1. Christy Walton ($25.3 billion) Christy Walton is the widow of John Walton, son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. After John Walton died in a plane crash in 2006, Christy inherited his fortune including enough stock to make more than $220 million in dividends in just six months. With the recent price appreciation of Walmart’s …
Category Archive: News
May 10
Finance | California Is Suing JPMorgan For Fraudulent Debt-Collection [Stock Watch] | #SoPhi
California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced a lawsuit against JPMorgan on Thursday, alleging that the bank “engaged in fraudulent and unlawful debt-collection practices against tens of thousands of Californians.” Harris says that from January 2008 to April 2011, JPMorgan (JPM, Fortune 500) filed more than 100,000 lawsuits against consumers in the state over uncollected credit-card …
May 10
Food & Business | A new Cipriani’s is Opening.. and It will be in Downtown Miami! | #SoPhi
Step through the revolving door into an elegant, high-ceilinged space decorated with walnut paneling, floor-to-ceiling windows and tables with white leather chairs trimmed in blue velvet, all set against sweeping views of Biscayne Bay. The venerable Cipriani opens on Miami’s Brickell Avenue at noon on Friday, the group’s first U.S. restaurant outside New York and …
May 01
News | It’s Filthy in NYC… “Frankenfish” is found in Harlem Meer | #SoPhi
Environmental officials are planning to survey a Central Park lake this week to search for an invasive type of toothy predator fish that threatens to disrupt the ecosystem. The northern snakehead fish, native to China, Russia and Korea, has been spotted in Queens in recent years, and one was quietly observed in Harlem Meer several …
Apr 26
Fashion | Dolce & Gabbana Fined $441 Million Dollars for Tax Evasion | #SoPhi
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Tax Commission has fined fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana 343.4 million euros ($441 million) for tax evasion. The decision confirmed to Reuters by Italy’s tax agency on Tuesday relates to payments the agency says should have been made when the designers sold their D&G and Dolce & Gabbana brands …
Apr 26
Tech | I Know What I’m Getting All My Girlfriends for Christmas.. ‘Fundawear’ | #SoPhi
Soooo You mean to tell me.. I can skype my Girl from 1000 Miles away and rub her clitoris at the same time?! SOLD!
Apr 22
Finance | Tips To Make Next Years Taxes Less Stressful | #SoPhi
Most of us approach taxes as something to put off thinking about until absolutely necessary. Having just finished filing – or still putting some finishing touches on this years filing – most people want to lock up the part of their brain that deals with taxes until it needs to be brought out again next …
Apr 11
Food | A Review Of @RASushi [Midtown ATL] by @PhillyTheBoss | #SoPhi
Ambiance: A- Atmosphere: A Service: C Price: $$ Food: C- Upon Entry to RA on a late Friday night. I noticed an extensive line in this trendy and well designed restaurant. Definitely a good place to party and eat. After approaching the hostess, I was informed that there was an hour wait for downstairs seating …
Apr 10
Finance | Herbalife In Trouble, AGAIN?! | #SoPhi
This was the last thing Herbalife Ltd. needed. Just as the Los Angeles company appeared to be regaining its footing from a Wall Street hedge fund manager’s assault, the company’s auditor resigned abruptly because of an alleged insider-trading scandal. Accounting giant KPMG said Tuesday that Scott London, its chief Southern California auditor, had divulged financial …



