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UK Billionaires' Ranks Halved in Downturn

Wealthiest lose collective $228B

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 26, 2009 12:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – The number of UK billionaires has been almost cut in half by economic woes, from 75 to 43, with the country’s wealthiest having lost a collective $228 billion, the Times of London reports. The hardest-hit was steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who remains Britain’s...   Read full story »

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