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Time of India
01-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
What is Michael Porter Jr.'s net worth? Everything about Brooklyn Nets' star player's fortune
Michael Porter Jr. Image via: Getty Images Michael Porter Jr. plays for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. His extensive career in basketball has earned him millions of dollars. The 6-foot-10 forward has built up a successful career in basketball with his constant dedication and hard work. After being drafted by the Denver Nuggets as the 14th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, he won the 2023 NBA Championship and became an instrumental player for the team. Throughout his life, he had made notable contributions to various brand endorsements and investments, which significantly increased his net worth. What is Michael Porter's 2025 net worth? Michael Jordan Jr.'s net worth is estimated to be around $30 million as of 2023. His engagement in various brand endorsements and investments has hugely contributed to his net worth. His initial contract with the Denver Nuggets has potentially earned him an average annual salary of $35,859,950 for the 2022-2023 season. The 6-foot-10 forward player has reportedly signed a contract with the Brooklyn Nets, which has impacted his net worth even more. Michael Porter Jr.'s involvement in brand endorsements The NBA star has partnered with one of the biggest sports brands, PUMA. He has also represented INDIBA as an athletic ambassador in May 2025, thereby maintaining good public relations. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Here's what a microbiologist says CNA Read More Undo He also became one of the first NBA players to have signed a contract with the franchise, PUMA. His noteworthy partnership with INDIBA has also aligned with his interest in smarter recovery methods. Michael Porter Jr.'s investments and charity work Michael Porter Jr has actively invested and participated in several charity events. He has partnered with charitable events such as 'Make-a-Wish,' which tends to fulfill the wishes of every innocent child who is battling with critical illness. He has been a constant motivation to his fans who love him and have supported him all throughout. 'If you're not doing things like that when you have a platform like this, I don't really know why it's worth it to do what we do,' Michael Porter said. Michael Porter Jr.'s notable contribution to NBA Born on 29th June, 1998, Michael Porter has significantly contributed to the NBA. He was ranked as one of the top NBA prospects in 2017. As a key player of the team, he averaged 19 points, 6 rebounds, and an assist in 26 minutes and defeated the Sacramento Kings. In Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals, Michael Porter Jr. scored 16 points and had 3 rebounds after defeating the Miami Heat and led the team to their first NBA Championship. Also read: Sacramento Kings land veteran guard Dennis Schröder as Pistons pull out of free agency shuffle Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
100 Days of Trump
It's been 100 days of Donald Trump: "The numbers are good," says Tom Homan, the border czar, referring to the reported 139,000 people who have been deported since the president was inaugurated (a number also promoted in a "PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT" White House press release). But like so many of the administration's touted accomplishments, the number that's being bragged about is likely very different than the reality. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is required to share deportation numbers with Congress, says it's removed roughly 57,000 people (which squares with the count of roughly 400 deportation flights, at 125 people a flight). Of course, ICE removals aren't the full picture: ICE works in conjunction with Customs and Border Protection, which handles arrests and removals at the border. So CBP numbers would have to make up the other half of that 139,000 total, but Trump has basically sealed the border, so very few apprehensions and subsequent deportations are actually happening down there. The number is sort of beside the point, though: Trump has routinely flouted due process, denying trials to illegal immigrants accused of being MS-13 and Tren de Aragua gang members, using the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected "terrorists" but not actually proving that these people are terrorists in a court of law (more here, here, here, here). Ridding the country of actual violent criminals who entered illegally is something Americans broadly support; ripping families apart (even when they entered illegally), and depriving the accused of due process has dampened Trump's formerly broad approval from the American public. Oh, and throwing the Make-a-Wish population into immigration detention doesn't help. Playing fast and loose with the numbers and labels and law is classic Trump. Consider the tariff rates announced on "Liberation Day" (which liberated lots of people from feeling good about their stock portfolios): Can anyone even keep track of what they are right now? The zone has been