Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has advice for entrepreneurs. Shares in Amazon surged 4.4% on Wednesday, boosting Bezos' wealth to a record $171.6 billion.He has gained $56.7 billion this year alone.The collective net worth of the world’s 500 richest people now stands at $5.93 trillion.Jeff Bezos’s net worth has smashed through its previous peak, even after he…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (Photo: Jason Redmond, AFP) Amazon.com told congressional investigators examining the market power of the largest technology companies that it would make Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos available to testify this summer.A lawyer for the e-commerce company sent the House Judiciary Committee a letter on Sunday saying Amazon was "committed to cooperating…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…