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Shaquille O'Neal's $250K 'Accidental' Investment Turns Into A Fortune After Business Booms
Sunday, December 15, 2024 - 3:45pm | 392NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal has reaped significant financial rewards from an unintentional investment in tech behemoth Google, contributing to his present net worth of approximately $500 million. What Happened: O’Neal, who is renowned for his tenure with the LA Lakers, Orlando...
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Bobby Flay Plans IPO For Bobby's Burger Palace
Monday, July 17, 2017 - 2:53pm | 408Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is tapping the public market and will 'mini-IPO' his burger chain called Bobby's Burger Palace, The Wall Street Journal reported. Flay's company is looking to raise around $15 million to better support his restaurant chain that has just 17 locations. The...
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Wall Street Knows What Teens Like
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - 9:38am | 539If you’ve recently found yourself frustrated by trying to decipher the mind of an American teenager, Piper Jaffray has some good news. A recent survey of 5,500 teens revealed exactly what teens like, and the answer is simple: Chick-fil-A, Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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OpenSesame Raises $8 Million To Expand World's Largest Source Of Biz Training Courses
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 12:59pm | 473OpenSesame has amassed a collection of more than 20,000 online courses for businesses. Dish Network and Five Guys are among the firm's clients. But the company isn't stopping there. OpenSesame recently announced that it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round that was led by Partech...
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Grilled Cheese Sandwich Nabs $10 Million Investment, Snubbing Hamburgers and Chicken Fingers Everywhere
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 12:24pm | 259The inventor of the ill-fated Flip camcorder could be on the verge of another brilliant invention: a five-dollar grilled cheese sandwich. What makes it brilliant, you ask? That remains to be seen. But if Flip's main man, Jonathan Kaplan, has what it takes to convince a venture firm to invest more...