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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...

'NewsBeast' Loses Harman Funding; IAC Gets It All

By Peter Laurie, Reuters

The family of late billionaire stereo magnate Sidney Harman has stopped investing in the Newsweek Daily Beast Co joint venture that it co-owns with Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, according to...
Yahoo Shakes the Tree with New CEO, Marisa Mayer

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

As recently as 36 hours ago, Yahoo-watchers would have sworn nothing would have distracted them from their intense focus on the company’s second-quarter earnings release. But that was before...
China’s ‘Command Economy’ Rebound Depends on Jobs

By Patrick Smith

Western observers are more nervous about China’s economic slump than the Chinese seem to be. We have had a raft of first-half numbers from Beijing over the past week or so as Prime Minister Wen...
5 Execs Who Should Give Back Their Bonuses

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

Infuriated British parliamentarians argued yesterday that former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond lied to or misled their committee when he described his bank’s ties to the Financial Services Authority,...
The Big Questions Raised by the Barclays Scandal

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

While cities and communities across the United States prepared for fireworks displays to celebrate the Fourth of July, in London the only fireworks on view took place during the hearing held by a...

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