Billionaires
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Canadian security czar buys Napa winery for $57 million. It’s not his firstCalifornia property and corporate records show that a Stephan Crétier-controlled company, SCW Fund Corp., acquired the 100-acre Vine Cliff Winery in Napa, Calif.CanadaOct 17, 2023
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Why Jagmeet Singh drones on about Jeff BezosJeff Bezos has become the perfect cannon fodder for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP ahead of the Sept. 20 vote, explains Carleton professor Randy Boswell.CommentarySep 3, 2021
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Total number of billionaires up 30% amid COVID-19 pandemicThe report found 86 per cent of those on the list are more wealthy than they were just 12 months ago.CanadaApr 7, 2021
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U.S. billionaires richer by $434 billion since coronavirus pandemic began: reportNearly 39 million Americans have filed for unemployment in the same time period.Data DeskMay 21, 2020
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World’s richest 2,000 people control more money than poorest 4.6 billion: OxfamIn a report released ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Oxfam said it estimated that unpaid care work by women added at least $10.8 trillion a year in value to the world economy -- three times more than the tech industry.EconomyJan 19, 2020
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says ‘system that allows billionaires’ is immoralAlexandra Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic congressperson from Queens, says the “system” that creates billionaires is wrong.PoliticsJan 22, 2019
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World’s richest 26 billionaires own as much money as 3.8 billion poorest people: OxfamBillionaire fortunes increased by 12 per cent last year — or $2.5 billion a day.EconomyJan 20, 2019
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Jeff Bezos, other tech moguls lost billions in stock market plungeCollectively, the five tech firms lost $172 billion in just a few hours.EconomyOct 11, 2018
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Billionaire boom: The 1% get richer, but experts are split whether that’s good or badOxfam released a report, saying there were 233 more individuals who became billionaires between April 2016 and March 2017, the highest in any year.ConsumerJan 22, 2018
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World’s wealthiest people made $320 billion in 2016The good news - a number of the world's wealthiest are known to be very generous.MoneyDec 29, 2016
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