Zhong Shanshan, chairman of Chinese bottled-water company Nongfu Spring, beat Warren Buffett, Larry Page and Steve Ballmer to become the sixth wealthiest person on earth.
It’s only the second time a Chinese national has broken into the world’s Top 10, and no one from the mainland has ever ranked this high on Bloomberg’s wealth index.
In one of Britain's biggest ever divorce battles, ex-wife of Russian oligarch Farkhad Akhmedov had accused their son of helping his father to hide assets.
Pakistan’s Election Commission list includes Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari, but jewellery and cars are not popular investments.
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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