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A growing number of companies are offering "yacht shipping" services, where yachts are loaded and carried on giant cargo ships to distant locations.
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There are some hopeful new signs in the private-jet market, but experts don't expect a full recovery until 2013 or later.
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Gina Rinehart, reputed to be the world's richest woman, is making headlines again for power struggles with her family and the Australian media.
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According to a new poll from Spectrem Group, a majority of millionaire voters are likely to go for Mitt Romney. But it wasn't taxes that swayed them.
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The world may try to plug their budget holes by targeting the wealthy.
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Median wealth for whites fell less than it did for blacks and Hispanics between 2005 and 2010.
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Growing demand from the increasingly itinerant global rich, coupled with a shorter supply of trophy homes in some markets, has led to a rise in $100,000-a-month rentals.
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Even before buying the Hawaiian island of Lanai, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was among the biggest spenders in corporate America.
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Excalibur Almaz will charge wannabe astronauts an average of £100 million for a six to eight month journey exploring deep space
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The ten best reads for the High Net Worth reader to hit the beach with this summer.
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The United States is still No. 1 when it comes to the number of millionaires in a single country, but global wealth is continuing its movement eastward.
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A new study shows that charitable giving in America increased 4 percent last year, to $298.4 billion. But Americans gave only 1.9 percent of income to charity, down from previous levels.
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A new study of multi-millionaires finds that only half plan to leave their inheritence to their kids.
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The very rich seem to be spending conservatively on their luxuries and their investments alike, which is bad news for the rest of us.
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Amid Greece's economic woes, there is some good news: importers and top sommeliers are becoming more interested in the increasing quality (and rising prices) of Greek wines.
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An over-supply of mega-yachts in the Mediterranean has led to heavy discounting and deals for yacht renters. Some are offering free private jet flights with a yacht rental.
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The slowing economy has led to some unprecedented bargains in the charter yacht business. Click ahead to see what kind of yacht is for rent at a discount this summer.
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Sports fans hold strong opinions about basketball salaries, but economics professor David Berri developed a statistical method to see which players are the most overpaid.
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Luxury watch brands are launching high-end, high-tech smartphones with the craftsmanship traditionally associated with the art of watchmaking.
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No wonder tennis star Rafa Nadal was so sad about losing his watch this week. The company that makes it is totally sold out of the product.
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New Fed data show that while the middle class lost more than a third of their wealth between 2007 and 2010, the top 10% gained. The reason is quite simple: the wealthy owned more stocks.
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Frank joined CNBC in 2012 as a reporter and editor. He is a leading journalistic authority on the American wealthy.