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Villar still richest, Go among poorest in Senate in 2019

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 02:16 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—Sen. Cynthia Villar remains the richest member of the Senate in 2019, based on senators' latest statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs). Read more »

World's richest families fret about geopolitics, climate change

Carolyn Cohn, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 07:52 AM

The world's richest families are worried about the US-China trade spat, Brexit, populism and climate change and are keeping more of their money in cash, according to a survey of family offices by the world's largest wealth manager. Read more »

Mayor Isko: Manila will be capital region's richest city in 3 years

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 12:30 AM

Manila will be the National Capital Region's richest city by 2022, Mayor Isko Moreno said Friday, saying the local government is expecting a "P90-billion windfall" in the coming years. Read more »

SM leads PH firms in Forbes' 200 Asian companies with sales over $1B

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 04:56 PM

Eight of the country's largest firms landed in Forbes Asia's list of the best 200 listed companies in the Asia Pacific region with sales above $1 billion.  Read more »

Duterte Cabinet still club of billionaires, multimillionaires in 2018

Kia Obang, ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Updated as of Jun 24 10:47 AM

MANILA - Two of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet members remained billionaires in 2018 while the rest are still multimillionaires, according to their latest sworn Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs).    Read more »

1-Pacman solon is still House's richest; fellow billionaire is second

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 05:32 PM

Rep. Michael Odylon Romero of the 1-PACMAN party-list remained the richest congressman in 2018, followed by one other billionaire member of the House of Representatives, according to a document released Wednesday by the chamber.  Read more »

Africa's richest man withdrew $10 million just to look at it

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 10:16 AM

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, known as Africa's richest man, told a forum in Ivory Coast on Saturday how he once took $10 million in cash out of the bank just to look at it and get it into his head that this was real money, not just figures on paper. Read more »

Trump rose on Forbes richest list as other billionaires slipped

Dan Fastenberg, Reuters
Posted at Mar 07 05:57 AM

NEW YORK - US President Donald Trump's personal fortune held steady over the past year, but he vaulted higher on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world as dozens of his fellow tycoons suffered financial setbacks. Read more »

Makati dethrones QC as richest city

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 11:02 PM

Makati's assets soared to P196.57 billion in 2017, making it the country's richest city, a distinction held for years by Quezon City, according to a Commission on Audit report. Read more »

Grandpas rule Forbes richest list in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 10:38 AM

Many Filipino billionaires at the top of Forbes Magazine's richest list are, not surprisingly, grandfathers, with some of the third generation looking to emulate their grandparents' success. Read more »

NFL’s Dallas Cowboys stay atop Forbes list of world’s richest sport teams

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 19 04:28 AM

Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona finished Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the list behind the Cowboys. Read more »

Henry Sy is PH richest for 10th straight year: Forbes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 02:48 PM

Filipino-Chinese mall tycoon Henry Sy is the Philippines' richest man for the 10th year in a row, as captains of the country's top conglomerates benefited from robust economic growth, according to Forbes Magazine. Read more »

The rich list in Congress: Party-list rep is richest solon

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 02:57 PM

The House of Representatives has released the summary of the sworn statements of assets, liabilities and net worth of congressmen of the 17th Congress, nearly 4 months after the deadline for the filing of the declarations lapsed. Read more »

Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person - briefly

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 11:03 AM

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the US tech giant enabled him to overtake Microsoft founder Bill Gates, a new estimate showed. Read more »