Bill Gates almost destitute

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Scary replied

12 March 2010, 07:57
They've been swapping places at the top of the rich list for the past decade or so.
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threaded replied

12 March 2010, 05:21
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Interesting that during a so called global downturn/recession the number of billionaires rose from 793 to 1,011 this year.

That is what a downturn/recession is: the part of the economic cycle which is characterised by profit taking by the rich.

That's why the New Lie 'No more boom and bust' slogan was so amusing: the only way to prevent the economic cycle is to prevent anyone being rich.

Didn't anyone here, apart from AtW and myself, do any economics at school?
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AtW replied

12 March 2010, 02:17
Originally posted by Xenophon View Post

AtW will be on that list soon.

It might take few years
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Stan.goodvibes replied

11 March 2010, 23:15
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

Time to get out of software and into phones?

Thats just the 'legal' money (although that is debateable) list, if you really want to be rich you should get into being the leader of a drug cartel.
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lilelvis2000 replied

11 March 2010, 09:50
I think I have just short of £100 in my bank account. Whoo whee.
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Drewster replied

11 March 2010, 09:43
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

This time next year I'll be 1/1000th of a billionaire, Rodders.

biwllionaire - Shirley
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DimPrawn replied

11 March 2010, 09:31
Originally posted by DiscoStu View Post

Where did DimPrawn and sasguru place?

This time next year I'll be 1/1000th of a billionaire, Rodders.
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DiscoStu replied

11 March 2010, 09:21
Where did DimPrawn and sasguru place?
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DimPrawn replied

11 March 2010, 09:14
Interesting that during a so called global downturn/recession the number of billionaires rose from 793 to 1,011 this year.
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Xenophon replied

11 March 2010, 09:00
AtW will be on that list soon.
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VectraMan started a topic Bill Gates almost destitute

11 March 2010, 08:58
Bill Gates almost destitute

Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's billionaire's list - the first time since 1994 that an American has not led the rankings.

Mr Slim's fortune rose by $18.5bn (£12.4bn) last year to $53.5bn.

That beat Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($53bn) into second place, with US investor Warren Buffett ($43bn) third.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8560731.stm

Time to get out of software and into phones?
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