When it comes to who gets the top spot as the richest person in the world, there's a constant battle of the billionaires. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos spring to mind when talking about the rich and ...

Billionaire wealth has risen three times faster in 2024 than 2023, while it could take over a century to end poverty at current rates. People in the U.S. and around the world are struggling to pay the ...

What billionaires and giant corporations pay in taxes—and what that means for the rest of us. “We can either have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a ...

On a Wednesday in December, the 89-year-old casino billionaire is sitting right where ... which will feature slot-machine-like parimutuel games, a honky-tonk called Gilley’s Saloon and an ...

The comment suggests that, under Donald Trump’s second term as president, it will be billionaires rather than the people who shape public policy. There is certainly some evidence Biden’s ...

One of Australia’s high profile retail billionaires has called for a “government inquiry” into discount Chinese online retailers Shein and Temu. Shein and Temu first entered the Australian ...

Former New York City mayor, billionaire entrepreneur and media magnate Michael Bloomberg contributed nearly $20 million to help boost President Biden in his 2024 election rematch with former ...

President Biden is warning Americans of an "ultra-wealthy" "oligarchy" taking shape that is presenting a danger to the country, but did not mention in his farewell speech Wednesday night the numerous ...

US President Joe Biden has used his farewell address to the nation to deliver a stark warning about an oligarchy of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the United States, as well as the dangers of a ...

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, will be among several billionaires attending Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration. Tesla CEO Musk was instrumental in Trump’s reelection ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary pick, a billionaire who has been accused of evading taxes, says that “the most important economic issue of the day” is extending Trump’s ...