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With Amazon Shares Near $1,000, Jeff Bezos Could Soon Be the World’s Richest Man

By Robert Frank, CNBC

With Amazon's stock price brushing $1,000 , Jeff Bezos is within striking distance of becoming the world's richest man. As of Friday's close, Bezos was worth $85.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg...
Snake Eyes on a Plane: Why United’s Boss Is Another Out-of-Touch CEO

By Ciro Scotti

Wells Fargo’s former CEO John Stumpf didn’t get it. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick didn’t get it (and probably never will). Now it seems to be dawning on United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz that he didn’t get...
The 20 Richest People in the World

By Janna Herron

Since Election Day, the stock market has jumped 11 percent, growing the net worth of Americans with 401(k)s and other investments. Some of the world’s richest people have not fared quite as well.
The Most Overpaid CEO in America

By Beth Braverman

A new report takes a close look at CEO pay to determine which top executives may be taking home more than they deserve.
Millennials Aren’t Going Cashless -- but the End of Cash Is Coming

By Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC

If millennials are supposed to be the first generation going mostly cashless, they are making the move halfheartedly. Millennials still rely on cash — 80 percent of millennials carry greenbacks. And...

Mark Cuban: 5 Essential Rules for Starting a Business

By Marguerite Ward , CNBC

It is an exciting time for anyone who's ever dreamed of being their own boss. Across the U.S., new start-up hubs are growing and a variety of policies are making it easier to start a business. But...
The Big Problem With Peter Thiel’s Defense of Donald Trump

By Eric Pianin

Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel likes to say that the problem with the news media is that it takes Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “literally, but not seriously,” while he and...
These Ex-Congress Members Are Making Big Bucks on Corporate Boards

By Eric Pianin

For many former Republican and Democratic lawmakers, the road to retirement from Congress has been paved with gold. Scores of former lawmakers with proven expertise and easy access to their one-time...
Is It Time for a 30-Hour Workweek? Amazon Gives It a Try

By Catherine Clifford, CNBC

For today's always-on, ever-connected workers, it's no surprise that the traditional 9-to-5 is dying. But what will the new normal look like? Rather than expecting employees to work more, some...
14 Things That Might Surprise You About Warren Buffett

By Elena Holodny, Business Insider

Warren Buffett has been incredibly successful, and he's extremely wealthy. In fact, he's worth about $62.1 billion right now. But how much is $62.1 billion really, and how good is Buffett at...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Narcissistic CEOs

By Marine Cole

While narcissist CEOs can use their charisma and risk-taking tendencies to lead a company to great financial success and innovation, narcissism among top management is often a double-edge sword...
How Zuckerberg Could Become the Richest Person on the Planet

By JAY YAROW, Business Insider

We doubt this is Mark Zuckerberg's goal in life, but if he wanted to be the richest man in the world Facebook's stock has to go to $200. We got that number from Bloomberg wealth reporter David de...
The Metaphor That Dramatically Captures Janet Yellen’s Interest Rate Dilemma

By Yuval Rosenberg

Janet Yellen may be done with her two-day testimony before Congress, but she remains very much in the hot seat. As the Fed winds down its bond-buying stimulus program, set to end in October, and with...
LeBron James’s Brilliant Contract Play with the Cavaliers

By Phil Terrigno, The Fiscal Times

LeBron James is a transcendent basketball talent because his skills are so wide-ranging. He’s a 6-foot-8 forward who can defend bulky centers and still dribble around lithe guards on a fast-break. He...
Is Betting on Women CEOs a Smart Financial Move?

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

It has been more than three years since I first began hearing rumblings from women on Wall Street: They wanted to find a way to create investment vehicles that would put money to work in companies...

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