Read more billionaire stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7470/billionaire.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:22:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71402/soros-to-invest-1b-to-develop-clean-energy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge Soros is putting his vast resources—or at least $1 billion of them—behind his passion for the environment. Soros plans to invest that amount into developing technology to create clean energy. He's also starting an organization called the Climate Policy Initiative, which will be based in San Francisco,...http://www.newser.com/story/71402/soros-to-invest-1b-to-develop-clean-energy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 17:00:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70699/billionaire-bloodbath-costs-americas-super-rich-300b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica's 400 richest people became a whole lot poorer over the last 12 months, according to the latest Forbes list. Their total wealth fell by a whopping $300 billion to a total $1.27 trillion, with 314 of the 400 experiencing a fall in fortunes. A Forbes editor described the...http://www.newser.com/story/70699/billionaire-bloodbath-costs-americas-super-rich-300b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 3:24:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64567/judge-quashes-trumps-suit-against-author.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDonald Trump will have to live with being regarded as somewhat less astronomically wealthy, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, after a judge today dismissed his defamation suit against Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation . O’Brien estimated that Trump is worth $150-$250 million; Trump says he’s worth billions, and claimed that the under-assessment...http://www.newser.com/story/64567/judge-quashes-trumps-suit-against-author.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 14:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62991/lunch-with-buffett-sells-for-168m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLunch with Warren Buffett is a little cheaper this year. The anonymous winner of an eBay auction for a steak lunch with the Oracle of Omaha paid $1.68 million, down from last year’s record of $2.1 million. It’s still the second highest bid in the 10-year history of...http://www.newser.com/story/62991/lunch-with-buffett-sells-for-168m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 13:09:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62359/stanford-indicted-for-7b-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlleged billionaire fraudster Robert Allen Stanford and six of his associates were indicted today on charges that they ran a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, the AP reports. Stanford turned himself in to authorities yesterday. “A fair jury will find him not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing,” Stanford’s lawyer said. He...http://www.newser.com/story/62359/stanford-indicted-for-7b-ponzi-scheme.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 15:56:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60913/giving-away-billions-feels-great-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Gates is touting the feel-good benefits of giving away money, telling a crowd in Oslo that “all billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortunes.” Leave enough for the kids, he says, but, “I’m a great believer that great wealth should go from the richest to the...http://www.newser.com/story/60913/giving-away-billions-feels-great-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 15:58:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60784/bloomy-obama-doesnt-get-paid-that-much.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBillionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg added to a growing store of off-the-cuff comments yesterday when he defended the Obamas’ theater outing to his Big Apple by saying the president “lives on a budget,” the Times reports. Obama, who makes $400,000 a year, “does not get paid that much,...http://www.newser.com/story/60784/bloomy-obama-doesnt-get-paid-that-much.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 12:07:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60162/savvy-slim-bets-on-nyt-being-a-monopoly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarlos Slim, the elusive Mexican billionaire who bailed out the New York Times to the tune of $250 million, is betting that the Times will be one of a very few major-league news organizations left standing when the current newspaper shakeout is over, Lawrence Wright writes in a profile of...http://www.newser.com/story/60162/savvy-slim-bets-on-nyt-being-a-monopoly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 18:55:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59208/bloomberg-drops-187m-on-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already spent $18.7 million in his bid for a third term, outpacing his own 2005 campaign by 55%, the New York Daily News reports. The billionaire's three main competitors have spent a combined total of about $2.5 million, with controller William Thompson...http://www.newser.com/story/59208/bloomberg-drops-187m-on-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 May 2009 11:08:59 CDT