1, 2013, from $5.12 million to $1 million – a change that could have left even modestly affluent families facing a tax hit if, say, they owned a house near a coastline. But the so-called fiscal-cliff compromise that … But dissolving trusts that are …

In this case, the facts speak for themselves: The United States, and increasingly the affluent world, has a crisis not of hunger but of obesity. The hunger crisis is a clever fabrication to serve political and commercial interests. If the hunger lobby …

A principal at one affluent Nassau County middle school reported that in his school 235 eighth grade students took accelerated ninth grade math and 190 of them, 78.6% of the students, earned a grade of 80% or better. But inexplicably, 82 out of the 190 …

In 2012, Forbes magazine ranked Canada as #5 in its annual list of the “Best Countries for Business,” describing it as “an affluent, high-tech industrial society in the trillion dollar class” and that it “resembles the US in its market-oriented …

Potter has taken the reins as the big four banks' margins are pressured by rising competition amid low interest rates and ahead of new Treasurer Joe Hockey's financial services inquiry. Potter says he can see no "red flags" from the inquiry and argues …

(BAC) launched Merrill Edge, its mass-affluent service that combines an online brokerage platform with a call center and bank-based employees. The service has grown rapidly, and now has roughly $87 billion in client brokerage assets, with the average …

Much of the language attached to shared-services advocates benefits that don't necessarily appeal to high-earners: the major focus on money saving is not the kind of message designed specifically to entice an affluent demographic. And broadly speaking …

Last week a joint venture between Textron and AirLand Enterprises (an investor group made up largely of retired defense officials) unveiled a dual-engine jet fighter designed specifically to be less sophisticated, less technologically complex, and …

On the heels of our slideshow highlighting countries with the highest percentage of people per capita on 4G mobile data networks, here's the other side: a ranking of the nations with the lowest percentage of subscribers to any kind of mobile service …