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Forbes this week released its annual list of the 400 richest Americans. Reflecting the times, the combined net worth of the list fell by $300 billion in a year...Dan Duncan Amount: $8.0 billion ’08 net worth/rank: $7.6 billion (40) Source: Energy. No.
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H it by stock market meltdown, America's richie-rich club got poorer by $300 billion, but software czar Bill Gates, with a net worth of $50 billion, remained the richest in the United States for the 16th straight year, says business magazine Forbes .
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A Fed report in March showed that since the start of 2008, falling housing and stock values wiped out $11 trillion in Americans' net worth. The losses erased four years of gains, decimated retirement savings and college funds, and upended life plans for...
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Number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance fell last week, while ongoing claims jumped, the government said Thursday. There were 545,000 initial job claims filed in the week ended Sept. 12, down 12,000 from a revised 557,000 the previous...
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The economic crisis has shifted the balance of wealth, as North America's wealth has dropped 21.8 percent due to the recession, a Boston research group said. Boston Consulting Group said Europe is now wealthier than North America in terms of assets under...
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Canadian industries slashed their capacity utilization to the lowest levels on record in the second quarter, Statistics Canada data showed Monday. For the first time in four financial quarters, Canadians' household net worth has increased — by $5.6 trillion...
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With the small salary he gets, it is unacceptable that his assets more than tripled," said Ferdinand Gaite, president of the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage), which filed the complaint at 12 noon Thursday...
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Saying more is left to be uncovered in the quick increase in the assets of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Representatives Walden Bello and Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday sought an investigation by the House of Representatives...What is disturbing for...
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A New Jersey judge has dismissed a lawsuit for defamation filed by Donald Trump against an author whose book gave an estimate of the real estate developer's wealth much lower than Trump's own. Superior Court Judge Michele Fox rejected arguments by Trump's...
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Equity investment in 72 state-run entities has been completely eroded as they accumulated losses of Rs 94,428 crore by the end of 2007-08, more than five times their paid up capital, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said in a report. The report,...
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