flooded with tariff-related announcements, and Trump has gone back and forth on what amounts they are and why and for which countries and when they're taking effect, seemingly fixated on the idea that trade deficits are inherently a problem, a sign of American weakness or the average Joe being ripped off. Consider the "reciprocal" tariffs—that were not, in fact, reciprocal at all, calculated based on trade deficits, not on what each country charges us—they were signed into law on April 2, with the first 10 percent going into effect on April 5, and then the country-specific increases—which would ratchet goods from, say, Vietnam, up to a 46 percent tariff—were delayed 90 days on April 9 (with the exception of China, which was made 10 percent initially, then increased to 20 percent, then ratcheted up to 145 percent). If you can't keep up, know you're not alone. "This is not a negotiation," wrote trade adviser Peter Navarro, which is odd, because Trump appears to be…negotiating with the likes of Japan, South Korea, and India. ("90 deals in 90 days," is the new Navarro line, which contradicts what he had just said.) To justify the trade policies, the administration has gone with "we're reshoring critical industries because we don't want to be reliant on China" (which we already did, for semiconductors) but also "we're revitalizing hollowed-out manufacturing regions like the Rust Belt." Regardless of which story it sticks with, factories will need critical components from places like China to get manufacturing up and running. And markets need some amount of predictability, not the constant back and forth. Meanwhile, consumers haven't really started to feel the effects of tariffs, mostly because shipping takes a long time, and there's a lag, so they haven't felt the depressed shipping volumes or noticed shortages yet. Trump's defenders—dwindling in number as the economy gets wrecked—have been going with the line that he's "the first president in generations to tell Wall Street to screw itself" and that "he's for the working men and women of this country." Never mind that everyday goods will skyrocket in price and that there's no such thing as some sort of centralized, nameless, faceless "Wall Street," nor does its getting screwed help normal Americans in the slightest. ("Wall Street for the last three election cycles chose the Democrats," noted the same Trump defender on my show, Just Asking Questions. "That's not an accident. They hate what Trump represents. They love open borders. They love slaves. They love free trade. And they don't give a shit about the American working class.") As for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—which I had high hopes for, and have been somewhat disappointed by—libertarians are divided. "Musk's role within the executive branch is starting to look every bit as vague and unaccountable as the shadowy deep state operatives that Trump campaigned against—and that lack of clarity might soon undermine some of what DOGE has accomplished," wrote Reason's Eric Boehm in March in "DOGE Goes Deep State." Christian Britschgi had a more positive take in "DOGE Has Been a Smashing Success": "When compared to the most likely alternatives, DOGE has cut as much government as one could hope for," he wrote last week, adding that "making the federal government a less secure place to work and a less reliable funding partner means fewer people will want to work for it, and fewer organizations will rely on it for funding." This is a win in my book, too, but I do wonder how many of the DOGE cuts will be enduring, and whether there was a way to do staff cuts differently such that the least qualified people were axed, not just the most recently hired (or promoted). And when DOGE head Elon Musk claims federal contracts were canceled, when in reality he's touting the total contract number not subtracting what's already been paid out, the actual cost-savings ends up being far less than claimed. Still, "the relevant benchmark for DOGE's performance isn't how much a highly competent effort to shrink government could have accomplished," reminds Britschgi. "Rather, it's what the most likely alternatives to the DOGE would have accomplished." Some components of the federal-government-scrapping effort—like dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—have been held up in court. Others—like ending the Department of Education—are still works in progress. Libertarians can maintain some hope that these things will happen and happen through the proper mechanisms to have an enduring effect. In the realm of foreign policy, Trump discouraged Israel from bombing Iran's nuclear sites and has semiprioritized ending the war in Ukraine (though not without antagonizing Volodymyr Zelenskyy and, now, possibly shifting his focus elsewhere). These bright spots are overshadowed by the fact that relations with China have gotten worse as the trade war heats up. In other realms, Trump has shown his authoritarian tendencies while delivering very little for the American people who voted him into office. He has targeted law firms like Susman Godfrey, the Houston-based firm that represented voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion