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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...

Pork Really Stinks: $1.8 Million to Study Pig Odor

By KEITH P. WHITE, The Fiscal Times

Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona waged a lonely battle against congressional spending earmarks for years, but now he’s got plenty of company as President Obama and House and Senate Republican leaders all...
Lew Confirmed as OMB Chief after Landrieu Gets Her Way

By Eric Pianin

The Senate finally confirmed Jacob (“Jack”) Lew as the new director of OMB after the White House persuaded Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana to drop her hold on nomination in return for concessions on...
Rattner: Our Leaders Aren’t Truthful about the Deficit

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

In a freewheeling conversation with The Fiscal Times, former ‘car czar’ Steven Rattner says that our leaders – including President Obama – haven’t been straight enough with the American people about...
End of Summers: Obama’s Chance to Change Course

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Larry Summers’ planned departure at the end of the year as director of President Obama’s National Economic Council is, no doubt, politically convenient. The brilliant but prickly 55-year-old Harvard...
What Recession? The CEO of Ventas Delivers a 35% ROI

By Carol Hymowitz, The Fiscal Times

After the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers in 2008, Debra Cafaro, the CEO of Ventas Inc., worried that the country was heading for a massive financial crisis. “I had never seen such big...

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