Richest 2% own 'half the wealth'
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The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, a new study by the UN finds.
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The rich are getting richer. Well, not all of them. Some have taken the billion-dollar plunge.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg is apparently even richer than anyone realized. Forbes magazine's annual list of richest Americans is estimating his wealth at twice the number it gave last year, vaulting him to the rank of 25 with a fortune estimated at $11.5 billion.
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FOR many people, more so those who believe that unfettered-capitalism is the way forward for the world, the latest listing of billionaires (millionaires excluded, and we speak here in US dollars
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Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Russian businessman Roman Abramovich come first and second in a newspaper's list of the richest people living in Britain.
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The estimated $2 trillion to $4 trillion loss in real estate wealth could be more damaging to the public than falling stock values since more Americans own homes than own stock.
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When you're worth $250 million, the annual presidential salary of $400,000 represents a bit less than two-tenths of 1 percent of your net worth.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 24  - Bill Gates kept his ranking atop the richest people in the United States, boosting his worth to 48 billion dollars, but investor Warren Buffett edged closer, Forbes magazine said Friday.
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The US' richest tycoons increased their wealth in the past year, with the top 400 worth $1.125 trillion, says Forbes magazine.
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Other people's money versus your own.
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Hit the super-rich with a 50% inheritance tax and allow cuts for the middle class, says a leading think tank.
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An estimated half-million people make a full- or part-time living by auctioning everything from macramÃ© to Maseratis on the Internet.
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The tally of billionaires around the globe reached a high of 946, their combined wealth growing 35 percent to $3.5 trillion
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The rich really do become richer -- here's how.
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Hotel heiress Paris Hiltonâs potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity.  That wealth includes $1.2 billion Barron Hilton ...
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Buy what you know? That's just half of the story.
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Feeling too rich? Here's how to shed some excess wealth.