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Billionaire stewardess

KUALA LUMPUR – British billionaire Richard Branson strutted his stuff as an AirAsia flight attendant Sunday – complete with fishnet stockings and figure-hugging red pencil skirt. His star turn on the flight from Australia’s Perth to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur came after he lost a Grand Prix bet with the Malaysian budget carrier’s founder. Incoming search terms:billionaire... 

Kris Aquino: Pay right taxes

ACTRESS-HOST Kris Aquino, who was the top individual taxpayer in 2011, encouraged all Filipinos to be honest in paying their taxes. According to data from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Aquino, the youngest sister of President Benigno Aquino, paid nearly P50 million in income taxes in 2011 – more than the country’s so-called billionaire-tycoons. Incoming search terms:aquino (5)kris... 

‘Sorry payment’

SYDNEY — The son of Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, sought a Aus$15 million (US$15.4 million) “sorry payment” from his mother for how had she treated him over the years, a report said yesterday.  Read More »

Billionaire launches plans for Titanic replica

NEW YORK (AP) – An Australian billionaire says he wants to build a new version of the Titanic that could set sail in 2016. Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for the famously doomed ship’s namesake Tuesday at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. Palmer said 40,000 people have expressed interest in tickets for the maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New... 

Buying Heinz

WASHINGTON- Billionaire Warren Buffett’s investment powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian-led 3G Capital announced Thursday they would take over venerable US ketchup maker Heinz in a deal worth $28 billion. Incoming search terms:hottv cnbA (1) Read More »

Stewardess Branson

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – British billionaire Richard Branson will finally wear a red skirt and serve as a stewardess on Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia in May after losing a Grand Prix bet with the founder of the airline.  Read More »

Shamcey hosts Miss U show

Manila, Philippines – Billionaire Donald J. Trump, the head of the Miss Universe Organization, confirmed last Tuesday that Miss Universe Philippines 2011 Shamcey Supsup will host the behind-the-scenes coverage of Miss Universe 2012 competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 19. Incoming search terms:miss philippines universe (19)miss universe philippines (17)miss... 

Exchange deal

Manila, Philippines – A neophyte party-list congressman defended boxing icon Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao when he denied that the billionaire solon spent over P8 million to buy early Christmas gifts for his House colleagues.  Read More »

Pacquiao to seek 2nd term

By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will seek another term as congressman of Sarangani province when elections are held in 2013. Lawyer Franklin Gacal, Pacquiao’s chief of staff in the House of Representatives, said the fighting congressman had initially thought about running for governor but later realized that his being an active athlete wouldn’t... 

Heir charged after wife’s death

LONDON (AFP) ­- Billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing, the heir to the Tetra Pak fortune, was on Tuesday charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of his US-born wife Eva, British police said.  Read More »