That comes to about $140 million altogether, which Smith has consented to pay in exchange for a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice. That means that the settlement will also include an admission of the tax liabilities as well as improper tax filings, but he won’t face prosecution for the matter as long as he pays what he owes and follows a few other terms and conditions. The settlement puts a lid on an investigation that’s been going on for at least four years into over $200 million in financial assets that Smith’s Vista equity fund had set up in business entities in the Caribbean....

From 2008 to 2019, Britney’s father has overseen almost every detail of his daughter’s life. He has a say in her relationships, friendships, health, her comings and goings, and, of course, her financial affairs. James Spears has the ultimate authority over his nearly 39-year-old daughter’s professional and personal life. Britney is done. She wants some control back. And can you blame her? Nope! No one is arguing that the conservatorship wasn’t necessary back in 2008 or 2009, etc....

Brody Dalle was born in Melbourne, Australia in January 1979. She relocated to Los Angeles, California at 18 years old and started the punk rock band The Distillers. The band formed in 1998 and broke up in 2006. They released their self-titled debut studio album in 2000 and the albums Sing Sing Death house in 2002 and Coral Fang in 2003. Dalle formed the band Spinnerette in 2007 and they released their self-titled debut studio album in 2009....

Chick-fil-A currently has more than 2,900 locations. The Atlanta-based chain generates north of $6 billion in annual revenue. All locations are famously closed on Sundays. Bubba Cathy is the Executive Vice-President of Chick-fil-A. Since 1995. Bubba has also served as President of Dwarf House, the family’s diner-style side business. He oversaw the building of new Chick-fil-A locations in Myrtle Beach, Albany, and Southlake Mall and managed the Southlake Mall branch from 1976 to 1980....

So what is Costco’s best selling product year after year? I’ll give you a hint… It’s something everybody uses and needs: toilet paper. The membership-only warehouse club reportedly sells approximately $400 million worth of its Kirkland toilet paper every year. That amounts to nearly 0.4% of the company’s total revenue, and is equal to more than one billion rolls annually. Toilet paper represents exactly what draws Costco members in its many locations....

Early Life Carl Demonte Crawford was born on August 5, 1981, in Houston, Texas. He attended Jefferson Davis High School, where he lettered in baseball, football, and basketball. In his senior year of high school, Carl batted .638. He was offered a scholarship to play point guard for UCLA basketball, as well as to play football as an option quarterback for USC, Oklahoma, Florida, Nebraska, and Tulsa. After signing a letter of intent to play football for Nebraska, Crawford changed his mind and decided to focus on a career in baseball....

Bregoli, only 16 years old, signed the deal in June for $350,000 up-front, followed by two additional payments of $325,000 each once certain revenue thresholds are crossed. All of the money is effectively an advance on future royalties from her work, so she could make even more if her record sales, streaming figures, and licensing fees do well, since the deal says she’ll take home at least 70 percent of those profits....

Since then, she has worked steadily as a presenter and host, presenting for such shows as, “God’s Gift”, “Streetmate”, and “Don’t Try This at Home”. She is most widely recognized as the host of “Big Brother”, and appeared on the show for eleven seasons. She also hosted “Celebrity Big Brother” and “Big Brother’s Big Mouth”. She now hosts her own show called, “Davina”, and presents for “The Million Pound Drop Live” and “Five Minutes to a Fortune”....

Rose signed a one-year, $2.3 million contract with the Cavs, but he still has seven years remaining on the 13-year, $185 million extension he signed with Adidas in 2012. Currently, the company must produce and market a signature DRose sneaker each year. Rose had been sporting the DRose 8 model before taking time off. Rose has been with Adidas since entering the league. As a rookie, he signed a four-year deal with more than $1 million annually....

Parton has sold more than 100 million records. She’s won eleven Grammys and been nominated for two Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, and an Emmy. She’s written and composed more than 3,000 songs and has had more than 110 chart singles. Some of the country legend’s best known songs include “I Will Always Love You” (made famous by Whitney Houston), “9 to 5”, “Jolene”, “Coat of Many Colors”, and “My Tennessee Mountain Home”....

