Cities fare better in new U.S. wealth index

The number of extremely rich people living in the United States declined by 18.5 percent in 2008 as the economic crisis took hold, according to a new report... Capgemini, which provides consulting, technology and outsourcing services, released its new annual Metro Wealth Index this week. It measured the number of people with more than $1 million dollars in investable assets excluding primary residence and showed that big cities fared better than the nation as a whole...

Reuters: Cities fare better in new U.S. wealth index