Here are some realities to ponder and arguments that give the case for the rich a real edge.
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Borrowers, regardless of their ability to pay off their loans, thought they were getting rich as real estate prices rose.
Many real billionaires have gotten rich quickly, but not this quickly.
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Americans for Limited Government keeps the names of donors secret, but the group's chairman, New York real estate developer Howard Rich, has long been a supporter of efforts to reduce the size of government.
Indeed, as this book--rich with real-life anecdotes--makes excitingly clear, there are a growing number of areas in America, particularly in the heartland, where you can have it all--stimulating career, culture, great quality of life for your family, affluence.
Today, older college students stand out like a streaker on campus, but future changemaker educational models will find ways to tap into and connect the rich, real-world experiences of encore learners with the creativity and spirit of younger learners.
Uh-oh: He was, as it happened, on his way to becoming quite rich, in real estate.
The super rich are buying real estate outside of China in an effort to avoid taxes.
Jeff Greene got rich investing in real estate and superrich betting against it.
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We built a scalable Web profile page that worked for each Rich lister, combining real-time content, data and social connections.
OnLive is the pioneer of on-demand, instant-play video game services, delivering real-time interactive experiences and rich media through the Internet.
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The introduction of the new luxury tax would most likely reduce the attractiveness of real estate as an investment for rich Russians.
As chart 5 shows, real interest rates differ substantially among rich countries.
The No. 3 industry for creating billionaires is Real Estate, which made 129 people rich.
He recommends that exporters make sure that price differences in rich and poor markets reflect real differences in quality, or differences in the extra services attached.
Mr. TOM ADAMS (California League of Conservation Voters): Proposition 90 is supported almost entirely by a wealthy New York real estate investor whose name is Howie Rich.
The real problem, they say, is that rich clubs have too much money.
They live their lives in real-time and expect real-time responses from the information-rich world in which they openly share personal information, opinions and ideas with one another.
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Earlier this decade, KPMG and other accounting companies and law firms marketed shelters that produced billions in bogus capital losses, which rich taxpayers used to offset their real capital gains.
The idea was to give the participants a rich set of analytic tools and real-time, secure connections to both the global clearing systems and the back offices of banks around the world.
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Rich States, Poor States tells the real story about which states are flourishing and which are decaying, and why.
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Brave has a lush rich look, but it is not real.
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Those Twitter Cards that started rolling out over the last few months are also getting a big push, with plans to include other ways for developers to bring their rich content to Twitter, and embed real-time Twitter content on existing websites.
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Outside of oil and gas projects and a few specific infrastructure projects (ports like Jebel Ali and airports like Dubai), far less real economic development has happened in the oil-rich parts of the Arab world than would be expected based on their great endowment of human and natural resources.
Even with its rich cash position, the company needs a real line of revenue-producing products.
This is the real test of global economic co-operation for the rich countries: to lead by example.
Yet, for your ordinary rich Japanese Germany's Leica carries the real prestige.
While Allen estimates that only 5% of miners who took part in the California Gold Rush felt they struck it rich, he sees the merchants as the real bread winners.
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As an average investor, one way you can follow the money and invest in the lifestyle of the rich and famous is to own shares in real estate investment trusts (REITs).
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