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One of China's wealthiest men is jumping to Japan's rescue in an attempt to aid both disaster-struck citizens and China's global image.

Although he was born into one of the wealthiest families in the United States, Thomas Jefferson was deeply in debt when he died.

Consumers in the wealthiest nations are struggling with the consequences of the credit crunch and with the soaring cost of energy and food.

Look at it, says I -- such a hat for me to wear -- one of the wealthiest men in this town if I could git my rights.

Once, Kargopol was one of the wealthiest towns in Russia thanks to bustling trade by the Onega River.

At the time, Makkah was a great trading center and Khadijah was one of the wealthiest traders in the city.

New York is the second wealthiest city on this list, but protections are only good enough to hold off a once-in- a-century deluge event.

Mr. Obama said he would end the tax cuts that Mr. Bush enacted for the wealthiest of Americans.

to grasp and share knowledge that was beyond the reach of the wealthiest man in the world just a century ago.

He wants to let the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans end next year, replaced by a middle-class tax cut.

Per head, the income of the wealthiest Muslim country (the United Arab Emirates) is 200 times that of the poorest (Somalia).

The Great Depression took its toll on even the wealthiest and William Randolph Hearst was no exception.

Bob Shullman, president of Ipsos Mendelsohn, said the market for the wealthiest Americans had "stabilised dramatically" .

Though he lived in a modest home, he was a road builder and might have been the wealthiest man in the county.

The world is always fascinated by the wealthiest people and is interested in knowing the ways of how they acquired their wealth.

Eventually I tracked down one of wealthiest men there, to whom I had to repeat the question several times before he got the drift. Overpaid?

But extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest families would be one of the worst possible ways to stimulate spending.

Over the last 15 years, he says, growing applicant pools reflected an earnest push for greater diversity among the wealthiest institutions.

Even Australia, one of Asia-Pacific's wealthiest in terms of resources, depends on Middle East oil.

The expression "riche comme un Argentin" was popular in Paris a century ago, when Argentina was one of the world's 10 wealthiest countries.

The real estate boom has been a driver of inequality and makes the country very vulnerable to its wealthiest elite.

To make this possible it has relaxed its stringent visa requirements, which used to allow in only the wealthiest Chinese.

One of Sarkozy's first major moves as president was to push through what amounted to a 10 percent tax cut for France's wealthiest people.

One of the wealthiest worlds in the galaxy, Muunilinst was the home of the InterGalactic Banking Clan.

According to a survey to be released Tuesday by HSBC Holdings, the average age of the wealthiest 10% of investors in mainland China is 36.

Once upon a time, 'private equity' was closed to all but the wealthiest individuals and institutions.

Some of the world's wealthiest people have been purchasing priceless works of art from all around the globe.

He said ineffective programs will be cut and tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans will end.

The luxury of being chauffeured to your destination might be enjoyed by all, not just the wealthiest individuals.

Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest men in the world.

PRIVACY from prying eyes is one reason so many of Russia's wealthiest men enjoy life in London.

Now, the aim is to help all but the wealthiest American families pay for a Harvard education.

Now one of the wealthiest farmers in his area, Gizaw is passing on his knowledge to hundreds of other farmers in his community.

The 52-year-old lives with his family on a tree-lined street in his own home in the heart of the wealthiest country in the world.

The extent to which the debate over taxing the wealthiest in society is limited can be seen in the frequent use of certain euphemisms.

With a good agent you can have just a few of your wealthiest regions each producing more tax income than the rest put together.

Developers have been dominating the lists of the wealthiest Chinese for the better part of the past decade as housing prices skyrocket.

And many are fed up with a system in which the deck seems stacked against middle-class Americans in favor of the wealthiest few.

Again, they will refuse to ask the wealthiest Americans to give up their tax cuts or deductions.

He was the wealthiest man in the world and then God allowed everything to be taken from him - his family, his wealth, his health.

The idea is to help keep a competitive balance by preventing the wealthiest teams from getting all the good players.

More than 2000 tax inspectors will be recruited to crack down on tax evasion among the wealthiest people in the UK, the BBC reported.

But with most Democrats strongly opposed to extending Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest households, even that may be a tough sell.

They marched two by two up the sidewalk, planning to pass the homes of some of New York City's wealthiest residents.

