. 20. Kristin Cavallari Net Worth: $3.5 million Reality Show: Laguna Beach, The Hills, Dancing With The Stars, Very Cavallari Kristin Cavallari has been on reality TV since she was in high school in Laguna Beach, California. Now the 32-year-old mother of three is married to retired pro football player Jay Cutler and living in Nashville where she documents her family’s life on the show Very Cavallari....

Early Sunday morning, the U.S. dropped two 2,000 pound bombs in a building in central Mosul, Iraq. This building reportedly contained large amounts of cash ISIS was using to pay its troops and for ongoing operations, according to two U.S. defense officials. The officials referred to the building as a “cash collection and distribution point.” The U.S. determined that Sunday morning was the right time to bomb the building after U....

Think about it—the richest 62 people in the world would all fit onto a bus. Those 62 people have as much cold, hard cash (and assets) as half of the population of the world. It isn’t getting any better out there for the poorest 50%. The wealth of that sector dropped by 41% between 2010 and 2015. In that same period, the wealth of the richest 62 people increased by $500 billion to $1....

Lords went on release the 1995 album “1000 Fires” and the 2004 EP “Sunshine,” and her singles “Control” and “Last Drag” were top 10 hits on the “Billboard” Hot Dance Club Songs chart. She wrote and directed the 2005 short film “Sweet Pea,” and she served as a producer on the films “Beverly Hills Copulator” (1986), “Traci Takes Tokyo” (1986), “Traci, I Love You” (1987), “Extramarital” (1998), and “Excision” (2012)....

Marc Anthony is one of the most famous Latin musicians in the world. With five Latin Grammys, two Grammys, and over 12 million albums sold worldwide, Anthony has made a quite a name for himself in the music industry. Now, he is looking to take over the sports agent industry, and is doing so in a very ingenious way. Magnus Sports is the sports arm of Magnus Media, a firm founded by Anthony....

As of late, it has also revealed plans to develop around 2,700 acres of property in Tangshan, Tianjin and Langfang, out of which solely Tangshan is estimated to be a $887 million investment. With more than 20,000 employees and government-run partners like Hebei Port Group, Longjitaihe is yet to grow. Moreover, Wei Shaojun is a member of China’s National Party Congress.

Early Life and Education Wes Borland was born on February 7, 1975 in Richmond, Virginia. He has a brother named Scott. Growing up, Borland became passionate about music and took up the drums as his instrument of choice. However, his parents disapproved of the loudness of the drums, so he switched to guitar. He and his brother eventually began playing bass guitar together. The family later moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where Borland attended the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts....

The problem with this line of thinking is it creates a divide between so called good rich people and bad rich people. Good rich people don’t flaunt their wealth. Frugality is one way people evaluate whether a rich person is morally good or morally bad. It is something we can wrap our minds around easier than the staggering balances in billionaire bank accounts. As a rule, frugality is praised, whether one is rich or not....

“Monty” Moncrief Sr. (d. 1986) came upon a 6-billion-barrel East Texas oilfield. Dazzled by his father’s wealth at the time, Tex wanted to quit school and become a pro golfer, but he never pursued that dream as his father talked him out of it. Instead, he followed in his father’s footsteps and made a fortune in the oil and gas sector. An avid football fan, William Moncrief, Jr. is a benefactor of both the University of Texas and Texas Christian University....

When asked how she felt about winning the crown of Miss World, she replied, “Surprised and very happy…” During the grand finale of the Miss World 2013, Wenxia performed Tanzette along with the talent competition winner and runner-up Vania Larissa from Indonesia and Erin Holland from Australia. The second of two daughters of farming parents, Wenxia dreamed of becoming a singer and enjoyed classes in music and nature. She completed a four-year university course in Chinese Folk Music at Harbin University in China....

Alexandra Wentworth began her professional acting career in the early 90s as a cast member on the sketch comedy series, “In Living Color.” From there, she went on to appear in both film and television projects, including “Hardball,” “Seinfeld,” “Jerry Maguire,” “Trial and Error,” “The Real Blonde,” “The Love Bug,” “Office Space,” “Felicity,” “American Virgin,” “Call Me Claus,” “It’s Complicated,” “Cougar Town,” “Breathe In,” and “Blue Bloods.” She is also the host of “Daily Shot with Ali Wentworth” on Yahoo!...

It was in 1993 that he made his career beginnings with the setting up of Open Joint Stock Company LSR Group. Over the years, the company has turned into one of the leaders in the real estate and building materials in Russia. In 2007, he took it public and later went to work as vice president at VTB, which manages the infrastructure projects. When it comes to politics, he was first appointed the Assistant of the Russian Federation public health services and social development Minister in 2007....

At Miami Rolle was an All-American CB, he received excelled press-coverage, after being the driving force in shutting down future All-American receivers Larry Fitzgerald (3 catches for 26 yards) and Calvin Johnson (2 catches for 10 yards). Rolle’s start with the Arizona Cardinals did go well, due to a torn cartilage that kept him on the sidelines throughout most of the 2005 season. This injury required Rolle to undergo surgery to repair the damage, however his comeback was strong and in 2007 he was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Cardinals’ 35-27 victory over the Bengals....

OK, so now for those of you who have no idea what I’m even talking about, let me give you a brief recap. In February 2015, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s 21-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was found unconscious in a bathtub. Bobbi was unresponsive when friends pulled her out of the water, immediately calling 911. At the hospital, she was put into a medically induced coma, with the intention of preventing any further stress or damage as had already been caused to her brain....

Bruce was born on October 1, 1933. He started working for the family company when he was just nine years old. At the time, he was working in the stockroom on the sales floor of the company making 25 cents an hour, a solid start for its future president. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Washington in 1955, after which he officially joined the family company....

The second album, Sunday’s On the Way (1983) followed producing a string of hits on the Christian charts. He scored his first number one hit with 1985 The Champion. As the success continued throughout the 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000s, Licciardello was named the Contemporary Christian Artist of the Year by Billboard magazine. During his career, Licciardello received 15 gold and platinum certified albums and has sold over 10 million records....

Early Life Colleen Ballinger was born on November 21, 1986, in Santa Barbara, California. She was born to parents Tim Ballinger, a sales manager, and Gwen Ballinger, who primarily was a homemaker. She was raised with her two older brothers, Chris and Trent, and her younger sister, Rachel. Ballinger was homeschooled during middle school and then attended San Marcos High School. After high school, she enrolled at Azusa Pacific University, where she majored in vocal performance before graduating in 2008....