Billionaire Wilbur Ross, chosen by Donald Trump to help implement the president-elect's trade agenda, earned his fortune in part by running businesses that have offshored thousands of U. S. jobs,...
The world's eight richest individuals have as much wealth as the 3.6bn people who make up the poorest half of the world, according to Oxfam. The charity said its figures, which critics have queried,...
Abstract The Brazilian ‘locomotive’ has stopped. Oil production has been one of crucial drives in fostering not only economic but social growth in Brazil, but now sees the country gripped by...
Scarlett Johansson has been named as the top grossing actor of 2016 by Forbes magazine. Her movies, including Captain America: Civil War and the Coen Brothers' Hail Caesar!, earned $1.2bn (£978m)...
The daughter of former Mozambique President, Armando Guebuza, Valentina Guebuza, is reported to have been shot dead in the capital Maputo. Her husband, Zofino Muiuane has been arrested by police, the...
The daughter of former Mozambique president Armando Guebuza, Valentina Guebuza, is reported to have been shot dead in the capital Maputo. Her husband, Zofino Muiuane has been arrested by police, the...
US President-elect Donald Trump took a populist tone on the campaign trail, pledging to stand for a beleaguered working class abandoned by the elite. Yet, as he selects his cabinet, observers are...
The billionaire daughter of Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has strongly defended his decision to appoint her as the head of the state oil firm, Reuters news agency reports. Isabel dos...
Isabel dos Santos is the richest woman in Africa, according to Forbes magazine The Angolan Supreme court has demanded that President Jose Eduardo dos Santos explain why he made his daughter the boss...
Facebook on Monday launched ‘Workplace’, which is just like ‘Facebook’, but takes away your friends and replaces them with your co-workers. Your work account and your Facebook account will...
Donald Trump’s net worth has fallen by $800m (£614m) in less than a year, it has been reported. The Republican presidential candidate is now worth $3.7bn (£2.84bn) after his hotel management and...
“Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich,” Donald Trump once said, but according to Forbes magazine he’s much less rich than a year ago. The business magazine has reappraised the...
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has denied reports that he is dead. Dw-tv3.com reported that Mr Dagote died at age 59 in Germany after a short illness. The publication has gone viral on social...
I started thinking again recently of my youthful days after reading Forbes edition of July 20, 2016 in which a 28-Year-Old John Crestani was said to have read the bible and the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu...
British author Paula Hawkins, whose novel The Girl on the Train has become a major hit, has joined the list of the world's biggest-earning authors.
The London writer was the only new entry on the...
(Angola, Vanguardngr) Africa’s richest woman, Angolan Isabel dos Santos, is set to spread her banking empire into neigbouring Namibia, after a banking licence was approved by the country’s...
