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Billionaire gives $5 million to pro-Gingrich group

A Las Vegas billionaire with ties to Newt Gingrich has given $5 million to an independent group backing the former House Speaker's presidential bid.

Senh: Now he has some money to retaliate against Mitt Romney's attack ads.

 

Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter

A phone hacking scandal may have cost Rupert Murdoch his biggest-selling newspaper in 2011, but the billionaire media mogul managed to end the year with a modest addition to his empire -- an account on Twitter.

Senh: Rupert Murdoch has a Twitter account! I wonder if he has a MySpace account. I also wonder if this means anything else - i.e. that he's actually interested in the microblogging site.

 

Billionaire to run for Russian presidency

Mikhail Prokhorov

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov said on Monday he would run for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin next March, weeks after falling out with the Kremlin over his abortive leadership of a small pro-business party.

 

Warren Buffett to headline Obama campaign event

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will help raise money for President Barack Obama's re-election effort at a $35,800-a-ticket fundraiser next month in Chicago, an Obama campaign official said on Wednesday.

 

Russian tycoon punches fellow billionaire on TV

Russian tycoon Alexander Lebedev has punched a fellow billionaire on a television panel show after a discussion on the financial crisis degenerated into petty name-calling.

Senh: That'll help fix the economy.

 

A New No. 1 on the Forbes China Rich List

Liang Wengen of Sany Heavy Industry is the new number one with a net worth of $9.3 billion, followed by Robin Li.

 

Carl Icahn offers to buy Clorox in $10.2 billion deal

Carl Icahn offers to buy Clorox in $10.2 billion deal

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered to buy Clorox Co in a $10.2 billion deal, but also invited the household products maker to hold a "go shop" sale, which he said should yield a higher bid for the company.

 

Anna Nicole Smith heirs are losers in Supreme Court

Anna Nicole Smith heirs are losers in Supreme Court

A ruling by the Supreme Court favors heirs of billionaire J. Howard Marshall, the late husband of Anna Nicole Smith. Justices say a Texas probate court, rather than a California bankruptcy judge, had the authority to resolve the Marshall estate dispute.

 

Billionaire Tells Wife He's Leaving Her Via Twitter

Move over Anthony Weiner, there is a new Casanova on Twitter. Chinese billionaire Wang Gongquan announced on the social media website that he was leaving his wife for his mistress, according to the Daily Mail. "I am giving up everything and eloping with Wang Qin. I feel ashamed and so am leaving without saying goodbye. I kneel down and beg forgiveness," he Tweeted.

 

Buffett lunch goes for $2.6M in online bid

An anonymous bidder agreed Friday to pay more than $2.6 million for a lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, offering a final amount after the auction closed to top last year's bid.

 

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