The plot to turn Katherine Jackson against the Michael Jackson Estate may have backfired. When Katherine was appointed guardian of of the Late Michael Jackson’s children; Paris, Prince and Blanket, the Executors gave an allowance of $60,000 per month for the care of the children … that’s $720,000 a year. Less than a year later the judge increased […]
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Michael Jackson’s mom reported missing
Saturday night police received news that Katherine Jackson (Michael Jackson’s Mother)had been missing for over two days, after her grandchildren were unable to get in touch with her for a week. The 82-year-old matriarch of the Jackson music family left her Calabasas, California, home on July 15, to fly to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to […]
What if the Rich lost 40% of Their Wealth?
After recent set backs to the economy it is being estimated that the average family lost approximately 40% of their wealth. James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN. After speaking about the the average loss, he briefly theorized what the consequences would be if the rich lost 40% of their wealth as well. […]
Aussie Girl Photo’s Family Fortune Putting the Rest of the Family in Danger as Armed Robbers Break in Look for the Cash
In Sydney, Australia a teenage girl posted a few to many details about her family (As seven-teen-year-old girls often do). Only this time, it didn’t go unnoticed. She posted on Facebook a picture of herself in front of a large sum of money that she was helping her seventy-two-year-old grandma […]
FOREIGN POLICY: Brown’s Bomb
“They own. you know, the banks in this country, the newspapers
Silicon Savanna: Mobile Phones Transform Africa
The buzz at Pivot25, a conference for mobile-phone software developers and investors held this June, is all about the future of money. Ben Lyon, the 24-year-old business-development VP of Kopo Kopo, wants $250,000 to produce his app for shops to process payments made by text message.
Modern Book Publishing and Book Culture
Here’s a literary parable for the 21st century.
Medicine: Shortcut
The search for a cancer vaccine has largely been a painstaking, systematic chore of isolating some agent that might produce cancer-killing antibodies in human patients.
10 Questions for Li Na
You’re competing at Wimbledon, so you haven’t gone home to China since you won the French Open. What do you expect the reception to be?
Why Drugs Cost So Much / The Issues ’04: Why We Pay So Much for Drugs
Helen Clark of Kennebunk, Maine, is a smuggler of sorts. At 77, the retired registered nurse doesn’t look the part.