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World’s Wealthiest Gain $27 Billion as Google Surges to New High
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The 100 richest people on Earth gained a combined $26.9 billion this week as an unexpected drop in the American unemployment rate bolstered confidence in the world’s largest economy.
The fortunes of Google Inc. founders Sergey Brin, 39, and Larry Page, 39, reached their highest point ever Thursday. Google shares established a record high after the Mountain View, California-based company announced it had settled a lawsuit with five publishers over the digital scanning of books. Brin and Page rank 20th and 23th in the world with net worths of about $23 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.