"It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place," observed one of the great philanthropists of the 20th century, Andrew Carnegie. Today, with almost two million nonprofits in the U.S., the challenge of knowing …

Northrim Bank and its affiliate, Residential Mortgage, have established an endowed scholarship with a $100,000 donation to the University of Alaska Foundation in memory of Chris Knudson. Knudson died Sept. 13, 2013, after a lengthy battle against cancer.

Meanwhile, luxury goods took on major political significance, for better or worse: while the government's ongoing anti-corruption campaign meant that 2013 was a year when being photographed with a luxury watch could land an official in jail, Chinese …

Joel Erb, president and CEO of INM United, an innovative technology and design firm, in a staff debriefing meeting on Friday, 11/22/13 in a converted department store on West Broad Street. Erb started in …. “And if I go to the mountains, I'll go out …

Surprisingly the majority of the challenges faced have nothing to do with technology. The technology already exists. Oshkosh Corp. (OSK) already supplies the TerraMax vehicle to both the British and US military. The six wheel drive monster was …

Jim Farley, 51, was bumped up to executive vice president from group vice president, and added responsibility for the Lincoln luxury brand to his duties as head of global marketing. “Our leadership team works well together and has for years,” Hinrichs …

Lawrence Ellison, CEO of computer technology company Oracle Corporation, had to install a hi-tech security system in his home "because of Mr. Ellison's importance to Oracle". Mr Ellison footed the bill for the installation and system upkeep, but the …

Recipients of this year's Nobel Prizes converged on Stockholm yesterday to receive their medals, dine with the King and Queen, and be treated like the scientific royalty. For most this time is, understandably, about them and their work. So bravo to my …

The first luxury serviced hotel apartments near the World Expo 2020 site have gone on sale, developer Damac Properties said on Sunday. Apartments in the 10-storey, 270 unit tower at Dubai World Central, called Tenora, start from AED610,000 ($166,000).