won a $787 million settlement from Fox News in 2023 after getting a judge to grant that Fox had spread conspiracies on the air related to whether Dominion's voting machines were rigged against Trump, resulting in his 2020 election defeat. Trump used an executive order to cancel federal contracts held by Susman Godfrey, which a federal judge has temporarily halted. These intimidation tactics have resulted in even very monied law firms acquiescing: "So far, to avoid reprisals, at least nine firms have promised to provide roughly $1 billion in top-tier pro bono legal advice to causes Mr. Trump embraces," reports The New York Times. I'm sympathetic to Trump's belief that lawfare and the Deep State and the media have, at times, unfairly targeted him, but his efforts to dole out retribution make me fear he doesn't see the goal as independence for these institutions and rooting out specific bad actors within the bounds of the law, but that he just wants his enemies punished. Ditto with the universities. Trump has threatened to pull federal funds from universities that fail to comply with his orders surrounding hiring and curriculum decisions, while launching investigations into how top universities have been handling antisemitism on campus. Though no libertarian tears will be shed when a presidential administration decides that federal funding in higher ed has gone too far and needs to be reversed, this looks an awful lot like encroachment on the First Amendment rights of students at these universities, an attempt to get these institutions to kowtow and do the executive's bidding. It would be better to spend less time talking about all the ways the universities and their lefty administrators, professors, and students suck (again: I am no fan of the tent encampments and Hamas pamphlets!), and better to make a more principled case for why it's not in the American people's best interest to underwrite student loans or fund schools via federal money or give their endowments such favorable tax treatment. "Trump Promised a Markets Boom," reads one Bloomberg headline. "100 Days In, Stocks Have Only Seen Damage." This sums it up. We're 100 days in, and what good has Trump done for the American people, exactly? Some green shoots in the DOGE realm, for sure, but not much to cheer beyond that. I love how mayoral candidates will just make totally insane proposals like "calm corners" in subway stations and public parks for those experiencing mental episodes. Someone having a schizophrenic break and threatening to stab people probably won't be helped by more time spent in shavasana pose. A mysterious power outage hit vast amounts of Portugal and Spain, shutting down trains, airports, traffic lights, the internet, and more for about 18 hours. (It has now been restored.) The cause is currently unclear. A meme that's circulating, of a luxuriously chill hang, has been beautifully and quickly converted to Europoor format, because we still have power over here: "Both Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp. say they're seeing more clients buy protection against dollar declines. And at Group Richelieu in Paris, Alexandre Hezez says his funds are now hedged to the maximum level allowed because 'everything has been turned upside down,'" reports Bloomberg. "Hezez, like many investors, previously felt it made little sense to offset the foreign exchange risk. The thinking was that if US stocks sold off because of a global panic, the dollar would likely strengthen on haven demand and offset those losses. Overall currency hedging by foreign investors in US stocks stands at 23%, well below the near 50% level seen in 2020, State Street Corp.'s custodial data shows." "Top colleges in the cross hairs of President Trump have sharply increased their spending on lobbying," reports The New York Times. "Ten universities that have been singled out by the administration for scrutiny spent a combined $2.8 million lobbying the federal government in the first three months of 2025, which is more than those institutions spent in any quarter at least since 2008, according to the analysis.…One of the 10, Columbia University, more than tripled its spending on lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, compared with the same quarter last year, the analysis found. Another, Harvard University, also greatly increased its lobbying outlays, spending $230,000, compared with $130,000 in the same period last year." Cardio's out, gains are in. The post 100 Days of Trump appeared first on
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Make-A-Wish kicks off ‘WishMakers Wanted' campaign for World Wish Month
PHOENIX, A.Z. (WNCT) — Every day, Make-a-Wish grants over 80 wishes to sick children across the globe. With April being 'World Wish Month,' Make-a-Wish is kicking of their 'Wishmakers Wanted' campaign to find volunteers, fundraisers, and donors to help keep making wishes come true. Wishmakers are everyday people who take action, give their time, or support financially to make these life-changing moments possible for children and families in need. Throughout the entire month of April, Make-A-Wish chapters in the U.S. and international affiliates will shine a light on finding WishMakers in the community. For more information on World Wish Month, how to become a Wishmaker, or how to support the Eastern North Carolina chapter, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Associated Press