With an endowment (the part of an institution's income derived from donations) of $11 billion, the university is the country's wealthiest.

Singapore, one of the world's wealthiest nations, depends on food imports as much as Eritrea, one of the poorest.

Then on Sunday night, she reported for work as a nanny in one of Santiago's wealthiest neighborhoods, Las Condes.

The wealthiest of the villagers decided to hide a huge lump of gold to protect it from bandits and robbers.

Even the wealthiest Greeks are turning to the basic heating method as an economic crisis deepens, taxes rise and temperatures drop.

The wealthiest customers will be granted special parking spots and will be guided around the store by personal attendants.

For more than a decade, Bill Gates has been one of the wealthiest, if not the wealthiest, men in the world.

Tibetan Mastiffs used to act as guard dogs for nomads and monks in Tibet, but now, they've become status symbols for China's wealthiest.

The total net worth of the 100 richest Americans fell 18 per cent, though they were still the wealthiest national group with $775bn.

"These tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth, " Mr. Obama said.

In a recession that hit all rungs of the income ladder and ravaged the wealthiest consumer markets, there were very few safe havens.

Finally, let's ask the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to give up some of their breaks in the tax code and special deductions.

The president is also seeking to increase revenues by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. On Saturday, Mr.

Mr. Obama was strong in some of the wealthiest parts of the country: California, the Northeast and the new-economy states.

Felix Monte de Rosa is the richest man in Aspatria and, according to Forbes magazine, one of the 25 wealthiest individuals in the world.

But House Speaker John Boehner has made it clear the wealthiest Americans should not see their taxes go up.

Active spending by the wealthiest shoppers has returned sales of luxury goods to pre-recession levels after several difficult years.

And for the wealthiest, even elaborated refrigerated coffins packed with ice.

Stanford is one of the wealthiest institutions in the country and last year raised more money from private donors than any other university.

Shenzhen is one of China's wealthiest cities, right up there with Shanghai and Beijing.

Finally, some of the wealthiest floor traders get involved in directional trading.

Aquitaine was the largest and wealthiest province of France during the 12th century.

America's wealthiest are subject to a ritual public purge whenever hard times hit and excesses come to light.

Yet the wealthiest Americans are emerging from the financial downturn as different consumers than they were.

Asia's wealthiest collectors, once again, refused to pay exorbitant prices for the world's most prized Chinese antiques.

One of India's wealthiest women, she negotiates her own contracts, including major endorsements for such companies as Coca-Cola and L'Oreal.

Though listed as China's wealthiest athlete, Yao wouldn't be ballin' for the bucks; even if he were traded to Milwaukee.

Many multinationals once targeted only the wealthiest segments of emerging societies.

And sure enough, that same trademark deception and dishonesty is being deployed on behalf of tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

He wanted to enact an irresponsible tax cut, largely for the benefit of the wealthiest Americans.

Today it is the wealthiest enclave in the country, with gaudy, grandiose mansions that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Scientology is one of the oldest, wealthiest -- and most dangerous -- of the major "new religions" or cults operating in America today.

On its way to becoming one of the wealthiest towns of the Stone Halls, Svadlund can offer excellent prices on any and all goods.

The few consumer radios that were produced during this time were so expensive that only the wealthiest individuals could afford them.

Still, such presentations offer a glimpse of what bankers tell their wealthiest clients.

House Democrats had complained that the tax package is overly generous to the nation's wealthiest taxpayers.

The largest island in the Caribbean, it was also the wealthiest, thanks to sugar.

Wang of BYD may have a ways to go before he challenges Gates for the title of world's wealthiest person.

If this is the golden age of global property, its wealthiest collectors constitute a new breed of connoisseur.

In Shanghai, China's wealthiest and most dynamic city, an estimated 120, 000 residents have Alzheimer's disease or some form of dementia.

House Democrats have pledged to not support the measure unless tax rates rise for the nation's wealthiest estates.

Apparently being one of Hip-Hop's Five Wealthiest Artists isn't enough for HOVA.

These reductions follow an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts which benefit the nation's wealthiest people.

Some think China's wealthiest should create a large professional grant-giving organization similar to the Gates Foundation.

Something bold has to be done about spending; it must be reduced and one way to do it is to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

Gates and Buffett recently launched an absurd campaign to get the wealthiest Americans to pledge to donate half their wealth to charity.

