Burning Man: One dead as flooding strands thousands at Nevada desert festival
Celebrities Chris Rock and Diplo were able to leave the festival by walking 6 miles and hitchhiking with the driver of a pick-up truck.
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff
Kylie Jenner reportedly in talks to re-buy 51% of cosmetics brand
Coty Inc. bought a 51% stake in Kylie Cosmetics for $600 million in 2020 and a 20% stake in SKKN by Kim Kardashian for $200 million the same year.
Spain’s tomato-throwing festival kicks off – Here are the world’s best festivals for the rest of 2023
The tomato-throwing festival dubbed the “world’s biggest food fight” kicked off in Spain Wednesday on the heels of London’s Notting Hill Carnival, a British Afro-Caribbean celebration, and ahead of the major cultural festivals of Oktoberfest, Dia De Los Muertos and Diwali, but it’s not just fun that street festivals bring—economic experts say they’ve become a […]
Will Saudi Arabia take over tennis? Early moves draw mixed reaction from players, experts
Players seem to be split on the possibility of the Women’s Tennis Association final in Saudi Arabia.
The world’s third most valuable car-maker you’ve never heard of
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast’s market value has quadrupled in the weeks since its IPO.
France has so much extra wine, it’s paying farmers $334 million to destroy it
A fall in demand for French wines, a more competitive market and lingering pandemic problems have hit winemakers in the regions of Bordeaux and Languedoc so hard that the French government will soon pay them US$215 million (AUD$334m) to sell off their surplus—and has set aside other money to help grape-growers shrink their vineyards. Key […]
Apple poised to start paying US$500 million in ‘BatteryGate’ lawsuit payments
Apple, Delta Airlines, Facebook and Juul are among the companies with pending class action lawsuits.
New luxury fashion empire as Coach and Michael Kors owners merge in $8.5bn deal
The luxury conglomerate behind Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman is growing by three more brands with the US$8.5 billion purchase of Michael Kors-founded Capri Holdings Limited, merging two American fashion groups amid news that U.S. luxury spending has slowed in favour of growth in Europe and Asia. Key Takeaways Key Background Coach and Michael […]
Elon Musk says cage fight with Zuckerberg will be live streamed on ‘X’ for charity
The saga of two tech giants rumored to be planning a cage-fighting match continued Sunday.
You can now rent Gwyneth Paltrow’s house on Airbnb—Here are other famous homes you can spend a night in
Gwyneth Paltrow this week announced she’ll open her (guest) home to visitors who wish to stay in the one-bedroom house in Montecito nestled behind her mansion—complete with the offer of a “fantastic, cozy dinner” and a bathroom stocked with products from her lifestyle brand Goop—adding to a roster of famous real estate offerings that come […]