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More and more people are discovering that not only can they live abroad and be happy, safe and comfortable, but that they can successfully earn an income. That’s exactly what I did when I left the U.S. for Mazatlán, Mexico in 2006. I lived off a steady income from freelance editing jobs and running M!,

Marc Ostrofsky (L) and Theranos Founder and C.E.O. Elizabeth Holmes attend the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit cocktail party at The Ferry Building on October 6, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Michael Kovac | Getty Images Eighteen years after he invested and lost $150,000 in Theranos, Marc Ostrofsky says he found a way to cash

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to attend her fraud trial at federal court in San Jose, California, December 17, 2021. Peter DaSilva | Reuters SAN JOSE, Calif. — The 12 jurors who will decide the fate of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes are left to consider the testimony from 31 witnesses over three months as they

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is impressed with bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, and its blockchain. “It has been an amazing accomplishment for bitcoin to have achieved what it has done, from writing that program, not being hacked, having it work and having it adopted the way it has been,” Dalio, founder of the

Digital cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethernum, Dash, Monero and Litecoin. Chesnot | Getty Images Most millennial millionaires have the bulk of their wealth in crypto, and they’re planning to add more in 2022 despite the recent price declines, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. Fully 83% of millennial millionaires own cryptocurrencies, according to the survey, which

Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes goes through a security checkpoint as she arrives at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on December 16, 2021 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images SAN JOSE, Calif. — In his last effort to persuade the jury that Elizabeth Holmes is guilty of fraud, Assistant

Inflation is the number one economic fear among millionaires for the first time in recent history, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. When asked about the biggest risk to the U.S. economy, inflation ranked first, alongside government dysfunction, according to the survey of investors with $1 million or more in investible assets. The results marked

Elon Musk says he has a new timeline for his big Mars project — and it’s sooner than you might think. “I’ll be surprised if we’re not landing on Mars within five years,” Musk told Time Magazine, about SpaceX taking humankind to Mars in a story published Monday. Musk, the 50-year-old SpaceX founder and CEO

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has consistently supported dogecoin, a meme-inspired cryptocurrency. He’s invested in it, along with bitcoin and ether, he said in October. But to Musk, dogecoin has an advantage over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies: He sees dogecoin as the best cryptocurrency to transact with. “Fundamentally, bitcoin is not a good

Since the start of the pandemic, billionaire health philanthropist Bill Gates has been a target for bizarre Covid conspiracy theories. Now, Gates says, those rumors and pieces of disinformation are keeping many Americans from getting vaccinated against Covid — and delaying the end of the pandemic by doing so. In a blog post last week,

In this article TSLA SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Britta Pedersen | Getty Images Elon Musk’s sale of $906 million in Tesla stock Monday brings him one step closer to his ultimate sales goal. The

Patek Philippe watch Courtesy: Patek Philippe The first of the new limited edition Patek Philippe Tiffany & Co. Nautilus watches sold at auction on Saturday for $6.5 million — more than 120 times its retail price. The sale cements the reputation of the Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711, which was discontinued earlier this year, as

Sometimes, even a great business or product idea can’t save you from the perils of inexperience. On Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” a husband-and-wife pair of business owners learned that lesson the hard way. The duo, Chris and Elisa Cirri, pitched their Wallingford, Connecticut-based start-up, called Santa’s Enchanted Mailbox, on the holiday-themed episode. The

This $23.5 million mansion in Kauai recently sold to guitarist Carlos Santana. PanaViz Hawaii’s luxury real estate market is soaring to all-time highs fueled by several factors including pent-up demand from the coronavirus pandemic, record low interest rates and rising equity markets. In the first three quarters of this year, homes valued at $3 million

I was first introduced to the stock market through an internship in 2010. Before that, I had only heard of the stock market through TV and movie references. Neither of my parents had ever owned stocks, and neither had I at that point.  More from Grow: Seven years later, I was a financial advisor working

It’s no secret that billionaire Mark Cuban is bullish on the cryptocurrency market and the technology that surrounds it. And looking ahead to 2022, Cuban is most excited to see the “new and unique” crypto applications that may “replace existing business processes,” he tells CNBC Make It. “Smart contracts can change the world.” Smart contracts

When it comes to financial priorities, most experts agree that it’s smart to save money and build an emergency fund before you focus your efforts on investing. However, there is a such thing as over-saving, says Bernadette Joy, money coach and founder of Crush Your Money Goals. Joy, who paid off $300,000 in debt in

If you work at one of America’s biggest companies, the gap between what you earn and your CEO’s salary could be mind-boggling. According to a recent study from job search website Lensa, the CEOs at 100 of the country’s largest companies make roughly $1.28 million more per year in salary than their average employee. It’s

As Bill Gates reflected on what he calls his “most unusual and difficult year,” the billionaire also looked ahead to 2022 and beyond with no shortage of optimism — including when it comes to our “more digitized future.” In a year-end post on Gates’ personal blog, the Microsoft co-founder included a prediction about the future

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., leaves federal court in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAN JOSE, Calif. — In her final effort to try and sway the jury in her criminal fraud trial, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes blasted ex-boyfriend Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, her