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Meet the family behind the L.L. Bean empire
The company has been owned and managed by Leon Leonwood Bean and his descendants since Bean founded…
Alex Bitter
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My family immigrated to the UK with nothing when I was 5. Now I run a fitness empire that made $70 million last year.
Krissy Cela migrated to the UK from Albania at the age of five. She built her hugely successful bra…
Rachel Hosie
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Here's how moguls like Rupert Murdoch control their companies — without owning their companies
The Murdoch family is fighting over the future of its empire. Their special voting shares mean regu…
Peter Kafka
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A Starbucks worker of nearly 20 years says the chain has gone from 'quirky coffee shop' to 'soulless fast food empire'
A Starbucks store worker said his experience hasn't been as good since former CEO Howard Schultz le…
Alex Bitter
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How did India help the United States of America achieve independence?
How did India, a subcontinent teeming with its own political dramas and economic riches, contribute…
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Wende Zomnir revolutionized makeup with Urban Decay. She's not done building her empire.
Wende Zomnir is a beauty legend. In the 1990s, she cofounded Urban Decay. Now, she's growing her co…
Amanda Krause
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The summer of 2023 was hotter than any season since the Chola Empire 2000 years ago!
Using the age rings inside tree trunks, scientists were able to extract climatic data spanning the …
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Critical Role is expanding its nerd empire. One longtime partner is about to be left in the dust.
Critical Role might have once relied on Twitch to build its nerd-world empire, but their in-house s…
Cheryl Teh
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Here's what it's like to have a nerd world dream job: building games for the Critical Role empire
If you've played Critical Role games like "Candela Obscura" and "Daggerheart," you're playing in wo…
Cheryl Teh
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Critical Role returns to its fast and loose livestream roots to promote its Hasbro-killer board game empire
The Critical Role cast brought back The Menagerie, a quirky set of characters, for a second round o…
Cheryl Teh
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How Gordon Ramsay went from timid apprentice to celebrity chef with a huge restaurant empire
The global celebrity chef places 19th on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid celebrities and h…
Polly Thompson
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Amateur archaeologists found a mysterious 12-sided object from the Roman Empire that experts can't explain
A group of amateur archaeologists found a mysterious 12-sided dodecahedron in England near an ancie…
Jenny McGrath
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All the 'Ghostbusters' movies ranked from worst to best before the new film, 'Frozen Empire'
"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire," which is out on March 22, brings together the leading cast from the …
Eammon Jacobs
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What you need to know about Skydance's bid for Paramount, from financing a deal worth $32 billion to its plans for the media empire
Skydance and its private equity backer are wooing Paramount. The newest bid: a premium for common s…
Hayley Cuccinello
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z bought the most expensive mansion in California history but it's just part of their real-estate empire. Take a look at their homes.
In 2023, they picked up a 42,000-square-foot Malibu estate with a minimalist concrete aesthetic des…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Trump Media cofounders were limited to coach flights and lodging under $150 a night while establishing the former president's media empire
Andrew Litinsky and Wes Moss were tasked to set up Trump Media for the former president. Their expe…
Lloyd Lee
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Martha Stewart could function on 3 hours of sleep as she built her business empire
Before she became America's first female self-made billionaire, Martha Stewart started her own cate…
Anneta Konstantinides
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Ex-Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández, former US ally, to stand trial in NY for alleged cocaine smuggling empire
The trial of Juan Orlando Hernández is expected to reveal how a "corrupt and violent" cocaine smugg…
Noah Hurowitz,Natalie Musumeci
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The 8 people who made 'Dungeons & Dragons' cool just launched their answer to the game. Hasbro and its game empire should be very, very nervous.
Dungeons & Dragons has reigned supreme in the tabletop gaming space for decades. Now the people tha…
Cheryl Teh,Chris Kaye
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Mongolia's former president mocks Putin with a map showing how big the Mongol empire used to be, and how small Russia was
The former leader of Mongolia Tsakhia Elbegdorj wrote: "After Putin's talk. I found Mongolian histo…