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Will Smith tops Hollywood earnings list with $80m payout
Will Smith has emerged as Hollywood’s top earner, earning a massive $80m (€51m) last year, new figures compiled by Forbes have shown, according to a report in New York Daily News.
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Smooth Sailing Gets Ugly With Russian Billionaire's New Yacht
Boaters in the Baltic Sea this past spring spotted a strange ship slicing through the waters off Kiel, Germany.
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Ireland's richest man loses €1bn on banking investment
Sean Quinn, Ireland's richest man, has lost an estimated €1bn ($1.6bn) on his 15% stake in Anglo Irish Bank over the past 18 months, according to a report in The Belfast Telegraph.
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Art collection stolen from private bank
Works of art worth several hundreds of thousands of euros have been stolen from a German private bank.
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US billionaire buys into low-cost Indian airline
WL Ross & Co, the private equity firm led by US billionaire Wilbur Ross, has agreed to invest 3.4bn rupees (€51m) in SpiceJet, an Indian low-cost carrier, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Wage restraint begins at the office
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King turned down a recommendation that would have seen his paycheck swell by around £100,000 (€125,457) this year, the central bank's annual report showed Monday.
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Marrying a billionaire – brains more important than looks
Looks might have been important in the past to nab a very rich man, but having brains is now a bigger factor in billionaire marriages, according to a new survey.
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Tiger Woods set to be the first billionaire athlete
Despite his dodgy knee Tiger Woods, the US golfer, is set to become the first billionaire athlete, according to Forbes magazine.
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Middle East oil money fuels demand for private jets
Demand for private jets from wealthy individuals in the Middle East shows no sign of slowing, despite the downturn in the global economy.
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Bulgari's Trapani bets on wealth management
It is the ultimate client referral: a wealthy customer likes a product or service so much they buy a stake in the company that provides it.
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Will Smith tops Hollywood earnings list with $80m payout
Will Smith has emerged as Hollywood’s top earner, earning a massive $80m (€51m) last year, new figures compiled by Forbes have shown, according to a report in New York Daily News.