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Your vote: Name this year's best Raw Moment in politics

Which Raw Moment in politics is your favourite? Vote for this year's best.

11/12/2018

USA

Bezos tops Forbes rich list

Bezos is estimated to be worth €90 billion up almost €32 billion from last year

07/03/2018

USA

Forbes Rich List: Trump tumbles 92 places

18/10/2017

USA

Bill Gates 'regrets' this keyboard shortcut

What could billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates possibly regret? Well, a keyboard shortcut, it turns out.

21/09/2017

USA

Amazon's Bezos world's richest man

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest man after a surge in the company's shares pushed his fortune to 77.5 billion euros.

27/07/2017

World News

Oxfam report shows widening disparity between rich and poor

Released on the eve of the World Economic Forum, the damning document states that eight of the world's richest people together possess as much wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest combined.

16/01/2017

USA

The broke billionaire: "Giving while living"

Former frugal billionaire turned philanthropist signs over last of his fortune

03/01/2017

USA

Hanks, De Niro, Gates and more handed top award from Obama

Outgoing US President Barack Obama has handed out his last Medals of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House.

23/11/2016

Economy

Gates puts the Bill in billionaire as his fortune jumps to $90 billion

According to the latest Bloomberg Billionaire's Index, Bill Gates is now worth $90 billion, putting him well clear of the second wealthiest individual Inditex founder Amancio Ortega.

23/08/2016

Economy

Bill Gates launches 'Breakthrough Energy Coalition' at COP21

It’s being called the billionaires’ coalition. Rubbing shoulders with the world leaders at COP21 in Paris, some high-tech gurus are adding their

01/12/2015

World News

Leaders open UN climate conference with good intentions

World leaders from around 150 nations ranging from the United States to Tuvalu have opened their Climate Conference in Paris armed with high

01/12/2015

Economy

Zara's Ortega rivals Bill Gates for Forbes top spot

He briefly overtook Bill Gates to become the richest man in the world, according to Forbes. Amancio Ortega, the Spanish clothes billionaire who

23/10/2015

USA

Getting chilly for charity: ice Bucket challenge takes over the world

19/08/2014