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Hewlett Packard Enterprise confirms it will continue its $4 billion suit against Mike Lynch's estate after he died in a tragic yacht sinking
Lynch and the company had been involved in a nine-year legal battle over the sale of Autonomy. Lync…
Aditi Bharade
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4 victims on Mike Lynch's yacht were trapped inside air bubbles before suffocating, report suggests
Four victims of Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht were likely trapped in air bubbles before suffocatin…
Thibault Spirlet
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Mike Lynch's yacht was state-of-the-art and shouldn't sink so easily, expert says
Mike Lynch died in a superyacht disaster near Sicily. Experts question how the "unsinkable" $40 mil…
Mikhaila Friel
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Crew member on watch duty on Mike Lynch's yacht says he was 'walking on the walls' of the boat as he tried to save passengers
Matthew Griffiths, a British sailor who was on watch duty on the vessel when it sank, is under inve…
Rebecca Rommen
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It's Mark Zuckerberg's turn to have a hot yacht summer
It looks like the Meta CEO may dethrone Jeff Bezos as king of this year's superyacht season.
Madeline Berg
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The maker of Mike Lynch's yacht says it took 16 minutes to sink and the crew should have had time to rescue passengers
Giovanni Costantino, the CEO of Italian Sea Group, told the Financial Times that "no one should hav…
Mikhaila Friel
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Mike Lynch is missing after his yacht sank. In a bizarre coincidence, his fraud codefendant died 2 days earlier.
Stephen Chamberlain, the codefendant of tech tycoon Mike Lynch in his US fraud trial, died after be…
Beatrice Nolan
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Retired US couple island-hopping in the Caribbean vanish from their yacht
Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel vanished while sailing off the coast of Grenada.
Rebecca Rommen
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Eric Schmidt was supposed to buy a yacht once owned by a Russian oligarch. Here's the one he bought instead.
Eric Schmidt backed out of buying the Alfa Nero megayacht last year and instead purchased the Shahi…
Madeline Berg
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Google could face a lawsuit seeking more than $100 billion in damages, but it's not all bad news for the tech giant
A federal judge's ruling opens up Google to lawsuits alleging it artificially raised ad prices. But…
Dan DeFrancesco
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This 92-foot luxury yacht got stranded all weekend on a Florida beach
The luxury vessel, called Past Time, got stuck on Delray Beach on Florida's southeast coast.
Mia Jankowicz,Natalie Musumeci
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The Dutch company building Jeff Bezos' megayacht scrapped its request to take apart a historic bridge following public outcry and threats to egg the ship
Shipyard employees felt threatened, and the company worried locals would vandalize the ship, a Dutc…
Avery Hartmans
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A superyacht's crew dressed in designer clothes that were thrown away by its owner after he wore them once, worker says
"Gleeful crew" aboard his yacht were "scrubbing decks dressed in Armani cashmere jumpers," the supe…
Zahra Tayeb
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A superyacht's crew prepared fresh lobster for its wealthy owner every day despite not knowing if he was on board, worker says
A member of a superyacht crew also told The Times of London that one owner had his bar stools made …
Zahra Tayeb
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A superyacht captain says some guests give luxury gifts to crew members in exchange for sex
"The owners want to hook up with the stewardesses," a superyacht captain told The Guardian. "It's q…
Grace Dean
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A superyacht captain deployed sonic weapons and 'pain rays' to fend off pirates armed with Kalashnikovs, worker says
The captain deployed the weapons as armed pirates sped towards him on inflatable boats, an industry…
Kate Duffy
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The US justice official in charge of seizing Russian assets breaks down the capture of an oligarch's $90 million superyacht
The US was "in some ways lucky" the vessel was moored in Spain, the director of the inter-agency Kl…
Grace Dean
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Yacht sales are dropping as negative press tied to sanctions against Russian oligarchs leaves potential buyers leery, experts say
"The entire industry is trying to figure out how to clean up the image," Marcela de Kern Royer, a r…
Grace Kay,Sam Tabahriti
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Elon Musk vacationed on a superyacht off the coast of Greece. Here's a closer look at the luxurious vessel, which rents for over $7,000.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO — who's currently embroiled in a battle over the future of Twitter — was …
Avery Hartmans
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appear to have previously sailed on a recently-seized $100 million super-yacht linked to a Russian arms tycoon
Lopez and Affleck reportedly used the yacht, Valerie, in 2021. Valerie, which is linked to a sancti…