Read more millionaires stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8045/millionaires.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:52:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73068/college-bosses-earn-record-1m-pay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLean times can go to the back of the class when it comes to college presidents. A record 23 of them raked in more than $1 million last year, up from nine in 2007. Not so surprisingly, many of presidents reigned at institutions among the 58 which charged more than...http://www.newser.com/story/73068/college-bosses-earn-record-1m-pay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 5:14:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68054/how-to-spend-your-333m-mega-jackpot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the Mega Millions jackpot at $333 million, ABC News investigates the best ways to spend it: A new pad: "I would think they'd want to own a truly extraordinary home," says a real-estate agent. How about 3 townhouses in Greenwich Village, at just $16 million a pop? That's "one...http://www.newser.com/story/68054/how-to-spend-your-333m-mega-jackpot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 18:25:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64781/israel-to-us-we-wont-halt-housing-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid intense US-Israeli negotiations over settlements, Israel today brushed off Washington’s request to stop an American millionaire's housing project in East Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reports. Palestinians have complained that it would change demographics in the Arab-dominated area. But Obama "had crossed a red line" in asking Israel to cease...http://www.newser.com/story/64781/israel-to-us-we-wont-halt-housing-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 16:56:01 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/62763/credit-crisis-snips-ranks-of-super-rich.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWon't somebody think of the poor millionaires? The global financial crisis has hit the world's "super rich" hard and left many of them merely extremely wealthy, the Financial Times reports. The number of "ultra high net worth individuals" with over $30 million to invest shrank by nearly a quarter last...http://www.newser.com/story/62763/credit-crisis-snips-ranks-of-super-rich.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 3:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42829/what-really-happened-in-astors-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new book about Brooke Astor portrays the New York philanthropist as a frail, paranoid 105-year-old pressured to give up her fortune. Drawing on notes from Astor's former staff, Mrs. Astor Regrets describes son Tony Marshall's alleged bilking of her millions. Astor's staff "filled 30 journals over four years with...http://www.newser.com/story/42829/what-really-happened-in-astors-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Nov 2008 18:08:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42254/30m-mansion-sinks-hearst-heiress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven America's wealthy can live beyond their means, and Veronica Hearst—widow of Randy, the son of newspaper mogul William Randolph—outspent her fortune by millions, Vicky Ward writes in Vanity Fair . Her undoing was the July 2000 purchase of a $30 million mansion in Florida once owned by the...http://www.newser.com/story/42254/30m-mansion-sinks-hearst-heiress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Nov 2008 17:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38563/foreclosures-soar-on-homes-over-1m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe housing crisis, having wreaked havoc on low- and middle-income homeowners, is moving into the mansion set. Foreclosures on $1 million plus homes have almost doubled since last year, MSNBC reports, and more than doubled for homes over $2 million. The reasons are familiar: layoffs in the executive and professional...http://www.newser.com/story/38563/foreclosures-soar-on-homes-over-1m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Sep 2008 17:38:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36435/uk-millionaire-set-fire-after-killing-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice have found the body of a UK millionaire inside the charred remains of his mansion, the Guardian reports. Authorities now believe Christopher Foster fatally shot his wife and teenage daughter, along with three family horses and four dogs, early on Aug. 26 before setting the house ablaze and turning...http://www.newser.com/story/36435/uk-millionaire-set-fire-after-killing-family.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 18:35:01 CDT