Lanai has been best known throughout history for its pineapple production. It is one of the smallest and least visited of the Hawaiian islands. It is a quiet place of astounding beauty with Cook Island pine trees dotting the landscape. The island was under the control of nearby Maui, dating back to before recorded history. It is believed its first inhabitants arrived in the 15th century. The legend of the island is that a Mauian prince named Kauluāʻau was banished to the island for his wild behavior....

Marchesa had plans to release an exclusive new collection of engagement rings in a deal with Helzberg Diamonds. That deal fell apart on the same day that The New York Times published the first article on the sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Chapman and her co-founder, Keren Craig, made the decision to cancel Marchesa’s summer 2018 preview show which was planned for late October. People on social media are calling for a boycott of the brand on social media....

Anyway… With all the hullabaloo going on this week about Back To The Future Day, an idea popped into my brain. As we all know, one of the main plot lines of Back To The Future, Part II is that Marty McFly wants to make his future-self rich using a copy of Grays Sports Almanac. The problem I’ve always had with this plot line, is that it seems soooo unrealistic....

Fox Sports is doing Just that with its U.S. Open package, surrendering it to NBCUniversal. Fox Sports had seven years left on a contract with the USGA, but they opted to move on from golf. As part of the departure, Fox will pay about 55 percent of its annual $93 million payment to the USGA. In total, they’ll spend about $364 million through the end of 2026 on a contract that they no longer own....

Early Life Garry Kasparov was born on April 13, 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan in the Soviet Union. His mother, Klara, was Armenian, while his father, Kim, was Jewish. When Kasparov was seven, his father passed away. He also began attending the Young Pioneer Palace. At the age of ten, Kasparov commenced training at the chess school of Mikhail Botvinnik. Career Beginnings Kasparov established himself as a formidable player in the chess world with his two consecutive wins at the Soviet Junior Championship in 1976 and 1977....

First off, less than a year ago GoPro was valued at roughly $2 billion by private investors. At this point, company founder Nick Woodman (who came up with the idea for the portable camera while on a surf vacation in Bali) became a paper billionaire for the first time. Over the ensuing 6 months, GoPro prepped for its June 2014 Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ. Wall Street analysts and those early private investors hoped the IPO would value the company at roughly $4 billion....

Buying an NFL team is a crazy expensive endeavor. For the money it takes to buy, own, and run an NFL franchise, you could own several mega yachts, a fleet of private jets and a private island in the Bahamas. But these people below decided to buy an NFL franchise with that money. You know what? I would too. Let’s face it, sometimes football fans think NFL owners have more money than brains....

The company Patanjali Ayurved sells natural supplements, soap, skin products, and instant noodles. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is the face of the company. The two grew Patanjali Ayurved into a booming company with $1.6 billion in annual revenue. Patanjali Ayurved brands itself as all-natural, homegrown, and wholesome. Ramdev achieved fame from appearances on Indian TV. His celebrity made Patanjali Ayurved a household name. Balkrishna owns most of the stock. Ramdev has a very small holding, as he lives by the life motto of “sanyasi,” a life free of material possessions....

Tolkien is best known for authoring the fantasy books “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. From the 1920s through the 1950s, he was a professor at the University of Oxford and belonged to the famed literary discussion group The Inklings. Due to the huge success and enduring cultural influence of his work, Tolkien is often considered the father of modern fantasy literature. He earned the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in early 1972....

Bender has served as executive producer for TV series including Lost, Lost: Missing Pieces, Alcatraz, Under the Dome, The Last Ship, and Mr. Mercedes. He won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2005 for Outstanding Drama Series for Lost. As an actor he appeared in episodes of the TV series All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Bob Newhart Show and also starred in the movies The Million Dollar Duck and Savage....