NU Online News Service, June 15, 2004, 1:37 p.m. EDT – The world’s population of millionaires increased 7.5% between the end of 2002 and the end of 2003, to 7.7 million.[@@]
Researchers at Capgemini S.A., Paris, and Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., New York, counted people with at least $1 million in financial assets. The personal asset total excluded the value of people’s homes.