Detroit is using tax payers to finance a new $444 million hockey arena. The city of Detroit is more than $18 billion dollars debt according to sources.
source: CNN
Detroit Building $444 Million Hockey Stadium
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Fast Food Workers Want $15 p/hr in America
Fast food workers across the country are walking off their jobs this week in protest of what they describe as low wages and unfair labor practices.
The employees, in New York, Chicago, Detroit and other cities, are calling for a $15 per hour wage as well as the right to unionize without fear of retaliation. The campaign launched Monday in New York City, and has been aided by Fast Food Forward, a New York City-based advocacy group of fast food workers
source: FastFoodFoward
Weekend Box Office: July 26-28, 2013
Title / Weekend Gross (in millions usd $$$)
- The Wolverine $53.1 m
- The Conjuring $22.2 m
- Despicable Me 2 $16.4 m
- Turbo $13.7 m
- Grown Ups 2 $11.6 m
- Red 2 $9.3 m
- Pacific Rim $7.7 m
- The Heat $6.9 m
- R.I.P.D. $6 m
- Fruitvale Station $4.6 m
$53 Million Jewel Heist in Cannes
A staggering $53 million worth of diamonds and other jewels were stolen Sunday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe’s biggest jewelry heists in recent years, police said. (July 28)
America’s Top 10 Colleges
source: Forbes
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 7/21/2013
#1. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail – 129,000 (658,000)
#4. Ace Hood – Trials & Tribulations – 37,000 (37,000)
#7. J. Cole – Born Sinner – 27,000 (506,000)
#12. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 20,000 (932,000)
#15. Wale – The Gifted – 18,000 (255,000)
#18. Kanye West – Yeezus – 16,000 (475,000)
#37. Kevin Gates – Stranger Than Fiction – 8,400 (8,400)
#43. Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off – 7,800 (156,000)
#52. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – 7,100 (974,000)
#75. ¡Mayday! – Believers – 5,000 (5,100)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
Top Earning Celebrities Under 30 (2013)
- Lady Gaga $80 million
- Justin Beiber $58 million
- Taylor Swift $55 million
- Calvin Harris $46 million
- Rhianna $43 million
- Katy Perry $39 million
- Adele $30 million
- Jennifer Lawrence $26 million
- Kristen Stewart $22 million
- Taylor Lautner $22 milllion
source: Forbes
The World’s Richest City [documentary]
China may soon be the birthplace to half the world’s billionaires but Singapore – the world’s richest city – is where they go to play. Some of the rich and famous who have moved to the tiny Southeast Asian island republic include Indian telecom tycoon Bhupendra Kumar Modi, Chinese movie superstars Gong Li and Jet Li, New Zealand billionaire Richard Chandler, and famed US investor Jim Rogers. One in six households in Singapore have a net worth of $1m, reflecting the flow of wealth eastwards as the centre of global economic activity shifts to Asia. With low taxes, a reliable, corruption-free government and protective private banking laws, the world’s ultra-rich are flocking to make Singapore home, giving it the highest percentage of millionaire households in the world. While the rich have fun, locals are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living.
Happy Birthday Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky turns 40 years old today! Happy Birthday Monica!
Weekend Box Office: July 19-21, 2013
Title / Weekend Gross (in millions usd $$$)
- The Conjuring $41 m
- Despicable Me 2 $25 m
- Turbo $21.5 m
- Grown Ups 2 $20 m
- Red 2 $18.5 m
- Pacific Rim $15.9 m
- R.I.P.D. #12.7 m
- The Heat $9.3 m
- World War Z $5.2 m
- Monsters University $5 m
SMACK/ URL PRESENTS UFF: ILL WILL vs DANJA ZONE
SMACK/ URL The leaders of MC Battle culture link up with BET’s 106 & Park to create Ultimate Freestyle Friday(UFF) The UFF is a 7 week elimination tournament between some of URL’s finest MC’s.
Illustration of $1 Billion Dollars
“F*ck it I want a Billion” –JAY Z #PicassoBaby
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