Hong Kong Tycoon Raising $50 Million to Boost City’s Image
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessHong Kong billionaire Michael Kadoorie has approached investors to raise at least $50 million (HK$389 million) to fund efforts to boost the…
Vietnamese tycoon in race to raise $9bn to avoid execution
Getty ImagesVietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan is in a race for her life.On Tuesday, the 68-year-old will hear the verdict in her appeal against…
Olav Thon, Billionaire Norwegian Real Estate Tycoon, Dies at 101
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessOlav Thon, who started out as a fur trader and built a property empire that made him one of Norway’s richest people,…
US charges Venezuelan media tycoon with money laundering | Corruption News
Raul Gorrin Belisario, owner of Globovision, allegedly took part in $1.2bn scheme to launder corrupt oil money.The United States has charged a Venezuelan media mogul…
Vietnam tycoon sentenced to death could face new charges, state media says | Corruption
Truong My Lan accused of illegally transferring $4.5bn in latest development in country’s biggest-ever fraud case. A Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to death for…
Ivan Boesky, ex-Wall Street tycoon who inspired ‘Gordon Gekko’ character, dies at 87
May 20 (UPI) -- The infamous Wall Street trader Ivan Boesky, inspiration behind the "Wall Street" movie character Gordon Gekko, died Monday in his California…
Vietnam jails soft drinks tycoon for eight years in $40m fraud case | Corruption
Tran Qui Thanh was found guilty of scamming investors over loans issued in 2019 and 2020. Vietnam’s top soft drinks tycoon was jailed for eight years…
Vietnam tycoon sentenced to death in $12.5 billion fraud case
A court in Vietnam handed the death sentence on Thursday to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in a 304-trillion-dong ($12.5-billion) financial fraud,…
Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley appealing order to pay £3.4million to Greek shipping tycoon
NEWCASTLE United co-owner Amanda Staveley is appealing against an order to pay £3.4million to a shipping tycoon. She had been given until Monday to transfer…
Thai tycoon Vonnarat arrested for missing prosecutor’s summons order in Stark Scandal
Vonnarat Tangkaravakoon, whose family controls Thailand’s largest paint maker, was arrested by the nation’s law enforcement agency after he missed a summons to appear before…
Brad Pitt claims he was ‘bullied & threatened’ by Russian tycoon in $350 million vineyard battle against Angelina Jolie
BRAD Pitt has accused his Russian billionaire business rival of trying to “bully” and “threaten” him with smears in their battle over the movie star’s…