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Undoubtedly, America has the most active and powerful military in the world. At a whopping $649 billion, the United States is still the biggest global spender on its military. It spent almost as much on its military in 2018 as the next eight largest-spending countries combined. The top five biggest...

The Beijing-based company behind the popular short-video app TikTok, ByteDance has topped LinkedIn’s annual ranking of the best start-ups to work for in China. CEOWORLD magazine took a look at the 25 start-ups attracting top talent in China, It was closely followed by second-ranked DiDi, Bitmain, and YITUTech, with Momenta.ai...

The "pharmaceutical industry" has unseated the "federal government" as the most poorly regarded industry in America for 2019, that's according to a national ranking by Gallup. Americans are more than twice as likely to rate the pharmaceutical industry negatively (58%) as positively (27%), giving it a net-positive score of -31....

After Venezuela (282972.8%) and Zimbabwe (175.66%), the highest inflation rates were registered in South Sudan (56.1%), North Korea (55%) and Argentina (54.4%), while the lowest annual rates were registered in Libya (-7.1%), Burundi (-4%), and Burkina Faso (3.9%). The global inflation rate is currently around 3.6%. Crisis-hit Venezuela tops a...

For the first time since May 2017, Japan has surpassed China as the top foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities. Japan and China are the top two foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities as of June 2019, that's according to data provided by the CEOWORLD magazine. There are $6.3 trillion...

France tops the list of the world’s largest wine exporting countries by value in 2018, that's according to the CEOWORLD magazine report. France's wine exports in 2018 brought $11 billion - significantly ahead of its nearest export rival – Italy. ­Italy wine export value amounted to approximately $7.3 billion that...

Unsurprisingly, Michael Jordan tops the list of the biggest NBA sneaker deals for the past fiscal year ending in May 2019, according to Forbes magazine. The Charlotte Hornets owner earned a whopping $130 million through sneaker money, while LeBron James at No. 2 made a big check of $32 million...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is right at the top - having earned a serious $89.4 million. The “Fast & Furious” actor took the top spot on the list of the highest-paid actor in the world by Forbes magazine. Chris Hemsworth came in 2nd place on the list with $76.4 million,...

For the 2nd year in a row, Scarlett Johansson took the top spot on the list of the highest-paid actresses in the world by Forbes magazine. Sofia Vergara came in 2nd place on the list with $44.1 million, followed by Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman just behind on $35 million...

With approximately $185 million in pretax earnings over the past year, the 29-year-old Taylor Swift has been named the highest-paid female singer in the world for 2019, according to Forbes. Of course, this should come as no surprise to her fans. Congratulations, Taylor! So, who secured the no. 2 spot?...