2017[30]A -- Ins-Net As Jul 28, 2017: "Cha-Ching!" [ A-C-A]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[30], July 28, 2017 [ A - C - A]
Tonight's Topic: "Cha-Ching!"
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        -- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
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    As reported yesterday -- July 27, 2017 -- by many financial and news sources, the Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, became the richest man in the world.
    At least for several hours, Bezos was the richest person on earth — surpassing Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
    Accordingly, we offer for your approval, 3 questions about the world's top 2 Moneybags?
    Please choose your answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each of the following question.   
    Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!  
    OK, get out your piggybanks and start counting....
++ "Cha-Ching!" ++
Question #1: Although both Jeff and Bill will probably continue to swap the top two "Richest Man" positions, Bill Gates' current value does not include the $31 billion dollars he has given to charitable causes. True or false?
        A. True, or
        B. False.
           

Forbes notes one key difference between the wealth of Gates and Bezos:
"Bezos would be nowhere close to being the world's wealthiest person had Gates not given so much of his fortune to philanthropy. Gates ... had given away $31.1 billion over the course of his lifetime through end of 2016. Forbes estimates that Bezos ... had given approximately $100 million to charity through the end of 2015."
    [SOURCE: NPR.com - Prime Spot On The Billionaire List: Jeff Bezos Was (Briefly) World's Richest Man]

Question #2: Until yesterday -- except for a few hours -- Bill Gates has been the No. 1 richest man on earth. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, when did he first become No. 1?
        A. December, 2001, or
        B. November, 2010, or
        C. May, 2013.
           

    Amazon's Bezos Becomes World's Richest, Surpassing Gates
    A surge in Amazon.com Inc. shares Thursday morning in advance of the online retailer’s earnings report briefly propelled founder Jeff Bezos past Bill Gates as the world’s richest person.
    Shares of the online retailer fell 0.7 percent to $1,046 at 4 p.m. in New York, after climbing as high as $1,083.31 four hours earlier, which gave Bezos a net worth of $92.3 billion. Gates had a net worth of $90.8 billion as of the Wednesday close.
    Bezos remains ranked second on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, behind the Microsoft Corp. co-founder.
    Gates, 61, has held the top spot since May 2013.
    Amazon’s second-quarter earnings per share of 40 cents missed the lowest analyst estimate. The median estimate was for $1.42.
    Bezos, 53, owns about 17 percent of Seattle-based Amazon, which had surged 40 percent this year through Wednesday, helping to add $24.5 billion to his net worth. He started 2017 as the world’s fourth-wealthiest person and has since surpassed Warren Buffett and Inditex SA founder Amancio Ortega, 81, who ranks third with $82.7 billion. (Bloomberg Billionaires Index)
    [SOURCE: Bloomberg.com - Jeff Bezos Briefly Tops Bill Gates as the World's Richest Person] July 27, 2017]

Question #3: The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and LW live less than 30 miles away from both Jeffrey and Billy. True or False?
        A. True, or
        B. False.
             

    It's TRUE! -- (directions and mileage from nearby SeaTac, WA City Hall to Bill's (L) & Jeff's (R) residences in Medina, WA)
    Shelley and LW could be neighbors of Bill-Boy and Jeff-Boy; however, they prefer to live in the ever-air-traffic-ful Peoples' Republic of SeaTac -- A Planned Airport Community.    [SOURCE: Mapping Where Washington State's Billionaires Live]

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++ SUCCESS TIP OF THE DAY ++   --  Bezos explained his early thinking to NPR's Wendy Kaufman in 1999:

"Our No. 1 mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company..." 

    [Source: "Yo, Jeffster, Dat's a badda-boom big differance!"]

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Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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Next Week: All About ALTOONA! ????
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Thank you!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
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Posted 2017-07-29 23:45PT

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Posted by K7LWA.INS at 2017-07-29 23:45 PT USA

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