Forbes' Billionaires List for 2013 includes such familiar faces as publishing heir David Thomson, at $20.3 billion (dollar figures U.S.), food retailer Galen Weston, at $8 billion, and western Canadian business magnate Jim Pattison, at $5.5 billion …

Pierre Omidyar's $250 million investment in a nonprofit digital journalism start-up is just the latest example of a billionaire spending a ton of money to keep the struggling business of journalism alive. He's following in the path of Amazon's Jeff …

There is something about Mark Cuban that you have to love, and it was on full display this week when he was acquitted of civil insider trading charges brought by the SEC. For many billionaires, the economic downside of a case like this probably would …

According to the list published Wednesday, the number of billionaires in China surpassed the previous high of 113 from last year, and the total fortune of the 400 richest people in the country has topped 3.4746 trillion yuan ($570 billion), a 35 …

U.K. billionaire Richard Branson has mounted a swift online defence of his decision to live to his private Caribbean island retreat, claiming he was not quitting the U.K. for tax but for lifestyle reasons. Over the weekend, a report in the U.K.'s …

The 2013 edition of the Forbes China Rich List published on Wednesday identified a record 168 billionaires in the country. According to the list, the number of billionaires surpassed the previous high of 113 from last year, and the total fortune of the …

Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols on Dollarocracy: How Billionaires Are Buying Our Democracy and What Can We Do About It. International House, 1414 E. 59th St., 6-9 p.m., 773-753-2274. Print Friendly · « Third Thursday: Extra-Ordinary » Poetry …

Being a billionaire is no mean feat. And to do it while inspiring your team and the rest of the world is almost next to impossible. Which is exactly why it makes perfect sense for us to read about such people and get inspired to emulate their feat …

PANAMANIAN and foreign millionaires have become billionaires in just four years under President Ricardo Martinelli said independent presidential candidate Juan Jované on Thursday, October 17. He denounced the corruption of the current administration …