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Charles Wyly, a Texas billionaire and philanthropist, was killed Sunday morning near his Colorado home just outside Aspen. He was 77.
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Wang Gongquan has just replaced Anthony Weiner as the Casanova on Twitter. Gongquan broke up with his wife through the micro-blogging service.
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American billionaire Donald Trump delivered a signal to GOP contenders this week by sending an aide to Iowa, considered by many as the traditional testing ground for presidential candidates, to meet with Republican representatives.
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India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new home in Mumbai — a 27-storey mansion worth $1 billion. The house, named Antilia, has three helipads, a dance studio, a ball room, a 50-seat theatre and an underground car park for 160 cars.
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An Englishman, Alki David, is behind a recent string of offers to pay the more reckless citizens of the world to attempt stunts for the website Battlecam.com
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Is he a criminal or one of the world's richest men? Joaquin Guzman Loera is listed as number 41 on Forbes list of the world's most powerful people. He's also a drug lord and Mexico's most-wanted man.
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The number of super-rich Chinese exploded this past year despite the global financial crisis, giving China the second largest number of billionaires in the world, measured in US dollars.
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A Canadian billionaire who made vast riches by means of circus revealed Wednesday that he will host a live event from orbit on October 9 to promote the importance of clean water globally.
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Billionaire George Soros is reported as having declared the worst of the recession over. Of course, he has been "talking up the recovery" since last month. However, employment stats for Canada and the U.S. show an increase in the number of unemployed.
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Another casualty due to the global economic crisis as one of the world's wealthiest men is said to have committed suicide due to his financial situation. This comes just months after a rash of suicides in the US related to the financial downturn.
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 Vancouver billionaire David Ho has been sentenced to one year's probation after pleading guilty to charges of unlawful confinement on Thursday.
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