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Liverpool-born Sir Peter, aged 74, founded his company in 1975 with just £2,000 in cash. Sir Peter’s sons James and Steven are both senior directors, with James running the firm’s high-performing UK division and chief executive of SCC EMEA and Steven the chief operating officer of the Rigby Group. |
A qualified fixed wing and helicopter pilot, Sir Peter’s aviation group is based in Gloucester and Cranfield. As well as airports, it operates flying schools, charter operations and helicopter maintenance, indulging Sir Peter’s passion for all mechanical things that fly. |
Sir Peter devotes much of his time and money to charity. The Rigby Foundation Charitable Trust supports child related causes and children’s hospices. Sir Peter was knighted in the Queens Jubilee Honours for his contribution to information technology and business. |
Another new entry onto the list this year, ranked 23rd in the West Midlands Rich List, is Michael and Kenny Bruce, with a fortune of £190m. |
The brothers first registered the domain name Purplebricks.com only six years ago. |
Since then they have created a £1bn business that is changing the way people sell their homes. |
The Solihull-based operation is seen as a pioneering disrupter that could do to estate agents what Ocado has done to grocery shopping. |
Despite being £1.841bn worse off compared to 2017, Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli top the West Midlands Rich List again this year, with a fortune just shy of £10bn, at £9.659bn. |
Kirsty Bertarelli, the Staffordshire-born songwriter and former Miss UK who co-wrote the track Black Coffee, a hit for the girl band All Saints, is Britain’s third wealthiest woman. |
Ernesto Bertarelli’s family sold their biotech business Serono for $13.3bn in 2006, netting the family $8.6bn. Mr Bertarelli has furthered the family fortune by investing in the Swiss pharma businesses, Santhera and Stallergenes Greer. He has also diversified into other sectors. |
Robert Watts, compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List, said: “The Midlands is the engine room of Britain’s economy so it’s no surprise to see tycoons like Lord Edmiston from the car industry and Lord Bamford from the manufacturing world feature prominently in the region’s Rich List. |
“Many of these entrepreneurs enjoyed a ‘Brexit dividend’ with the weaker pound making their products cheaper to exporters. |
The 2018 Sunday Times Rich List is published on Sunday, May 13. It charts the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in the UK. |
Compiled by Robert Watts, the complete list will be available to the paper’s digital subscribers and will be searchable online here . |
Terry Anderson, an African-American talk show host in Los Angeles, provides a list of 39 things Democrat presidential hopeful Barack Obama claims are facts, but further investigation shows they are not exactly correct. |
Senator Obama is easily sailing through his campaign without media scrutiny, while reporters rummage through Gov. Sarah Palin's past in order to discover anything that may hurt her politically. |
While Oprah Winfrey practically lap-danced for Obama, she's refusing to have Palin as a guest on her show (see petition urging Oprah to invite Gov. Palin to be a guest on her syndicated television show http://www.palinpetition.com/). |
2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - NOT EXACTLY, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government. |
3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - NOT EXACTLY, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had. |
4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - NOT EXACTLY, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades. The current government is pro-American but Odinga wants to overthrow it and establish Mus... |
5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - NOT EXACTLY, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man. |
9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - NOT EXACTLY, not one teacher says you could speak the language. |
10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia , I Have More Foreign Experience - NOT EXACTLY, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the language. What did you learn except how to study the Koran and watch cartoons. |
11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - NOT EXACTLY, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies. |
13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - & lt; FONT face=Arial color=purple size=2>NOT EXACTLY, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist. |
14.) A Life Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - NOT EXACTLY, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist. |
15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - NOT EXACTLY, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and you are all about having experience first. |
16.) Voting 'Present' is Common In Illinois Senate - NOT EXACTLY, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES. |
17.) Oops, I Misvoted -&nb sp;NOT EXACTLY, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote. |
18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE. |
19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - NOT EXACTLY, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE. |
20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - NOT EXACTLY, you didn't write it, introduce it, change it or create it. |
21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - NOT EXACTLY, it took just 14 days from start to finish. |
22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - NOT EXACTLY, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came. |
23.) I Have Released My State Records - NOT EXACTLY, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within. |
24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - NOT EXACTLY, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention anyone else but yourself, in your books. |
25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - NOT EXACTLY, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill. |
26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - NOT EXACTLY, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part. |
