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Liang Wengen of Sany Heavy Industry is the new number one with a net worth of $9.3 billion, followed by Robin Li.

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim kept his title as the world’s richest person for the second year in a row in 2011 as the number of billionaires from emerging-market countries continues to soar.

Guangzhou, once know as Canton and long one of China’s international business hubs, has been named by Forbes China magazine as China’s best city for business.

Things are on the up for U.S. billionaires with more than half of them adding to their net worth in a year which once again saw Bill Gates as the richest of them all, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday.

Forbes' annual report on top-earning musicians shows Beyonce at the number three spot, earning $87 million, while her husband Jay-Z comes in at number six with $63 million. Forbes compiles the list by calculating artists' album sales, ticket sales,...

Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.

Rupert Murdoch is more powerful than the pope. In its inaugural list of the world's most powerful people, Forbes has the News Corp. chief at No. 7. Topping the list is President Obama, followed by China president Jintao Hu, Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

Pop star is No. 3 on Forbes' list of dead celebrity earnings.