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 ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Joe Biden in his Wednesday farewell speech to the nation warned that American democracy was ...

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 ...

She pointed to the late Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire casino tycoon and Republican megadonor who did work on U.S.-Israeli relations, as an example of an American oligarch. Elon Musk almost ...

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 ...