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· Editorial Staff
The Majority of Americans Are One Paycheck Away From Being Completely Broke, Survey Finds
The majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and are just one unexpected emergency away from being flat broke, a new survey finds. A survey released Wednesday by finance website Bankrate found that only 37% of Americans are financially prepared to handle an emergency…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s the Hack That Got This Man a $10,000 First Class Flight For Just $130
Sam Huang an is a Travel Blogger who made headlines back in October for discovering a loophole that let him snag an epic $60,000 first class flight for $300. He regularly documents his experiences on his website TopMiles.com. Well folks, he’s at it again! This time, he shows us…
· Laura Dang
How a 24-Year-Old Tesla Engineer Paid Off $14,000 in Student Loans By Living in a Van
For young millennials hoping to pay off burdensome student loans, living in a car seems to be the tried-and-true solution. In yet another instance of a young professional living in a vehicle to save money comes the story of a 24-year-old Tesla engineer. The Tesla employee, Jason…
· Laura Dang
Chinese Man Divorces Wife After Winning $721,800 in Lottery, Gets Sued
A Chinese man thought the ideal time to divorce his wife was one day before he collected his more than half a million dollars in lottery winnings. The ex-husband from southwest China, Liu Xiang, won 4.6 million yuan ($721,800) in the national lottery back in February, according…
· Laura Dang
Venezuela’s Money is So Worthless That People Are Using Bills as Napkins
A photo illustrating the state of the Venezuelan economy posted to Reddit on Monday has gone viral. The photo shows a man holding his empanada wrapped in a $2 Venezuelan bolivar bill used as a napkin. With over 1,770 comments, the post has attracted widespread notice and is…
· Laura Dang
50 Cent Made it Rain in a Strip Club After Declaring Bankruptcy
Rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was called out for throwing wads of cash in a strip club after having filed a petition for bankruptcy earlier this month. The bankruptcy petition came after Jackson lost two high-stakes lawsuits. One suit was filed by Lastonia Leviston, who…
· Riley Schatzle
Entrepreneur Reveals the Two Ways Lunch with Warren Buffett Changed His Life
Warren Buffett, left, and Guy Spier, far right. Every year, billionaire investor Warren Buffett partners with the GLIDE Foundation to auction off a “power lunch” with the Oracle of Omaha. In 2007, Guy Spier, the author of “The Education of a Value Investor” and a manager of…
· Riley Schatzle
NAACP Leader Outed as White Woman Pretending to be Black
Rachel Dolezal graduated from Christian Liberty Academy Satellite School with a 4.0. She went on to earn her bachelor’s degree with high honors from Belhaven University and received her masters of fine arts degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. on a full-ride…
· Laura Dang
Why a 31-Year-Old Yale Grad Gave Up a $95,000 Job to Scoop Ice Cream in the Caribbean
Four years ago, 31-year old Noelle Hancock did what many of us wished we had the guts to do. She uprooted her comfortable Manhattan, New York life, turned down a $95,000-a-year job, and moved to the Caribbean to scoop ice cream at a local ice cream parlor. With several job…
· Skyler Miller
Here’s Why Everyone in America Owes the Government at Least $56,715
Here’s an unsettling fact: No one in the United States is debt free. Currently, every single man, woman and child in the nation owes $56,715, and that number is increasing daily. How is that possible?
· Benny Luo
Deckstar Co-Founders: Meet the Entrepreneurs Behind EDM’s Largest Music Acts
Anyone who’s dived into the entertainment industry knows how hard it is to find success. The risks are high and the saturation of ambitious people thinking they’re the next big thing makes it ultra competitive. Los Angeles natives and UCLA graduates Lawrence Vavra (aka LV) and…
· Sebastian Dillon
A 29-Year-Old Man Tries to Sell Virginity for $1,000 — Fails Miserably
This is Seb Cierces from Romania. He’s 29 years old, describes himself as “athletic, toned and dark haired,” and after weeks of trying to sell his virginity in a local newspaper, he is sadly still a virgin. What went wrong? Exhibit 1: Cierces put an ad in the local newspaper in…
· Benny Luo
Robert Greene: How to Master Success
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Robert Greene. For those of you who don’t know who he is, he’s a New York Times bestselling author of books like “The 48 Laws of Power” and the “ The Art of Seduction.” Robert is not just your typical author though. Unlike many…
· The Counterforce
Counterforce: 5 Reasons to Fight Google [GUEST POST]
After our small demonstration against Kevin Rose in San Francisco, numerous critics have claimed that we have not presented a rational or coherent argument against Google. Although our objective is grander than simply exposing Google, we will respond to the critics nevertheless.…
· Editorial Staff
8 U.S. Presidents That Were Once Entrepreneurs
In honor of Presidents Day, our staff has compiled a list of U.S. Presidents in the past that started out running businesses before they ran our country. Check them out below! Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States, March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 As the only…
· Editorial Staff
This Guy Will Pay You $170,000 to Attend Harvard For Him
The following craigslist post has been making its rounds recently of a gentlemen offering an interesting proposition:
· Ronald Wayne
What The ‘Government Shutdown’ REALLY Means [GUEST POST]
Once again public ignorance has become the perfect tool of a villainous political faction. It seems that nearly half of our people have been hoodwinked into the nonsensical belief that both sides of this issue are equally to blame. Half of this problem (of ignorance of law and…
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BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.
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Weverse
Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.
Company · Korea · KRX:352820
HYBE
One of the layers behind BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT.
Company · Korea · KRX:251270
Netmarble
Netmarble is Korea's mobile-game powerhouse that turns pop-culture IP into games — from BTS titles to Marvel — and is one of HYBE's largest shareholders, linking K-pop and gamin...
HYBE · K-pop · KRX:352820
A BTS comeback is not just songs. It’s albums, merch, tickets, and Weverse.
A BTS comeback can start with one stream on your phone, then turn into a fan-club sign-up, merch order, livestream ticket, and more time spent inside Weverse.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.