How much money Olympic athletes earn when they win medals

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US gymnastics women
US Olympians are awarded $37,500 for gold medals, $22,500 for silver medals, and $15,000 for bronze medals.

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My friend and I spent $390 at one of the most-awarded Chinese restaurant chains. I'd only return on 2 conditions.

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My friend and I went to Mott 32 for the first time while we were in Hong Kong.

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Rich people can buy their way into Hong Kong residency, and the majority of applicants come from 2 tiny countries

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Hong Kong's New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme offers residency for a certain amount of investment.

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Singapore and Hong Kong are the most expensive cities for the ultra-rich to spend their millions

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A woman takes pictures of the skyline of buildings from Mont Faber hill in Singapore on October 25, 2023.
Singapore is the most expensive city for high-net-worth individuals, according to a new report by Swiss bank Julius Baer.

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She grew up helping her grandparents run a shoemaking shop. In college, she came up with a plan to save it.

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Miru Wong the third-generation owner of Sindart, a hand-embroidered shoemaking shop in Hong Kong.

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Suspected smugglers were caught trying to hide $10 million of gold by painting it silver and disguising it as machinery on a cargo plane

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Hong Kong Customs on March 27 detected a suspected case of large-scale gold smuggling involving air freight, and seized about 146 kilograms of suspected gold with an estimated market value of about $84 million, at Hong Kong International Airport.

An Army intelligence analyst who wanted to be like 'Jason Bourne' has been accused of selling military secrets for $42,000

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Sergeant Korbein Schultz was detained on Thursday and charged with six counts, including bribery and conspiracy.

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Hong Kong shoppers are crossing the border into Shenzhen to buy croissants and rotisserie chickens at China's newest Costco

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People queue up for cashiers at the new store of Costco in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 12, 2024. U.S. retail giant Costco Wholesale on Friday opened a new store in the city of Shenzhen, which is the sixth Costco store on the Chinese mainland.
Thousands of people flocked to the newest Chinese Costco on opening day earlier this year.

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Thousands of Hong Kongers are flocking to a Costco store in mainland China. Here's why.

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A view of the Costco in Shenzhen
The Costco opened in January 2024 in Shenzhen, China.

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How much living space $1 million buys around the world

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Port Hercule in Monaco.

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