She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 and joined the Colombian Senate in 1998. Betancourt was a presidential candidate as a member of the Oxygen Green Party for the 2012 election. During her campaigning Ingrid was kidnapped in 2002 by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. She was rescued in 2008 by Colombian security forces during Operation Jaque which rescued another 14 hostages. Ingrid received the Legion d’honneur award and the Concord Prince of Asturias Award.
Although there are no surprises when it comes to the top contenders, the Fortune 500 list welcomed 15 new members to its ranks, including some companies you’ve definitely heard of, such as PayPal and Citizens Bank, and others you probably hadn’t, like Veritiv and Baxalta. Many of these companies were able to join the list thanks to an epic year of mergers, acquisitions, and business breakups. Here is a breakdown of the most profitable five new Fortune 500 members: The remaining Fortune 500 newcomers include medical manufacturer Zimmer Biomet Holdings, nursing and assisted living provider Genesis Healthcare, emergency healthcare provider Envision Healthcare Holdings, insurance broker Arthur J.
When Aydin sold his company to Delivery Hero (a German company) for $589 million, he made sure that $27 million of his windfall was distributed to part of his staff of 370 employees, saying they deserved to have a share of the company’s fortunes. Everyone who’s worked with the company for two years was eligible for a bonus, which averaged in value to about $270,000 – with individual shares calculated based on performance, length of time working for the company, as well as their “future potential” within it.
As of the fall of 2014, Rizzo remains with the Cubs. The left-handed first baseman has a career batting average of .254 to go along with 405 hits, 71 home runs, and 215 runs batted in through the end of the 2014 season. He earned his first All-Star berth in 2014, the same year he won the Branch Rickey Award, given annually to a MLB player who has shown excellent service to his community.
His grandfather started Musim Mas in 1937 as a soap factory. Bachtiar Karim graduated from the National University of Singapore. He is married and lives in Medan, Indonesia.
The wedding caused shock, mainly because Aguirre was illegitimate to become her husband, which was scandalous in 1970s Spain. After the death of her second husband in 2001, Cayetana has made the headlines once again with a third marriage. A possessor of more aristocratic titles than anyone else in the world, the Duches married Alfonso Diez, a 61-year-old civil servant, who became the commoner the Duke of Alba. Needless to note, Diez is 24 years her junior.
Coby Bell was born in Orange County, California in 1975 and attended San Jose State College University in downtown San Jose. His father, Michel Bell was a Broadway actor. Coby Bell began his acting career in minor roles in television shows such as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “The Parent Hood,” “Smart Guy” and other series. Besides his acting career, Bell also writes songs and plays in a Reggae Band and is a member of the Big Brothers of America.
Back in 2005, the Santo Domingos traded their Bavaria brewing company to SABMiller, the conglomerate that counts Miller Brewing among its holdings, in exchange for stock in the company. With the deal, the family became the second-largest shareholder of the company, with 14% of the company’s equity and two seats on its board of directors to its name. This was a great deal for the family ten years ago, but it’s mega-great now that SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch Inbev NV are reportedly in talks to merge together.
Manny Pacquiao did. Back in 2012, the popular boxer/musician/singer/politician had the chance to earn an easy $40 million by giving the world what it was craving – a fight with Floyd Mayweather. So what did Manny do? He turned it down. He said no to $40 million. Of course for a guy like him, it is a lot easier to do so, since he was already worth well over $100 million.
He was the 1995 NFL/AFC Rookie of the Year, the 1995 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and played in the Super Bowl in 1996. Also, he is a two-time AFC Rushing Leader and led the NFL in rushing yards in 2004 with 1,697 yards. Known as the fourth leading rusher of all time, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2012. His career statistics include a total of 14,101 rushing yards, an average of 4.
