empire

Dodgers president Stan Kasten says the team is not going to be sold amid financial difficulties of majority owner Mark Walter’s companies and a federal inquiry into his insurance empire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

The team, as a Los Angeles Times headline put it, is the “crown jewel” of Walter’s sporting empire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The decision comes two years after the company announced plans to close a plant at its headquarters in Great Witchingham, Norfolk, where its founder built his empire.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Under pressure from investigators and regulators, billionaire Mark Walter is racing to unwind bets and save his sports-and-finance empire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Mataoka lived in the central town of the Powhatan alliance, a small empire in tidewater Virginia; she was the daughter of Wahunsenacawh, the emperor.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

You’re both from the Midwest, you both dropped out of college, and you both have built these political media empires.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

For the Ga Mantse, admitting fault does not dilute the guilt of European empires; rather, it solidifies Africa's moral standing and sets an example as to how to move forward.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Paramount Skydance plans to redevelop its historic Hollywood studio as it consolidates the vast Warner Bros. and Paramount real estate empires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

We spoke with these solopreneurs to see how they’re building their empires and what their rise could mean for the broader job market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Tribes conquer or combine with tribes to reach the size of chiefdoms, which conquer or combine with other chiefdoms to reach the size of states, which conquer or combine with other states to become empires.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond