Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has become one of the youngest billionaires – yes, that's billionaire with a 'b' – in the world after Facebook closed at a record US$58.51 on the NASDAQ exchange.

A record high close for Facebook shares has made Sheryl Sandberg one of the youngest female billionaires ever, according to a ranking from Bloomberg. Facebook shares closed Tuesday at $58.51, up about 4% for the day, although they were slightly lower …

In fact, there is too much of it – if you're the affluent middle class. It is the poor who are being cheated in Pakistan. Only one per cent of housing is within their reach. … Siddiqui is candid about using his 40 years in government service …

New Jersey is one of America's most affluent states. Yet many of its largest cities are scarred by both high crime and an incarceration boom that has made a stint in prison a disturbingly common rite of passage, particularly for young black men. Though …

But the great social egalitarian hope—mine, anyway—was that Mr. Obama's health plan might perform a similar function, offering the poor and middle class the same care, in the same hospitals, with the same doctors—and the same respect—that the …

Men born in the most affluent parts of central London, and in part of Crawley, West Sussex, could average lives lasting nearly 98 years. They can expect to … 'I would say it's likely down to them being a hardy breed rather than their lifestyle. Many …

Another study in the International Journal of Epidemiology posed that differences in access to health services and factors that are conducive to living a healthy lifestyle might explain the higher risk of Alzheimer's disease they found in affluent …

For the first time, many single people are wealthy enough to enjoy the luxury of living alone. Another factor is the growing independence and economic clout of women. People who live alone tend to spend more time socializing with friends and neighbours …

… one per cent." Mr Perkins cited the antipathy in San Francisco towards luxury "Google buses" that carry technology workers to their well paid jobs, and growing anger over rising house prices caused by wealthy buyers employed by internet companies.