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Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird, and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victims

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses

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Wealthy boomers doubt their heirs will keep giving as $124 trillion changes hands, BofA finds. The data shows a different reality

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Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird, and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victims

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses

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Wealthy boomers doubt their heirs will keep giving as $124 trillion changes hands, BofA finds. The data shows a different reality
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Elon Musk is a trillionaire again—and he’d still be the richest person on the planet even if he gave everyone $90

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U.S. debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge while elections add more risk to the debt ceiling, ratings agency warns
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Nearly 1,400 laid off at Ohio factory days before Trump rally. Now a former supporter will help elect Democrats: ‘Something has to change politically’
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MacKenzie Scott’s first novel in 13 years is being called ‘baffling’—and critics are left asking what message she’s trying to send
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