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But the ultra-wealthy, those in the top 0.1%, are pulling away even from the rest of the rich, the data shows.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Sheffield has a rich boxing history, having produced world champions including Prince Naseem Hamed, Johnny Nelson and Kell Brook, and those in attendance gave their latest champion a hero's welcome.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Sadly, this seems to be the fate of the Buss children, who aside from Jeanie, seem intent on acting like entitled rich kids more interested in dividing up their share of $2.2 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
In the opening scenes, Mr. Turturro’s Harry relieves a rich Wall Street type of his wallet only to discover it contains, along with lots of useless platinum credit cards, exactly zero cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The frybread is perfectly puffy and smothered in rich brown chili.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Also fueling the thirst for points: richer and richer programs, with banks increasingly competing to court big spenders with ultra-premium cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Colleges and universities are billions of dollars richer because of Elon Musk.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Powered by Nintendo's Switch 2 console, the remake features far richer environments, upgraded textures and more detailed character models.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Our observations show that what appears to be a typical short gamma-ray burst can actually conceal a much longer and richer episode of activity at soft X-ray energies."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The taste was not the same as it had been the night before: it was earthier and richer, more sustaining and food-like, so to speak.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Ken Griffin, the world’s richest hedge fund owner, said last week that AI is “almost certainly” fueling a market bubble that could be on the verge of a burst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
A highly publicized study last year by Moody’s Analytics contended the richest 10% of Americans earning $250,000 a year or more accounted for a record 50% of all consumer spending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Financial Times leads on the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, as he considers merging his two companies SpaceX and Tesla into a "sprawling conglomerate spanning rockets, satellites, social media, robots and cars".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Musk, the world's richest man, meanwhile said he would back a merger of SpaceX and Tesla, adding that the combination would be "a good idea".
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The dispute over who has the rights to what might be the richest ship ever to sail the seas continues today with no signs of a resolution in sight.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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