A few billionaire investors hold today's featured regional banking companies that are merging with other regional banks to strengthen themselves and to expand their reach: Cascade Bancorp ( CACB ) and HomeStreet Inc. ( HMST ), as revealed by the …

She was one of four candidates to receive a donation from the Arnolds, Houston billionaires who have their own foundation. One of the foundation's focuses is education reform; in a video on GiveSmart.org, the Arnolds talk about their decision to donate …

Billionaires willing to support policies that come at their own financial expense is nothing particularly new. People like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates have long displayed a willingness to support policies that inur to the benefit of all Americans even …

But reflecting the overwhelming role of the state in those two nations, particularly in China, only three of these power people are billionaires: Robin Li, head of Chinese Internet search firm Baidu Baidu, and oil magnate Mukesh Ambani (above left) and …

Individual opinions about gun rights aside, it's scary to imagine what the Second Amendment or the special interests of a billionaire with no connections to our community have to do with Mesa County's school board election. Someone or another in our …

Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman's fast-paced, densely interesting The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters is the first book to tell the stories of the obstinate, ravenous, methodical, sometimes …

Lamenting that Maharashtrians lagged behind in commercial and industrial wealth, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut wondered when they would join the ranks of billionaires and the ultra-rich. “Lakshmi pujan is being held in Maharashtra, but where is the …

There is something puzzling about the internet billionaires' love for journalism. Newsweek, The Washington Post, and some smaller print enterprises, bought out by such moneybags are examples. Now e-Bay's billionaire owner Pierre Omidyar is funding a …

MADRID | By Julia Pastor | Banco Santander's chairman Emilio Botín pointed it out a couple of weeks ago: “Everyone is interested in Spain to invest”. Meanwhile, Bill Gates bought 6% of the FCC. As if light had come to the Spanish economy, €20bn of …