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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...

As Europe Slowly Recovers, the US Heads off the Cliff

By Patrick Smith

What a year for the European Union. Europe has now fought its way through the worst of its fiscal crisis, and the year ahead will end up being more about recovery than austerity. It may seem strange...
Buffett's $1.2B Buyback Saves Shareholder a Fortune

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

Warren Buffett has been a critic of companies that use their capital to buy back stock instead of investing for future growth. He also hasn’t been a big fan of millionaires and billionaires trying to...
Why Obama Can’t Bring Back the 90s Economic Boom

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

When selling his tax hike to the public, President Obama often advertises the economic gravy train that chugged through the Clinton era as proof that higher taxes won’t derail growth. But affluence...
Cliff Stalemate Takes a Huge Toll on Manufacturing

By Edward Krudy, Reuters

Manufacturing unexpectedly contracted in November to its lowest level in more than three years, as companies worried about whether lawmakers in Washington could reach a budget deal in time avert a...
Groupon: CEO Andrew Mason Isn't the Only Problem

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

Pity the poor Groupon (GRPN) investor. Anyone who got caught up in the hype surrounding the IPO of the daily deals company just a little more than a year ago and held on to his shares is now sitting...

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