Federal farm subsidies were paid to 50 billionaires or businesses in which they held a stake, and their payouts are about to increase if proposed changes to the farm bill are passed. The billionaires who received the $11.3 million in farm subsidies …

Even as workers in the US and other countries have seen their incomes plummet, the combined net worth of the world's billionaires has doubled since 2009, according to a report published Tuesday by UBS and Wealth-X, a consultancy that tracks super-rich …

Billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One tycoon, recently flipped his G650 to an Asian businessman for $72 million — at least $6 million more than his purchase price, according to people familiar with the deal. The transaction, first reported by …

The farm subsidies that are part of the federal farm bill paid at least $11.3 million to 50 separate billionaires or billionaire-owned businesses since 1995, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The list of one-percenters getting these …

Harvard University has produced nearly twice as many billionaire alumni as any other institution of higher education, according to the 2013 Billionaire Census from Wealth-X and UBS. Its 52 billionaire alumni are worth $205 billion, compared to second …

Britain's Prince Charles regaled an audience of Bollywood stars, Indian billionaires and cricketing heroes at a charity gala in Mumbai over the weekend in an effort to increase philanthropy among India's rich. After touring northern India, including …

London: An average billionaire has four homes, with each one worth nearly $20 million, and the most common luxury holding for them is yachts, followed by private jets and art, says a survey. Globally, 87 per cent of billionaires are male and the …

Ten's investors have been asked to approve a deal that could hand security over all the media group's assets to three of its billionaire shareholders, James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, in return for the trio guaranteeing its new $200 …

Here's the third quarter update for three companies listed among the S&P500's "biggest losers," including Pioneer Natural Resources Company ( PXD ), Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. ( SNI ) and Tenet Healthcare Corp. ( THC ). Numerous billionaires …