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Massachusetts Democrats blast billionaire's bid to stir Senate race
2013-03-22 10:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Both Democratic contenders in Massachusetts' April Senate primary are pushing back against a former hedge fund manager turned environmental activist who is trying to make the proposed Keystone XL pipeline an issue in the race. While the pipeline, which would carry crude from Canada's tar sands to Texas refineries, is not due to come anywhere near the New England state, California billionaire Tom Steyer is threatening a campaign to make it a wedge issue ahead of the April 30 primary. Steyer,...
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Forbes List of Billionaires Includes Five Luxury Watch Industry Players
2013-03-10 16:43:09| Apparel - Topix.net
After perusing the just-released Forbes list of billionaires , I was surprised to find that I recognized several names - five to be exact.
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Politicians Top Forbes Billionaires List
2013-03-05 02:41:49| IT Services - Topix.net
The richest politician to grace the list this year is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is ranked as the 7th richest person in the United States.
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India among TOP countries in number of BILLIONAIRES
2013-02-01 11:34:46| Jewelry - Topix.net
The number of billionaires worldwide grew 9.4 per cent to 2,160, expanding their wealth by 14 per cent to $6.19 trillion - a $760 billion jump over the previous year, according to research firm Wealth-X. Let's take a look at some of the countries, including India, that have the most billionaires in the world.
Top climate scientist denounces billionaires over funding for climate-sceptic organisations
2013-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A climate scientist who says he has been subjected to a vitriolic hate campaign has denounced the way that American billionaires have been able to secretly finance the climate-sceptic organisations that have attacked him. Professor Michael Mann of Pennsylvania University, who has been targeted by climate-change sceptics for his work on global temperature records, said it was wrong for wealthy individuals such as the oil billionaire Charles Koch to surreptitiously finance the counter-movement...
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