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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...

Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion

By ALEXEI ORESKOVIC and Gerry Shih, Reuters

Facebook will pay $1 billion in cash and stock for photo-sharing application Instagram, making its largest-ever acquisition in the months before a mega-IPO.
Romney Targets Obama after Three Big Wins

By Eric Pianin

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney rode to three impressive GOP primary victories Tuesday night in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and used his victory celebration to step up...
L.A. Dodgers Sale: $1B Payday for a ‘Baseball Bandit’

By Yuval Rosenberg

To restore the glory of Dodger Blue, Magic Johnson and his partners will be shelling out a lot of green – maybe too much, sports economists say. And the biggest beneficiary of their largesse is a man...
Guess Who Wants to Kill Corporate Tax Reform

By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

On the surface, large, publicly traded, U.S. firms appear united in their desire to push for corporate tax reform. But the likelihood that large multinational firms like GE, Pfizer, and Google might...
Former Employee Tightens the Screws on Goldman Sachs

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

Is Greg Smith disingenuous? Willfully blind? Machiavellian? Deluded? Peeved by the size of his bonus and feeling vindictive? Or simply stupid? Whatever the case, the now-former Goldman Sachs banker...

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