Something bold has to be done about spending; it must be reduced and one way to do it is to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

Gates and Buffett recently launched an absurd campaign to get the wealthiest Americans to pledge to donate half their wealth to charity.

Others, including Arizona and California, have worked out ways of extracting more taxes from the wealthiest tribes.

Only the wealthiest nations can compete and they do so in the name of pure scientific research.

For this end special sets of duelling pistols were crafted for the wealthiest of noblemen.

When my husband goes, he'll be one of the wealthiest men there.

Democrats say the tax cuts McConnell is arguing for benefit only the wealthiest of Americans.

What may be less predictable is the most common nationality of the world's wealthiest women: Chinese.

Warren Buffett is one of the wealthiest men in the world.

But, he notes few countries, even the wealthiest and most powerful, are prepared for these changes.

But, he notes few countries, even the wealthiest and most powerful, are prepared for these changes.

Whereas many Americans are reasonably thrifty, the wealthiest group spends more than it earns.

Other publications have focused on the world's very wealthiest, often without such detailed statistical foundations.

Yet, the school is expensive and so is generally out of reach for all but the wealthiest families and a handful of scholarship students.

Expensive to maintain, though, only the wealthiest states can afford them.

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Media reports from 2008 say the Greece-born hedge funder was the highest paid woman and wealthiest female entrepreneur in Britain.

In reading, mathematics and science, American 15-year-olds languish in the lower half of the OECD rankings for the 30 wealthiest countries.

The magazine estimated Buffett's worth at $62 billion in its annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people.

For most of the past century America's wealthiest have paid a vastly higher percentage of their income to taxes than they do now.

But Shanghai, China's wealthiest and most dazzling city, is the epicenter of the boom.

What does it take to become one of China's wealthiest women? Property.

Mr. Jermyn was raised in Hancock Park, a historic L. A. neighborhood that's home to some of the city's wealthiest families.

He has also advocated ending tax breaks for favored corporate sectors, and raising taxes paid by America's wealthiest citizens.

This year's event will also draw more than 600 business elites including the wealthiest, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, said Liu.

Mr Li was born in 1963 in a village near Taizhou City, Zhejiang province, homeland of many of China's wealthiest entrepreneurs.

Itsstoresin London 's wealthiest parts, meanwhile, arestockedwithripe organic avocados, dainty packs of tout and steaks infancy sauces.

Some of Asia's wealthiest investors have linked up with the sport.

Even lottery winners and Forbes' 100 wealthiest Americans have expressed only slightly greater happiness than the average American.

With Winterfell burned and Robb dead, White Harbor is the strongest point in North, and the wealthiest.

As well as cutting spending Democrats want to raise taxes on Minnesota's wealthiest residents.

It's got tough cuts, tough reforms, and asks more of the wealthiest Americans.

In Asia's two wealthiest cities, designer condos have become quite commonplace.

And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply cannot afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

If money actually made you happy, then the wealthiest people in the world would be the happiest.

He has long been one of the wealthiest people on the planet, with Forbes putting his riches at $14. 5bn.

What does it take to become one of China's wealthiest women?

Under monogamy, they can monopolize the wealthiest men; under polygyny , they must share the men with other, less desirable women.

Lower prices brought mobile phones within reach of the wealthiest people in the developing world.

WSJ: You are one of Italy's wealthiest businessmen.

In three children's hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the country's wealthiest cities, the figure climbed to 90 per cent.

Forbes compiled its list by estimating the value of stock and other assets held by the wealthiest Americans.

Some of the wealthiest people I know don't have two dimes to rub together.

The world's royal are still among the wealthiest.

He also includes $866 billion from allowing George Bush's tax cuts on the wealthiest households to expire.

The economy's meager gains are going mostly to the wealthiest.

it is the wealthiest nations in the world that allow women the greatest independence.

and therefore restrict their credit to their wealthiest customers.

Al Gore: He spends more money for tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent.

Their Indian empire has stood the test of time, and is possibly the wealthiest state in the whole world.

It is also in the process of distributing HK$6, 000 to every resident, including the wealthiest, to help offset the effects of inflation.

The collapse in share and commodities prices in 2008 cut sharply the fortunes of many of Russia's wealthiest tycoons.