07-02-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Celebration Exotic Car Festival Returns to Central Florida for Its 22nd Year, Benefiting Children's Charities
Central Florida - The Celebration Exotic Car Festival, one of North America's largest and most prestigious exotic car showcases, is set to return to Central Florida from March 28 to April 1, 2025. Now in its 22nd year, the event offers a unique combination of world-class automotive displays, celebrity entertainment, and a mission-driven commitment to supporting children with life-threatening medical conditions. Since its inception in 2001, the Celebration Exotic Car Festival has raised over $5 million for renowned charities such as Make-a-Wish, Special Olympics, and the Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital, cementing its place as a transformative force for good. Organized by the CECF Wish Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the festival is managed entirely by volunteers driven by a shared passion for cars and philanthropy. A Legacy of Giving The festival's roots trace back to the memory of Laura Ippoliti, a devoted Ferrari and Formula 1 enthusiast known for her kindness, compassion, and love for children. To honor her legacy, brothers Jeff and Jim Ippoliti founded the Celebration Exotic Car Festival in 2004, merging their love for exotic cars with Laura's enduring mission of bringing joy to children. Over the years, the festival has expanded its reach, not only showcasing stunning collections of exotic cars but also offering family-friendly activities, culinary experiences, and celebrity appearances. In addition to car enthusiasts, the event attracts philanthropists and community members eager to support a meaningful cause. Highlights of the 2025 Festival The 2025 Celebration Exotic Car Festival promises an unforgettable experience, featuring: ● A Spectacular Exotic Car Showcase: A stunning lineup of rare and iconic vehicles from around the world, displayed in the heart of Central Florida. ● Celebrity Entertainment: Appearances from notable figures in the automotive and entertainment industries. ● Charity Gala and Culinary Extravaganza: Exclusive ZD and Acta Wine pairingdinner at the Waldorf Astoria at Walt Disney World followed by the Live Charity Auction, benefiting Make-a-Wish. ● Family-Friendly Activities: Interactive experiences and opportunities to createlasting memories while supporting a good cause. Inspiring Change Through Community The festival is inspired by the belief that a shared passion for cars can drive extraordinary change. Every dollar raised goes directly to impactful charities, making atangible difference in the lives of children facing serious medical challenges. 'The Celebration Exotic Car Festival is more than just a car show—it's a movement,' said Jeff Ippoliti, co-founder of the festival. 'Our mission is to bring hope and joy tochildren and their families, proving that a community united by passion can achieve incredible things.' Get Involved Mark your calendars for March 28 – April 1, 2025, and join us in making a difference. Whether you're an automotive enthusiast, a philanthropist, or a family looking for aunique experience, the Celebration Exotic Car Festival offers something for everyone. For more information, sponsorship opportunities, or to purchase tickets, please visit EVENT SCHEDULE FRIDAY: Kick off the weekend with an exclusive rooftop dinner party at Hard RockLive, overlooking Universal Studios Orlando. The evening continues with a live concertby Gin Blossoms and special guest Orianthi, complete with VIP police-escortedtransportation from Celebration. SATURDAY: Concours of Exotic Cars & Charity Gala and Culinary Extravaganza – Marvel at 300+ exotic cars, race cars, and Hollywood movie cars showcased along Celebration's lakefront promenade. This premier concours event features Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, McLaren, and more, culminating in a 3PM awards ceremony where winning cars will drive across the red carpet. In the evening, head to the Waldorf Astoria at Walt Disney World for the annual Charity Gala and Culinary Extravaganza. Enjoy an exquisite ZD and Acta Wine Pairing Dinner, followed by the renowned Live Charity Auction benefiting Make-a-Wish. The event will conclude with an evening of comedy and illusion. SUNDAY: Exotic Car Rally – Start the day with a drivers meeting and breakfast at the Celebration Hotel before embarking on a thrilling rally through Central Florida. With apolice escort, enjoy scenic roads, a refreshment break, and a celebratory luncheon withrally awards. MONDAY & TUESDAY: Track Days at Daytona International Speedway – Experience the iconic 24-hour road course at Daytona! Exotic, competition, and selectsports cars are welcome, with instructors available for novice drivers. Enjoy two adrenaline-filled days on one of the most famous tracks in the world. Media Contact
