Madonna's first trip to London in 1982, with her friend, dancer Martin Burgoyne, was financed by their bartending jobs at New York's East Village bar Lucky Strike.
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Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
5 July 2026
While admission is free, the event has a roughly €2 million production budget and is financed entirely through sponsors rather than ticket sales.
Even Realities has largely been funded by Chinese-origin venture firms including CDH Investments, Monolith Management and CVC Capital, and raised an undisclosed sum from Unicorn Capital Partners and Cyanhill Capital in January.
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Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
8 July 2026
The tech and retail giant has reserved 38 launches on Vulcan rockets and funded the construction of a dedicated new rocket assembly hangar at Cape Canaveral to support the ramp-up of Vulcan’s launch cadence.
After the talks ultimately failed to result in a deal, Newsom endorsed the idea of a national wealth tax instead.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2026
Less than a year into his first term, Mamdani endorsed and campaigned for three progressive candidates, including two democratic socialists, in the New York state Democratic primary races for the House of Representatives.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 July 2026
Geevarghese, with the Bernie Sanders-backed Our Revolution, said progressive candidates are tapping into a sense that elites are benefiting at the expense of ordinary Americans.
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Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
Johnson is no political ally of the Operating Engineers, who backed Paul Vallas against him in the 2023 mayoral runoff.
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