Directly from the Wall Street Journal - a Republican newspaper - "Under Mr. Obama’s [tax] plan, the income for the top 1% would decline by an average of 9%. The incomes of the top tenth of 1% would shrink by more than 10%. Under Mr. McCain, incomes for the top 1% would grow by 3%. The top tenth of 1% do best — with more than 4% growth in incomes." Maybe the WSJ is trying to rally the rich to v
INTERVIEW OF WARREN BUFFETThere was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! 2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers. 3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha , that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence. 4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him. 5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company. 6. His company,
Billionaires Blog: By PycoonLaksmi Mittal: Photo by Albert WatsonAccording to Forbes magazine, steel tycoon Laksmi Mittal along with Mukesh and Anil Ambani are among the 10 wealthiest CEOs in the world.four Out of the world’s 10 wealthiest CEOs positions are Indians, Laksmi Mittal is ranked at the second place followed by Mukesh Ambani (6th place), Anil Ambani (7th) and Wipro chief Azim Premji (9th).The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warrent Buffet is the wealtiest CEo with a fortune of $52 billion. Arcelor Mittal chief Lakshmi Mittal has a net worth of $32 billion, followed by Mukesh Ambani with $20.1billion and Anil Ambani have fortunes worth and $18.2 billion. Chief of IT bellweather Wipro Azim Premji has a net worth of $17.1 billion.However, these net worth figures are not current and ha
For the 14th time, the Microsoft founder, Bill Gates is still the richest man in America with a net worth of $59 billion according to Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans. Bill was followed by Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway on the list with a net worth of $52 billion.Here is the Top 25 on Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans.#1 William Gates III ($59.0 billion) Microsoft#2 Warren Buffett ($52.0 billion) Berkshire Hathaway#3 Sheldon Adelson ($28.0 billion ) casinos, hotels#4 Lawrence Ellison ($26.0 billion) Oracle#5 Sergey Brin ($18.5 billion) Google#5 Larry Page ($18.5 billion) Google#7 Kirk Kerkorian ($18.0 billion) investments, casinos#8 Michael Dell ($17.2 billion ) Dell#9 Charles Koch ($17.0 billion) oil, commodities#9 David Koch ($17.0 billion) oil, commodities#11 Paul Allen ($16.8 billion ) Microsoft, investments#12 Christy Walton & family, ($16.3 billion) Wal-Mart Inheritance#12 Jim Walton ($16.3 billion) Wal-Mart
From the day he was drafted 11th over all by the Indianapolis Colts in 2002, defensive end Dwight Freeney has been on a dual mission. The first is to unsettle the opposing team’s offense. The second is to shake up the salary structure so that the game’s premier quarterback stoppers will be compensated as richly as the game’s top quarterbacks. N.F.L. A.F.C. Schedule | N.F.C. Teams | Statistics Transactions A.F.C. Injuries | N.F.C. Discuss the N.F.L. Giants more…
At a recent Jazz-Warriors game, the Jazz rewarded their fans with cool t-shirts to promote fan unity and as a thank you for the fans' support of the team ... but only if you ponied up enough dough to be in the lower, most expensive seats.From the Tribune:The Jazz apparently angered many fans who watched Game 2 of their playoff series against Golden State from the upper bowl at EnergySolutions Arena, by giving away T-shirts only to those fans who sat in the more expensive lower-bowl seats.But they said they didn't mean to slight anybody."We may do something different for the upper-bowl fans, at some point," said Randy Rigby, the Jazz's senior vice president of broadcasting, sales and marketing.How about at least a free Utah Jazz pen or one of those We're #1 foam fingers for the nosebleeders? I know you wouldn't want to spend too much on those cheap bastards who only spent a paltry $65 to see the game.Rigby said the Jazz gave away the same number of light-blue shirts - 10,000 - as o
Here are the ten wealthiest football clubs by revenue!
The figures below take into account income from ticket sales, merchandising and broadcasting contracts but do not include transfer revenues and does not calculate profitability.
1)Real Madrid: £202m2)Barcelona: £179.1m 3)Juventus: £173.7m 4)Man Utd: £167.8m 5)AC Milan: £165m 6)Chelsea: £152.8m 7)Inter Milan: £142.8m 8)Bayern
