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The Most Important Cities In The World
Business Insider ^ | 04/22/2014 | JULIE ZEVELOFF

Posted on 04/23/2014 5:22:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

London is the most important city in the world for the rich, according to the latest Wealth Report from real estate consulting firm Knight Frank. But it won't hold onto its title for long.

According to the report, New York is set to overtake London as the top city for the wealthy in the next decade. And Asian cities like Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai will also become more important over the next 10 years.

Knight Frank determined its eighth-annual "global cities" ranking based on four factors: economic activity, political power, quality of life, and influence and power

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: cities; mostimportant
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To: Jim Noble

I feel old. I remember when Beijing was Peking, and was most famous for its duck.


21 posted on 04/23/2014 8:06:16 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Slambat

I agree because I’m close... as I want to be.


22 posted on 04/23/2014 8:10:40 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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