In 2011, Soldano graduated from the Special Workshop CEA of Televisa telenovelas and participated in A Family With Luck by Juan Osorio and For her I’m Eva of Rosy Ocampo. In 2012, he landed the role of Dante from the hit novel Love Bravio by Carlos Moreno. His most recent role as Pablo Ríobueno in Los Miserables saw him performing with the likes of performers Horacio F. Lazo, Aracely Arámbula, Erik Hayser, Aylín Mújica, Gabriel Porras, Aarón Díaz, Marco Treviño, Alexandra De La Mora, Aldo Gallardo, Bianca Calderón, Claudio Lafarga, Estela Calderón, Thanya López, Macarena Oz, Gabo Anguiano, Luis Uribe, Verónica Terán, María Barbosa, Gina Varela, Alex Camargo, Eva Daniela, Dave Douglas, Rodrigo Vidal, Javier Díaz Dueñas, Adriana Amor, Alan Del Castillo, Manola Diez, Gonzalo Garcia Vivanco, Teresa Ibarra, Juan Martín Jauregui, Yamile León, Ramón Medína, Federico Porras Jr.
Yesterday, Rapper ‘Earl Simmons’ better known as DMX entered an Erie County holding center in Buffalo, New York, according to the Erie County sheriff’s office. Unfortunately, the rapper who had major hits in the ’90s will spend six months in jail for unpaid child support in the amount of $400,000. The 44-year-old rapper, who has a current net worth of negative $10 million, was also arrested on June 26, before hitting the stage at Radio City Music Hall, to answer several “issues outstanding.
Dubai police recently added a Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar to their fleet of official vehicles. Thiscar set them back around $847 thousand! The Spyder will be used to patrol popular tourist spots and will likely never have a chance to reach its top speed of 210 miles per hour. Dubai’s Police Chief, Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, said that the car is going to be electronically linked with the force’s command and control center.
While performing in New York, she was introduced to Gram Parsons, with whom she would record a number of her early hit songs, and establish her sound. After Mr. Parsons passed away, she began a successful solo career that has lasted for over 40 years. She has won numerous awards, including twelve Grammy Awards, and is a highly sought after musical collaborator. She is involved in multiple humanities initiatives as well, and was most recently named to the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Richard Clive Desmond was born on December 8, 1951 in the Hampstead section of London. He is from a Jewish family and the youngest of three children. His father Cyril was the managing director of film ad agency Pearl & Dean when Richard was a small child. When an ear infection caused Cyril to lose his hearing, he started bringing three-year-old Richard to business meetings to act as his ears.
Joy Mangano was born on May 3, 1956, on Long Island, New York. She grew up in Huntington, New York and got her start inventing at an early age. She worked at an animal hospital as a teenager, where she devised a fluorescent flea collar for cats and dogs, so that cars could see them at night. She was definitely onto something with that idea, as Hartz debuted a similar product just a year later.
That will not be Detroit Lions wide receiver Ryan Broyles. Broyles was a superstar with an asterisk next to his name in the 2012 NFL Draft. During his time at Oklahoma he was one of the best wide receivers in college football. He set the NCAA career reception record with his 317th catch during the 2011 season (highlighted by a 131 reception season in 2010; the record was broken by Justin Hardy in 2014).
In 1992 Keyes starred as Shorty the Stagehand on the TV series On the Air. He starred in the movies The Warriors, Nocturna, Squeeze Play, The Prize Fighter, Bloodrage, The Private Eyes, Friday the 13th, The Exterminator, Stardust Memories, Lovely But Deadly, Zapped!, Chained Heat, Exterminator 2, Nice Girls Don’t Explode, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, Kandyland, Frankenstein General Hospital, Down the Drain, Disturbed, Guilty as Charged, Motorama, Dream Love, Oblivion, The Flintstones, Oblivion 2: Backlash, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Legend of the Phantom Rider, House of 1000 Corpses, Intolerable Cruelty, Black Dynamite, and Catch of the Day.
From there, he went on to appear in the Off-Broadway musical, “Zanna, Don’t”, as well as several regional productions. He became a household name,when he joined the cast of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”, as the “Culture Expert”, during the program’s third show. In addition to his work on “Queer Eye”, he also appeared in such projects as “The Producers” (both on Broadway and its big screen adaptation), “Nip/Tuck”, “Groomer Has It”, “How I Met Your Mother”, and “Bones”.
The BBC took issue with the fact that Clarkson punched a Top Gear producer after he didn’t get him a hot steak dinner after a day of filming the series. Clarkson has also been the subject of controversy regarding insensitive comments. The former host spent almost three decades with the BBC. The network introduced the radio DJ Chris Evans as the new host of Top Gear earlier this summer and the 23rd season of the show will have a whole new cast of characters.