“The 2013 edition of the FORBES China Rich List identifies a record 168 billionaires from the country, surpassing the previous high of 146 in 2011 and last year's total of 113. The increase adds to China's standing as a country with one of the world's …

At a time when the U.S. economy has been struggling, China has become the world's fastest-growing source of new billionaires. On the 2013 Forbes Billionaire List published in March, the mainland's 122 members were second only to the United States.

Billionaire businessman Carl Icahn is one investor seeing value in energy companies. The hedge fund manager recently announced his purchase of 60 million shares in the Canadian oil and gas producer, Talisman Energy. Icahn has built up a nearly 6 …

Forbes has identified 168 billionaires in China with the publication of its annual China Rich List, setting a new record after surpassing the previous high of 146 billionaires in 2011. The magazine published its list on Wednesday, ranking the 400 …

Forbes has identified 168 billionaires in China with the publication of its annual China Rich List, setting a new record after surpassing the previous high of 146 billionaires in 2011. The magazine published its list on Wednesday, ranking the 400 …

LAGOS: There are far more African billionaires than previously thought, Ventures magazine said on Monday in a report on the continent's mega-rich, but the number of Africans living in extreme poverty has also shot up. Previous Africa-rich-lists named …

You've got a pair of billionaires, each sporting a healthy ego, each molding the city into the epicenter of his respective pet obsession, and each drawing throngs of fans in an ostensible boon. And then it all diverges. Far from lavishly picking up the …

(GIN)—Africa has 55 billionaires at a time when the number of Africans living in extreme poverty has risen over the past three decades, according to the World Bank, from 205 million to 414 million. Three of the billionaires are women—the mother of …

Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen, whose firm is facing huge fines for securities fraud, will sell three paintings from his art collection at auction in New York next month. The group will include two pieces by Andy Warhol and a Gerhard …