New players challenge world order

[New players challenge world order Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called Brics, are predicted to emerge as major world players by 2050. In this,...

Mukesh Ambani pips L N Mittal to become richest Indian

Mukesh Ambani of Reliance industris replaced steel czar LN Mittal to become richest indian. "Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani has overtaken NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal as the richest Indian in the world,...

BILL GETS BETTING ON INDIA AND CHINA NOW..

Bll Gates betting on India and China looks like his optimism and believe on the growth storey of india and china."Washington, Oct 06: The richest man in America, Bill Gates, said in a television interview that the...

Turf war rocks Sikh temple

"At least two groups of Filipino-Indians are battling for control over the richest, oldest and largest congregation of Punjabis here, the Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple in Paco, Manila. A ranking member has been killed in the turf war for supremacy in the predominantly...

Bill Gates Is Richest Person in America...Again

No thanks to his failed Microsoft ads co-starring with Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates has "recovered his spot" as the richest man in America, by beating out Warren Buffett, with a net worth of 57 billion...

Gates, Buffet eye Alberta oil sands

If they're looking for a way to invest some big, big bucks, this is surely it.  But one wonders if it wouldn't conflict in a major way with the environmental concerns that have been so clearly expressed by...

Unjust Rewards? New book exposes the reality of the rich

With the gap between the richest and the poorest people in the UK increasing a new book reveals the extent to which the new super rich are loosing touch with the reality faced by the majority of citizens. Unjust Rewards, which is being serialised in the Guardian this week,...

The mom and the monster

"The matriarch of one of Hong Kong's richest corporate dynasties sat down with the city's most notorious crime bosses and negotiated the payment of a HK$600 million ransom for the release of her eldest son, The...

What property slump? Russia's richest woman buys London mansion for £50m onl...

" With most homeowners worried about the plunging price of their property, there's always the exception that proves the rule. After being sold last year for £32million, the biggest private house in London bar...

World's richest brothers feud again

They are the world's richest brothers with a combined wealth of $85bn - and they are fighting again. Two years ago, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani, who control India's Reliance group of industries, accused each...

The Richest Man In The Valley

The Richest Man In The Valley A rich landowner named Carl often rode around his vast estate so he could congratulate himself on his great wealth.One day while riding around his estate on his favorite horse, he...

Date set for court battle over fortune of Asia`s richest woman

"The hearing into the 4.2 billion US dollar fortune of Nina Wang, who died aged 69 last year, leaving her money to an unknown feng shui master, is due to begin on February 16, 2008.At a hearing Wednesday, a High Court judge ruled that a further assessment could be made in...

Richest Indian's son rebuffed in offer to buy stately house

His tons of money didn't help Aditya Mittal in buying a house of his choice. Aditya Mittal, son of world's richest Indian Lakshmi Mittal had made a hefty bid to acquire a house on a exclusive London street. "Aditya Mittal has been rebuffed after he made an offer of £200...

Warren Buffett's stake helps Mars take over Wrigley

"Warren Buffett took advantage of the credit crunch yesterday as Mars announcedan agreed $23 billion (£11.5 billion) takeover of Wrigley in a deal that theworld’s richest man helped to finance in return for a cut-price stake in thechewing gum group.Mr Buffett’s Berkshire...

Yahoo! Personal Finance: Calculators,Money Advice,Guides,& More

" Most of us are aware of the sacrificial slaughter of Bear Sterns. Some people call it a bailout, but I call it a handout -- a government handout to some of the richest people on Earth, paid for by American taxpayers.It's the survival of the richest, and the poorest be...

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