27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - NOT EXACTLY, they were not YOUR bills, but rath er handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office. |
28.) No One on my campaign contacted Canada about NAFTA - NOT EXACTLY, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them. |
30.) I Want All Votes To Count - NOT EXACTLY, you said let the delegates decide. |
31.) I Want Americans To Decide - NOT EXACTLY, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small windows of time. |
32.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - NOT EXACTLY, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself. |
33.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - NOT EXACTLY, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you. |
34.) I Don't Take PAC Money - NOT EXACTLY, you take loads of it. |
35.) I don't Have Lobbysists - NOT EXACTLY, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting. |
36.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - NOT EXACTLY, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon. |
37.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - NOT EXACTLY, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time. |
38.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - NOT EXACTLY, your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 (That's 15 Million) who don't have to buy it. |
39.) My uncle liberated Auschwitz concentration camp - NOT EXACTLY, your mother had no brothers and the Russan army did the liberating. |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State prosecutors added more defendants Tuesday to their expanding legislative corruption case, accusing a longtime House Democratic leader and former legislator serving in the governor’s cabinet of illegally using taxpayer-paid employees to perform campaign work. |
State Rep. Bill DeWeese, the former House speaker and now majority whip, and former Rep. Stephen Stetler, who resigned as Pennsylvania’s secretary of revenue hours before the charges were announced, face four counts of theft and one count each of conspiracy and conflict of interest. A district office aide to DeWeese, S... |
DeWeese is the second former House speaker ensnared in the probe; former speaker John M. Perzel of Philadelphia is among 10 people with ties to House Republicans who have been charged. Attorney General Tom Corbett has also charged 12 other people associated with the Democratic caucus in the three-year-long investigatio... |
With the latest filings, 25 people connected to the House of Representatives have been charged. |
Stetler is a former campaign strategist for the House Democrats who left the Legislature in 2006. Messages left at his home and at the office of his lawyer, Josh Lock, were not returned. |
It was unclear whether Rodavich had a lawyer, and a phone message left at her Carmichaels home was not immediately returned. |
According to Corbett, DeWeese allegedly employed a legislative staff member in the Capitol from 2001 to 2007 primarily to raise campaign money. Kevin Sidella testified under a grant of immunity that he raised millions of dollars for DeWeese’s political campaigns while being paid by taxpayers, Corbett said. |
The grand jury report also said DeWeese’s former chief of staff, Mike Manzo, testified that DeWeese had no campaign apparatus outside his state-paid staff. The report said his employees circulated nominating petitions, sent out campaign mailings, organized campaign events and canvassed door to door, often during the wo... |
Corbett’s investigation has focused on the blurring of the lines between political work and legislative jobs in the Capitol, and he said Tuesday that some state lawmakers have been slow to get the message. |
“The evidence here is clear that they were using public resources for political purposes. That’s illegal. It’s a conflict of interest, common sense will tell you,” he said. |
DeWeese, 59, of Waynesburg in southwestern Pennsylvania, has served in the House since 1976, including a lengthy term as Democratic floor leader and a stint as speaker in the 1990s. His florid speech and keen legislative instincts have made him a powerful if divisive figure in the Capitol. |
He currently serves as House Democratic whip after losing his position as floor leader last year, but as a result of the charges will have to relinquish his leadership post. |
Rodavich, 53, who began working for DeWeese in 1994, was employed strictly for political purposes, Corbett said. She was a primary supervisor of DeWeese’s day-to-day campaign activities out of his district office and rarely reported to work, Corbett said. Her current title is director of district outreach and her salar... |
Stetler, 60, who represented a York district in the House for 16 years, had been a top political strategist for the House Democrats from 2003 to 2006. He allegedly used taxpayer-paid employees to carry out campaign work, including research designed to expose opposing candidates’ weaknesses, Corbett said. |
Stetler, DeWeese and Rodavich were scheduled to turn themselves in for a preliminary arraignment Wednesday before a Dauphin County district judge. |
In the only case in the investigation to go to trial so far, former state Democratic Rep. Sean Ramaley of Beaver County was acquitted of all charges last week. Corbett declined to say what he thought went wrong with that case, but said the defeat would sharpen prosecutors’ focus. |
The trial for some of the remaining House Democratic defendants is scheduled to begin Jan. 19, though at least five of them have signed plea agreements with prosecutors. A preliminary hearing for the Republican-linked defendants is not expected until March. |
Corbett, a Republican, is a leading candidate for his party’s nomination in next year’s gubernatorial campaign. |
NBA Digital has relaunched its NBA League Pass broadband service using a stand-alone media player that will allow fans to watch multiple out-of-market games at the same time. |
All games are streamed in the highest bit rate possible based on the user’s Internet connection speed, up to 800Kb/s from HD or SD video sources direct from each team’s arena. |
Another enhancement to the 2008 version of the service is on-demand viewing of games played within the last 48 hours. The games can be viewed online at anytime during the 48-hour period. |
