Billionaires
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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
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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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Forbes releases billionaires list, few Canadians make itIt's that time of the year: Forbes has released its list of the world's richest people. Roughly 1,800 billionaires made this year’s list, with a total net worth of $6.48 trillion.MoneyMar 2, 2016
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