SINGAPORE: The billionaires club in Singapore expanded by five from 2013 to 26 this year, according to the Forbes Singapore rich list. Topping the rich list are property magnates Robert and Philip Ng, the brothers who own hotel and mall conglomerate …

UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 24: Billionaire Carlos Slim Helu speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. The summit of various leaders from government, the private sector, and …

Russia's richest businessmen are increasingly frantic that President Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine will lead to crippling sanctions – but are too scared of reprisals to say so publicly. One Russian billionaire warned that if Putin doesn't move …

Already, this year, billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who owns metal conglomerate USM Holdings Ltd., and is Russia's richest man, has seen the value of his wealth shrink US$2.5-billion amidst market fears; Leonid Mikhelson, who controls gas giant Novatek …

With a net worth of $2.4 billion, 91-year-old David H. Murdock has made some huge contributions to the fields of medical research and higher education. Murdock is owner and chairman of the Dole Food Company, located in Westlake Village California, and …

Russia's richest businessmen are increasingly frantic that President Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine will lead to crippling sanctions and are too scared of reprisal to say so publicly, billionaires and analysts said. If Putin doesn't move to end …

Apparently they are unaware of the inscription at the base of the Statue of Liberty written in 1883 that reads, in part: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore, send these …

Reading's latest would-be owner is an investment partnership of American billionaires, who are bemused that their takeover offer – £5m equity, £14m for the Millennium Madejski Hotel, and £20m to pay off the football team's debts – has been relegated in …

It has recently emerged that America's two richest men share not only a fondness for bridge, but identical taste in literature. Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett – according to an essay this week from Gates – count Business Adventures by John Brookes …