The NBA said users can watch live up to 40 out-of-market regular season games per week; however, blackout rules apply. Live games stats for both home and away teams will also be available. |
The service is available for both Mac and PC users. A season pass to more than 900 games is available for $99.95. |
The technology enables the content provider to leverage IP-based video transport, ensuring that only authorized users can access subscription-based programming. |
The HPM200 offers all the features found in its predecessor, the AJ-HPM110, and adds new functionality including AVCHD compatibility. |
Viewers will be able to search, find and view titles by incorporating previews and trailers, as well as Web-based searches. |
Twihards everywhere were really sad when Breaking Dawn: Part 2, the last Twilight movie ever, hit theaters in November of 2012, but it really hit home that the franchise was ending this past Saturday when the last and final movie got released on DVD. That's it! Nothing else to look forward to ever in life now! |
Watch: Is Breaking Dawn: Part 2 Kristen Stewart's Favorite Kristen Stewart Movie? |
We're kidding a little bit, but come on, this is like, a momentous occasion! So to commemorate such occasion, we figured we'd ask you guys, the fans of the saga, which of the five films was your favorite ever and why. |
OK! News: Is The Host The Next Twilight? |
In Eclipse, the love triangle is in full force and Bella and Jacob explore their relationship more but obviously Bella chooses Edward. They even get engaged! |
In Breaking Dawn, Bella and Edward get married, go on their honeymoon, get pregnant, and give birth to a vampire baby. |
In Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Bella is a vampire, Jacob imprints on Bella and Edward's daughter, Renesmee, the Cullens and the wolfpack band together and fight with the Voturi, and they win. The end. |
Now that we gave you that really descriptive analysis, vote below for your favorite Twilight flick of all time. And don't forget to tell us which one you chose in the comments! |
Are you sad that Twilight's over for good? Do you own the movies on DVD already? Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob now that the saga is over? What other movie franchises are you excited to see made into movies? Tweet us @OKMagazine with your thoughts! |
Beautiful posters from the golden age of flying – where are the airlines now? |
The early years of commercial air travel, during the 1950s and 1960s, are often touted as the “golden age” – when air hostesses were glamorous, passengers both dashing and polite, and everyone got the first-class treatment. This period was also the golden age of advertising, so there are hundreds of eye-catching airlin... |
Pan American Airways was the largest US carrier from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991. It completed the first round-the-world trip by a commerical plane in 1941, using a Boeing 314 flying boat like the one shown in the poster above. The full journey, via San Francisco, Hawaii, Darwin, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, K... |
I am really disappointed in The Monitor’s coverage of football. I understand the tremendous coverage of high school football (lots of local readers). I do not understand, however, the total lack of coverage of college and university football. There are alumni from all of the colleges and universities in the United Stat... |
Thank you for the fine article on Sunday on UTRGV President Guy Bailey. The story provided a quick and brief, though insightful summary of Dr. Bailey’s persistent tasks, goals, focus and on-going daily commitments and responsibilities. Along with this he shared some of his thoughts on his pursuits and dedications in wo... |
The UT Systems Board of Regents hit a home run with the selection and appointment of this gentleman. |
NCR, VeriSign and MobileIron also reported quarterly results Thursday after the bell. |
Nuance led the earnings parade on Thursday, releasing its fiscal first quarter earnings and revenue results after the bell. The voice recognition software giant posted non-GAAP earnings of 33 cents per share on revenue of $493.7 million. |
Wall Street was expecting earnings of 28 cents per share on revenue of $504.74 million. Nuance's shares were up just over one percent in late trading. |
Nuance said the quarter's revenue was driven by its Dragon Medical cloud business, Enterprise hosting and Automotive connected offerings, but was "offset in part by continued declines in HIM and the wind down of our Other segment." Broken down, Nuance said healthcare revenue was up 38 percent to $92.9 million, while en... |
"We are pleased with how we performed in the quarter, including overperformance in revenue and profits," said Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin. "We delivered strong results across each of our segments, made progress in our strategic initiatives and continued our disciplined approach to capital allocation. As we move through th... |
Nuance also noted that it completed the $400 million sale of its Imaging business on Feb. 1 and remains on track to complete the spin-off of its Automotive business later this fiscal year. In terms of guidance, the company expects Q2 earnings between 24 cents and 27 cents, with revenue in the range of $437 million to $... |
MobileIron said it delivered fourth quarter revenue of $54.1 million, up 10 percent from a year ago. The company lost 7 cents a share while non-GAAP EPS came to 3 cents. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 3 cents a share on revenue of $54.6 million. As for the outlook, MobileIron projected first quarter revenue betw... |
NCR, which makes ATM and point-of-sale equipment, reported fourth quarter earnings of 39 cents a share on revenue of $1.8 billion, up 1 percent from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings for the quarter were 84 cents a share. Wall Street was expecting fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings of 82 cents a share on revenue of $1.78 bil... |
VeriSign reported fourth quarter earnings of $182 million, or $1.50 a share, on revenue of $307 million, up 4 percent from a year ago. Non-GAAP fourth quarter earnings were $1.58 a share. Wall Street was expecting fourth quarter earnings of $1.21 a share on revenue of $308.64 million. |
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