These principles should apply to serve us all, not just the wealthiest.

They're holding tax cuts for 98% of Americans hostage until we pass tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

Johannesburg is sub-Saharan Africa's wealthiest city.

even in the wealthiest countries with universal education , many people are functionally illiterate.

Hurun says there were only six new entrants to the top-100 wealthiest Chinese this year; there were two in 2009.

Hedge fund managers pepper the Sunday Times Rich List of the 1, 000 wealthiest people born or based in Britain.

Government data show that a third of children from the wealthiest fifth of India's population are malnourished.

Fidelity noted the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans hold more than 55 percent of the nation's wealth.

This is the wealthiest part of Ecuador, and complaints that tax revenues are squandered in the capital are common.

Toyota's quality and production processes are still the most envied in the industry, and it remains the world's wealthiest car maker.

Tellingly, half of the 14 female billionaires on Forbes's 2010 list of the world's wealthiest people were from mainland China.

Together, these 18- to 34-year-olds -- scions of some of Asia's wealthiest families -- are heirs to combined fortunes of about $50 billion.

It is easy to find the area of the city where the wealthiest families live.

We lived in an affluent town, though we weren't in the wealthiest of neighborhoods.

And even the wealthiest Americans would get a tax cut on the first $250, 000 of their incomes.

That has dragged down median wages, while the wealthiest have seen their earning power rise.

Picower's wealth was estimated by Forbes magazine at $1bn, putting him among the 400 wealthiest people in the US.

With 57 billion dollars net worth Gates again leads the list of 400 richest individuals in the world's wealthiest country.

In order to save our children from a future of debt, we will also end the tax breaks for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

Students are requiring more and more financial aid, a trend that many believe is unsustainable for all but the wealthiest institutions.

The apparent first casualty is a big one: a proposal to limit tax deductions for the wealthiest 1. 2 percent of taxpayers. Mr.

According to the Hurun report, Zhang Yin is the world's wealthiest woman.

IN APRIL this year, 92 females graced the Sunday Times Rich List, an annual round-up of Britain's 1, 000 wealthiest people.

We think that the wealthiest people may have made these long-distance journeys in order to source rare and exotic materials, like amber.

from the South Side or the wealthiest suburb.

The English Premier League is the wealthiest soccer league in the world.

It's also the second wealthiest city in the world, after Tokyo.

In 2001 and 2003, the wealthiest Americans received two huge new tax cuts.

And we should end the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, too. Because people like me don't need another tax cut.

Guo, with an estimated net worth of $2. 8 billion, is one of the wealthiest 20 people in China, according to Forbes.

As a result, the wealthiest in China are faced with a problem unimaginable a generation ago: what to do with their money.

Forbes listed Mr. Kluge as the wealthiest man in America for three years straight, in 1989, 1990 and 1991.

The report also found that the wealthiest investors in Hong Kong were twice as likely to be childless.

By 2025 Sã o Paulo will be its fifth-wealthiest city, according to PwC, a consultancy.

His family is the wealthiest one in the locality.

The report is based on Tulip's regular survey of the UK's wealthiest individuals, 470, 000 adults living in 335, 000 households.

Wong Tai Sin is one of the largest and wealthiest temples in Hong Kong, employing more than 300 monks.

High-end property sales have fallen sharply in China's wealthiest cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.

And we can't afford to keep spending more money on tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans who don't need them and didn't even ask for them.

Why is this such an unreasonable request when you live in one of the wealthiest, most prosperous countries in the world?

When he died at the age of 82, Yip Sang was not only one of the wealthiest merchants in Vancouver;

HONG KONG - China's wealthiest woman, Zhang Yin, says she has grown rich through honest, hard work - and has nothing to hide.

US president refuses to rule out tax rises for wealthiest Americans as he signs debt limit bill into law

Cuban President Fidel Castro Denounces Forbes Report Calling Him One of World's Wealthiest Rulers

born into one of the wealthiest families of greenville , alabama ,

scaling back Iraq war spending, raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and by improving government efficiency

We're still paying for trillions of dollars in tax cuts that benefited the wealthiest Americans more than anyone else;

The wealthiest man is he who is contented with least.

Forbes Magazine Lists World's Wealthiest People

He is also on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans;