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03/10/2006:

"Billionaires are dime a dozen on Forbes rich list"

There was good news for rich people yesterday, when an annual listing of the world's billionaires showed there were more of them than ever.

The 793 billionaires making the 2006 list published by Forbes magazine is an increase of 102 on last year. And the rich keep getting richer, with their total net worth up 18%. The combined value of their billions is put at $2.6 trillion, a fraction less than the US federal government's entire budget proposal for next year.
guardian.co.uk