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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mega-rich have long had a prominent role in national politics, and several billionaires helped bankroll the campaign of Trump's Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden ...

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 ...

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A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action against billionaire Robert Miller, the company he founded, Future Electronics, and purported accomplices, for allegedly paying minors ...

Trump’s billionaire buddies Some of Trump’s picks reflect the tradition of handing big portfolios to business heavyweights, and appointing donors to high-profile diplomatic posts in Europe.

America's top billionaires lost more than $10 billion collectively Monday after major changes in Meta's stock holdings. Zuckerberg sold shares of Meta—parent company of Facebook and Instagram ...

"One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California," the Jan. 8 Instagram post said. The video named Stewart and Lynda Resnick, owners of the Wonderful Co., and said they own "a mas ...