Fame is only as good as the reasons behind it. Lately, Kanye West is famous for having a big mouth and sub-par music.
The Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census shows that the United States has the most billionaires of any country, but Asia is catching up.
Warren Buffett is building out his energy portfolio with a $3.5 billion stake in ExxonMobil.
An SEC filing also shows the Warren Buffett-run holding company cut its stake in ConocoPhillips in the September quarter.
The announcement follows a state investigation into the Warren Buffett-backed company’s labor law violations.
The richest man in Washington, and all of America, remains Bill Gates. Find out who's the richest in your state with this interactive map.
McDonald's is ending its relationship with Heinz after 40 years because the ketchup makers' new CEO used to be the CEO of Burger King.
A number of corporations provided seed money to the conservative Americans for Prosperity, a secret IRS form published Tuesday reveals.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway unloaded all shares it held of newspaper company Gannett in the second quarter.
Blackberry's search for a rescue may lead right to one of its own shareholders.
The world's fifth-largest steel company cites mining rights delays but will continue its $12 billion project elsewhere in India.
Iowa utility MidAmerican Energy has decided against a politically controversial nuclear power plant, opting instead to focus on wind energy.
A 19-year-old Chinese model bought 60 million yuan of stock in a company whose shares then jumped 47 percent. Was she a straw buyer?
As Africa emerges as "the 21st century continent," experts say its future rests on big ideas, entrepreneurship and local ownership.
Discrimination, as it becomes less obvious, becomes a more difficult problem to root out. It becomes less about the obvious repression and more about the way past discrimination is still deeply embedded in the social fabric. We often generally espouse views of equality and respect, but individual actions and views, unbeknownst to ourselves, don't align.To start with the niceties, I do think Warren Buffett has his heart in the right place. I do think he wants women to be equally represented in the workplace. Unfortunately, you can't get equality when you lead with victim blaming.
Policy mandates to improve fuel economy will continue to cause lower crude use in non-OPEC countries.
Warren Buffett becomes a top shareholder of New York's Goldman Sachs investment bank.
The world’s billionaires had a combined fortune of $5.5 trillion -- the equivalent of China’s GDP, according to Hurun.
The most powerful men in Silicon Valley have joined forces to sponsor the most lucrative annual prize in the history of science.
Billionaire Warren Buffett is dipping into the ketchup business as part of a $23.3 billion deal to buy H.J. Heinz Co., uniting a legend of American investing with a mainstay of grocery store shelves.
Heinz, the maker of Ketchup, is being bought by Warren Buffet and a partner for $28 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin And Paul Allen were the most charitable tech leaders leaders, according to a recent report.