The richest man in Germany is 87-year-old Klaus-Michael Kuehne, who heads the global transportation empire Kuehne + Nagel and has a fortune pegged at $44 billion by Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Kuehne's grandfather founded the company back in 1890, and a Vanity Fair story explains that the company is the behemoth it is today thanks largely to the actions of Kuehne's father, Alfred, and uncle, Werner, decades ago. Keep reading The numbers seemed fishy. Weather experts in Colorado and Kansas couldn't figure out why rain gauges in far-flung locations kept reporting almost no precipitation even on stormy days throughout 2016 and 2017. Keep reading
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
The Dark Nazi Ties of Germany's Biggest Fortune (Newser Deep Dive)
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