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Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World
By Mona Chalabi Eighty people hold the same amount of wealth as the world’s 3.6 billion poorest people, according to an analysis just released from Oxfam. The report from the global anti-poverty...
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Bizarre Nanny Requests of the Rich
By GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN Rich people. They’re not like us, at least when it comes to hiring help to take care of their offspring. Today’s reports of a sports agent who was trying to buy The Plaza hotel...
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The rich and famous visit Davos
Matt Clinch Many of the world's most influential business leaders, politicians and celebrities are set to descend on the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos next week, where the annual meeting of the World...
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Cockroaches and socialites
"Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything."- Herb Caen.
View ArticleHigh-net-worth individuals own 38% of UK’s total wealth, report says
Number of dollar millionaires predicted to hit 1m within three years Sean FarrellBritain is home to 840,000 people who are dollar millionaires with £660,000 or more excluding their main home – a...
View ArticleInheritance: how Britain’s wealthy still keep it in the family
Study of rare surnames shows rich British families stay that way for generations – and that attempts to promote social mobility have been ineffective Jamie DowardAttempts to improve social mobility in...
View ArticleKeeping it in the family: Children of today's super-rich will still be...
19,000 people surveyed including 600 with rare surnames such PepysModern-day descendants just as rich as Victorian ancestors, study foundWill take 300 years for offspring of today's rich to reach...
View ArticleA Facebook group asks, ‘What would Jackie Kennedy Onassis do?’
By Steven Petrow The ladies who lunch have been having a rough time of it lately in the “Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis” Facebook group, whose mission is to mark, as one member posted recently,...
View ArticleConrad Hilton ordered to surrender his passport for vulgar airplane tirade...
Conrad Hilton appeared in court on Tuesday after turning himself in over terror flight from London to Los Angeles last JulyHilton family attorney Robert Shapiro confirmed the 20-year-old 'took a...
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Mystery blaze destroys Woolworth family's $90million Long Island estate...
• F W Woolworth built Long Island mansion in 1916 after his previous home was burned down in mystery fire• Blaze erupted in first-floor bedroom of 16-acre estate on Wednesday...
View Article9 secret life hacks of the rich and famous
Peter Economy, Inc.The rich and famous expect perfection from everyone they work and deal with, but they also are willing to accept excellence. Fame and fortune are both mysterious and fickle. What is...
View ArticleWealthy Kids 8 Times More Likely To Graduate College Than Poor
Eric Sherman, Forbes MagazineA new study from the Pell Institute shows that family income not only has a huge correlation with the chance that a kid gets into college, but of that person’s likelihood...
View ArticleForbes - How Highly Successful People Deal With Depression
In the last piece, a handful of psychologists weighed in on whether the super-successful C-suite crowd may suffer from depression disproportionately. And they seem to, for reasons that are...
View ArticleConnecticut History: Fenwick
Connecticut History: Fenwick: Fenwick is a borough in, in the town of Old Saybrook. The population was 52 at the 2000 census, making it the least populous municipal...
View ArticleConnecticut History: Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
Connecticut History: Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn: Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (February 2, 1878 – March 17, 1951) was a feminist social reformer and a leader of the suffrage ...
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Husband commits suicide after wealthy Pa. couple charged in $20 million...
NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) -- She bought draperies flecked with Swarovski crystals.The ceiling mural at her "Gone with the Wind"-inspired mansion featured her family in robes, gazing down from the heavens.And...
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Study Suggests Recession, Recovery Have Not Left The Rich Richer
Jim Zarroli The Great Recession exacted a huge toll on people in every income group, and recovering from it has been a long and grueling process.To some economists, the recovery has exacerbated the...
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Rent Cheryl Hines And Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Malibu Estate
Today’s perfect fusion of East and West Coast comes courtesy of Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines and her new hubby, uber-environmentalist and possible Dancing with the Stars hoofer Robert F....
View Article5 Stats That Explain the Super Wealthy
Ian Bremmer @ianbremmer Jason Alden—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAliko Dangote, billionaire and chief executive officer of Dangote Group, pauses during a session on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
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