He purchased the island for $2.8 million and wants to sell it for $10 million due to all the assets he tied into it. It is located in the Florida Keys. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

The biggest coin-making operation ended up with five years in jail for the counterfeiter who managed to produce 14 million 1 pound fake coins. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

"Drudge writes of the reported $400 million deal, which would pay him an estimated $38 million a year, "Earnings now pace him ahead of the annual salaries for network news anchors: Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer — combined!" " picked by ImNotBlue 1 year ago

Apparently negotiations with MySpace owner NewsCorp have fallen through and they are now seeking a round of $5 million in funding instead. NewsCorp balked at the minimum asking price of $150 million. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

The Internal Revenue Service has failed to collect taxes from 18 percent of those who owe more than $1 million, according to a Treasury Department audit. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

How would you feel if you thought you won $166 million dollars...then found out you didn't. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago

An alumnus has donated $25 million to Phillips Academy in Andover -- the largest donation in the high school's 250-year history. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Ai WeiWei's "Fairytale" artwork will cost 3.1 million euros ($4.14 million), the most expensive project of this year's "documenta" exhibition, a spokesman for the event said. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

He has no memory, no one knows who he is and he has $1 million in medical bills. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A Serbian bank clerk who stole nearly 1.5 million euros from his bank left a note reading "I'm sorry," buried the loot in a park and waited at a cafe for police to arrest him. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

Billionaire investor and wealthiest man alive, Warren Buffett believes the Paulson Plan is necessary. He put his money where is mouth was by raising $10 billion in fresh capital for Goldman Sachs. News of this caused their share price to increase, netting him a $783 million profit in just hours (if he was to sell the shares) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Saying baristas were entitled to $86 million in back tips plus interest, San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett also issued an injunction preventing Starbucks’ shift supervisors from sharing in future tips. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

A woman who inherited some Chinese carved jade from her father has scored the first $1 million appraisal from experts on the U.S. television program "Antiques Roadshow. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

That's right Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, donated 10 million dollars to the Church of Scientology. That amount is twice as much as crazy Tom Cruise has donated and twice as much as Bart makes a year! picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

In a stroke of true karma, five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, a pirate and a relative of one of the dead men said Saturday. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Man donates his Saab 900 SPG to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum after putting over one million miles on it, all on the original engine. Car also survived eight collisions with deer in its lifetime. "I couldn't kill that many deer with a gun," said owner. picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

The NHL salary cap will rise to $50.3 million per team next season, an increase of $6.3 million from last season, the league and players' union announced Friday. picked by punthe 2 years ago

A new study has concluded that one key part of the immune system, the ability of vitamin D to regulate anti-bactericidal proteins, is so important that is has been conserved through almost 60 million years of evolution and is shared only by primates, including humans – but no other known animal species. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

The Department of Defense has awarded $1.6 million to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health information if a soldier is wounded in battle or a civilian is hurt in an accident. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago