Shares of Amazon rose enough to make Jeff Bezos worth an estimated $100.3 billion:
The Amazon.com Inc. founder's fortune is up $2.4 billion to $100.3 billion, as the online retailer's shares jumped more than 2 percent on optimism for Black Friday sales. Online purchases for the day are up 18.4 percent over last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics, and investors are betting the company will take an outsized share of online spending over the gifting season.
The $100 billion milestone makes Bezos, 53, the first billionaire to build a 12-figure net worth since 1999, when Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates hit the mark.
Meanwhile, Amazon merchants are scrambling to cheat each other as they peck at Bezos's scraps. Even (e-)books aren't safe.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday November 25 2017, @09:03PM (8 children)
Don't forget McDonald's. Those bastards still won't make a sausage egg McMuffin past 10:30am.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday November 25 2017, @09:34PM (2 children)
Bzzzzt Right corporation. Wrong reason.
(Yeah, I know, "Whoooosh", I know. The big M just pisses me off. A lot.)
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 25 2017, @09:51PM (1 child)
"Szechuan sauce"
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday November 25 2017, @10:20PM
Wubalubadubdub!
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(Score: 2) by Snow on Sunday November 26 2017, @02:48AM (2 children)
McDonalds where I live has breakfast all day.
They started it like a year ago.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday November 26 2017, @06:33AM (1 child)
Enjoy your hot screaming shits.
Might as well chug a tube of DC-111!
(Score: 3, Informative) by LoRdTAW on Sunday November 26 2017, @03:33PM
McShits arent that bad. You want heinous bathroom visits? White Castle. In fact, the best part about White Castle? You get to enjoy the your meal twice! Your farts smell just like the meal you ate so you can relive every waking moment of your meal every time you let one rip.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Sunday November 26 2017, @03:51AM (1 child)
They do in my neck of the woods.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday November 26 2017, @04:47AM
Maybe he lives in Puerto Rico.
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