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Forbes billionaires' list: Bill Gates richest man in world

Published: March 11, 2009 10:46 AM
By TOM INCANTALUPO  tom.incantalupo@newsday.com

The world has 332 fewer billionaires now than a year ago, according to Forbes magazine. Just as heartbreaking: The world's richest people aren't as rich as they were a year ago.

But if you were worried about Bill Gates -- relax; the chairman of software behemoth Microsoft Corp. has regained the title of world's richest man -- worth $40 billion, although Forbes says he lost $18 billion last...

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