Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest billionaires for a fourth year.
And yet the richest part of the world's richest country refuses to do anything about it.
The Yankees have the advantage of playing in the richest city of the world's richest country.
Like Jimmy Goldsmith, the U.S. has become the world's richest nation by using other people's money to finance its own spectacular and continuing growth.
America's most beloved investor is now the world's richest man.
Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest investors, says the total amount of gold in the world - the gold above ground, that is - could fit into a cube with sides of just 20m (67ft).
Another of this year's big spenders: the crown prince of Dubai, a member of the FORBES World's Richest Royals list.
Obama's move comes ahead of next week's Group of 20 meeting in London, England, in which leaders of the world's richest nations will discuss the global economic downturn.
While Mr Bellos's work is a good example of how the new football literature can be both serious and entertaining at the same time, Michael Crick's biography of Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary manager of Manchester United, the world's richest club, is less successful.
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The world's richest brothers have fought bruising court battles in the past over natural gas interests.
As one of the world's richest people, Bill Gates doesn't seem to mind spreading the wealth.
But Gates didn't get to be the world's richest man by overpaying for shoddy technology.
When the world's richest man decides to make a move, investors should pay attention.
He moves into the top three among the world's richest for the first time.
The G14 group represents 18 of the world's richest clubs, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.
Simultaneously, he was chairman of the board of Gazprom, the world's richest gas company.
Despite contrary reports, the heiress to a once-famed shipping empire probably isn't among the world's richest.
This is because the world's richest democracy still has technical problems with its decentralised election systems.
But the Intel CEO and the world's richest man each assailed the professor's scheme as unattainable.
Listed by Forbes magazine as one of the world's richest 300 people, he travels widely and often.
The real reason Gates put in play his title to "world's richest man" is his philanthropic giving.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents the world's richest nations, also lowered its growth forecasts.
''I did the best of everyone who failed, '' joked the world's richest man in his official graduation address.
The horse was the highest British finisher in the race, which is the world's richest steeplechase, coming fifth.
Greenpeace International said the report revealed a "climate emergency" which the world's richest nations needed to tackle urgently.
They are symbols of Buenos Aires' 1880-1930 golden age, when it was one of the world's richest cities.
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He also claims indifference about his ranking and says he has no interest in becoming the world's richest person.
That Bill Gates will be dethroned as the world's richest man in 2008.
The world's richest cricketing nation should have a larger bench of top-class players.
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