Ron Sim, the 55-year old founder of OSIM International, a company best known for its high-end massage chairs, is one of five new billionaires among Singapore's richest. Sim's fortune got a boost amid rising shares of OSIM which have nearly doubled …

“The most amount of crime that happens in this area is across Brinkman,” said Darryl Rickaway, a lifelong resident of the more affluent subdivision west of the street. “And then the crime will feed over into this neighborhood.” “I know a lot of stuff …

He also brought in hip new brands and planned to remake the store as an indoor mini mall of sorts with 100 different in-store shops in an effort to woo trendier, more affluent shoppers. But those efforts alienated Penney's loyal customers. Penney ended …

The study looks at two different methodologies but one thing that's clear is that they tell the same story: very flat wages for a decade. That was actually following a generation of really flat growth,” Heidi Shierholz, a labor market economist at EPI …

“We are targeting high net worth entrepreneurs and professionals, and more than 60 per cent of our client base are entrepreneurs,” says Evans. “We are very excited about the region because we have those multi- generational relationships. We have …

PORT TOWNSEND — Norm Rice, CEO of the Seattle Foundation and two-term mayor of Seattle from 1989-1997, recently spoke about “Trends in Philanthropy” to more than 80 supporters of the Jefferson County Community Foundation at RainCoast Farm in …

The inaugural Jerome H. Stone Philanthropy Award for Alzheimer's Research was presented to the Zenith Society in July at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Boston. The new award honors the legacy of Jerome Stone, the primary …

Recent charitable contributions by billionaire businessman and New York City mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis have become an issue in the Republican race for the city's top job, writes The Wall Street Journal. The campaigns of GOP rivals Joe Lhota …

New research suggests community-service requirements for students could make them less likely to volunteer as they get older, writes Education Week. A study previewed online by the Economics of Education Review found that volunteering rose among …