Daughters of Mittal, Ambani top Forbes list of billionaire heiresses What is common between Vanisha Mittal Bhatia, Isha Ambani and Pia Singh? Well, their last names are dead giveways but if you still have not figured out, they are the top three women in Forbes magazine's newest list of potential billionaire heiresses. 03 Sep 2008
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Mittal to acquire £117 million London home to keep family near A London mansion, located on a street dubbed Billionaires' Row, is being reportedly sold, fully furnished and with an art collection, to steel king Lakshmi Mittal for a whopping £117 million (or $230 million). 24 May 2008
India makes inroads in Forbes billionaire list Four Indians, including steel behemoth ArcelorMittal's chief Lakshmi N. Mittal and India's biggest listed firm, Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani, are among the top 10 richest person in the world, Forbe's annual billionaire's list has revealed. 16 Mar 2008
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A $150 million condominium for sale in New York After noshing on a $1,000 bagel or tucking into a $25,000 ice cream sundae, a wealthy New Yorker needs someplace to flop on the couch and digest. Where better to do that than a $150 million pied-a-terre? 09 Nov 2007
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World's wealthy still hungry for property The wealthy have lost none of their appetite for property despite the market turmoil triggered by the sale of risky subprime mortgages in the United States, according to some of the world's top private bankers. 11 Oct 2007
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China No.2 in billionaires as assets boom: Researcher China has more billionaires than any country except the United States, as soaring stock and property prices helped to boost wealth among the country's super-rich, researcher Rupert Hoogewerf said. 11 Oct 2007
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Citigroup serves Asia's billionaires with new unit Citigroup's newly created unit to serve Asia's super-rich plans to hire 10 high profile bankers and aims for annual revenue growth faster than its wealth business in Asia, the head of the unit told Reuters on Friday. 05 Oct 2007
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Citigroup to buyout Nikko in $4.6 billion deal Citigroup said it would buy out minority shareholders in scandal-hit Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Corp for $4.6 billion, as part of the financial giant's push into the world's second-largest economy. 02 Oct 2007
