Walk around downtown Racine, Wisconsin and you quickly notice the name Johnson popping up on signposts and street corners. There's the shiny Johnson Building on Main Street, which houses the Johnson Financial Group, Johnson Bank and sports …

By all accounts, Lucas Duplan is a born tech entrepreneur. The 22-year-old from Orinda, California, began selling iPod cases on eBay when he was still in short trousers. On trips to his grandmother's home in Croatia as a teenager, he would rent out her …

The looming war between old-school utilities and rooftop solar seems to be developing a battlefront in Arizona, and "California billionaires" are the new villains. At issue is the conflict over so-called "net metering" policies, under which property …

When the Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista appeared on the Charlie Rose show in 2010, he and his country were on a roll. Brazil's economy, driven by a worldwide commodity boom, grew a blistering 7.5 percent that year. And Mr. Batista's prodigious …

Still, in pursuit of some LOLs, Bloomberg Businessweek (a publication that's owned, coincidentally, by billionaire and politician Michael Bloomberg) has assembled a snazzy infographic, comparing hip-hoppers' inflated lyrical boasts of wealth with …

High School. Students during a meeting at the guidance office at Akins High School in Austin, Texas, April 4, 2013. (Photo: Ben Sklar / The New York Times)Ever since the emergence of talking pictures, schools have been a major subject of both Hollywood …

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto met Thursday with the world's richest man, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) cofounder Bill Gates, and fellow billionaire Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.) CEO Warren Buffett, to discuss opportunities for investing in Mexico.

Becoming a billionaire might not be an easy task and does not happen overnight. While trying to find out the reasons behind the success of these Indian billionaires, one question that strikes our mind is, does the university they have graduated from …

As a result, Pakistan reportedly has at least seven billionaires and thousands of millionaires (the last count being 7,593). Despite this, the U.S. Government continues to shower Pakistan with military, economic and development aid. For fiscal year …