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- New Delhi, Oct 9, 2007: The Indian stock market boom has
made the Ambani brothers arguably the richest in the world
if one clubs the fortunes of Mukesh and Anil, which at USD
91.41 billion is far ahead of even the Walton family of
Wal-Mart.
- Overseas Indians have an estimated US$1 trillion in assets,
and wealth managers in Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong and elsewhere
have been stepping up efforts to help manage it.
- New7Wonders, the
nonprofit organization conducted the poll that 100 million
votes were cast through the Internet and cellphone text
messages- The Great Wall of China, Rome's Colosseum, India's
Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America
were among the new seven wonders of the world
- In 2005, $24 billion came into the country as remittances,
out of which nearly 45 per cent was from the Gulf countries.
Indians in the US have so far invested $5.2 billions in
India.
NRIs like to see India's name
some place in Top 100 brands
The Top Ten Best Brands
2006
Company Country Brand Value (Mil)
1. Coca-Cola (KO) U.S. $67,000 (Mil)
2. Microsoft (MSFT) U.S. $56,926 (Mil)
3. IBM (IBM) U.S. $56,201 (Mil)
4. General Electric (GE) U.S. $48,907 (Mil)
5. Intel (INTC) U.S. $32,319 (Mil)
6. Nokia (NOK) Finland $30,131 (Mil)
7. Toyota (TM) Japan $27,941 (Mil)
8. Disney (DIS) U.S. $27,848 (Mil)
9. McDonald's (MCD) U.S. $27,501 (Mil)
10. Mercedes-Benz Germany $21,795 (Mil)
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Survey and Survey Methodology 
- United States is the richest nation with 2.67 million
millionaires. The other countries with the highest number
of HNWIs are: Germany (767,000), the United Kingdom (448,000),
China (320,000), Canada (232,000), Australia (146,000),
Brazil (109,000), Russia (103,000) and India has 83,000
millionaires
- Nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic
origin by 2025.x
- 80 million Indians abroad have the same
gross national product as the 980 million in India
- Overseas NRI/POI populations:
Southeast Asia 4.6 million, Persian gulf region 3.4
million, United States 1.7 million, United Kingdom 1.2 million,
South Africa1 million, Canada 850,000, Europe (excl UK)
560,000, Mauritius 710,000, Africa (excl SA) 540,000, Trinidad
& Tobago500,000, Suriname 150,000
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