David M. Rubenstein, the billionaire Bethesda philanthropist, will donate $7.5 million to help fix the shuttered, earthquake-damaged Washington Monument , government officials plan to announce Thursday. Read full article > >

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WASHINGTON — Warren Buffett is bringing his fight to raise taxes on the super-wealthy to Congress’ deficit-reduction supercommittee. In an exchange of letters between the billionaire investor and a Republican congressman that Buffett sent the committee this week, Buffett is offering to release his federal tax returns — with a condition. Read full article > >

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Anil Ambani, the billionaire chairman of Reliance Communications, is questioned as part of a probe into a phone-licence selling scandal.

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