Another day, another mind-blowing fact about the staggering difference between the haves and the have-nots. Incomes for the bottom 90 percent of Am...

Some people are making a fortune in the unlikeliest places -- like Iraq and Zimbabwe. Though the U.S. has the most billionaires in the world, a num...

This year Forbes has uncovered a record 1,426 billionaires. That is 200 more than we found in 2012, another record breaking year. It’s also nearly t...

PARIS — Embattled French President Francois Hollande suffered a fresh setback Saturday when France's highest court threw out a plan to tax the u...

When Paul Krugman butts heads with someone, they better watch out. That's because the Nobel-winning economist has some pretty strong views, and freque...

BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - China is trying hard to revive interest in its ailing stock market, but some investors are instead shelling out big money ...

Having a private pool may seem like a luxury reserved for single-family homeowners, but in Lima, Peru, even apartment dwellers can take a dip in priva...

Owning a private island is something very few people can even dream of. But some of the super-rich not only own a slice of paradise, they’ve also ma...

Not all millionaires sport a top hat, monocle and cane, but it turns out lots have one thing in common: They don’t feel wealthy. More than one-qu...

The super-rich have taken a cue from pirates. The share of wealthy investors buying up treasure has increased over the past five years, according ...

The sluggish economy has been more sluggish for some than others. The median earnings of working class people fell more than 4 percent between 200...

The richest women may span the globe, but two of them come from the same family: the Waltons. Two of the Walmart heirs capture spots one and and t...

One of Facebook's billionaire co-founders may have found a way to sidestep taxes on the money he’ll get when the social network goes public later th...

Most people have too much on their plates to worry about what will happen when the world ends. But then there are those who have too much money no...

WASHINGTON -- Despite the Internal Revenue Service's promise to bring new scrutiny to tax avoidance schemes used by the super rich, a new report finds...

By John O'Callaghan and Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE, March 31 (Reuters) - A whisky made to mark the 60th year on the throne of Britain...