The 38 Chinese billionaires on the Bloomberg index added $177 billion in 2017, a 65 percent gain that was the biggest of the 49 countries represented. Hui Ka Yan, founder of developer China Evergrande Group, added $25.9 billion, a 350 percent jump from last year, and the second-biggest U.S. dollar
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RING IT IN, RING IT UP: Shoppers at Primark, above, in Downtown Crossing, hit the stores yesterday for post-Christmas retail therapy.
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Don't like your holiday present? That's a gift for FedEx and UPS. The companies stand to gain as fickle shoppers – and hard-to-please loved ones – send items back to retailers and other vendors in droves.
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Uber is selling its money-losing auto-leasing business to Fair.com, a startup that's trying to upend the auto-leasing industry.
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