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Bill Gates almost destitute

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    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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    AtW will be on that list soon.
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      #3
      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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        #4
        Where did DimPrawn and sasguru place?
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          #5
          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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            #6
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            This time next year I'll be 1/1000th of a billionaire, Rodders.

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              #7
              I think I have just short of £100 in my bank account. Whoo whee.
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              Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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                #8
                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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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
                  AtW will be on that list soon.
                  It might take few years

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                    #10
                    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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