The List

By Harriet Barovick, Autumn DeLeon, Michelle Derrow, Tam Gray, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, Anne Moffett, David Spitz and Chris Taylor

COIN COLLECTING Congress is contemplating raising the President's salary from $200,000 to $400,000. One day the U.S. head of state may be able to buy his Singaporean counterpart a drink:

Singapore $465,000 Japan $375,735 Russia $320,000 Taiwan $303,000 Costa Rica $250,000 Britain $165,000 Australia $80,000 Ukraine $5,000