5 Ways You Could Engage With Warren Buffett on Twitter
On Thursday, Warren Buffett joined Twitter, so if #socialmedia's your thing, we have a few ideas about how you could use it to interact with the Oracle of Omaha.
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Tony Stark, Meet the Real-Life 'Iron Man'
"Iron Man 3" flew into theaters this week, but there's been a real-world Tony Stark toiling among us all along: Elon Musk. Here are a few of the uncanny resemblances.
Meet the Billionaire Women Who Made It On Their Own
The Forbes magazine annual list of the world's billionaires has always been scant of women, but 35 more women did join this year's record-length list of 1,426 global über-rich. They now number 138, or 9.7 percent of the total. Last year, they represented 8.5 percent of the list.
The Makers: Xerox CEO Ursula Burns Tells Her Story
In the new documentary "Makers: Women Who Make America," Xerox CEO Ursula Burns tells the story of how she rose to become the first African-American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.
Pop Quiz: Fun Facts About the World's Biggest Billionaires
As Forbes begins to release details about 2013's new billionaires, we decided to take a peek at the people who already dominate the list. Think you know the scoop on the super-rich? Take our quiz and find out.
4 Surprising Nations That Minted 6 New Forbes Billionaires
When the next Forbes billionaires list is released, 32 new names will be on it. And while most hail from the sort of countries you'd expect -- the United States, China, EU nations -- a half dozen made their fortunes in more surprising places.
Fashionably Forbes: 10 Style Icons New to the Billionaire List
Everyone knows high fashion and high incomes go hand in hand, and clothes, cosmetics and perfume have put plenty of people on Forbes' billionaires list. But here's a surprise: The latest list has 34 new names, and 10 came from the world of fashion.
Did Tea Party's Top Campaign Donors Tax Themselves?
Tea Party mega-donors poured hundreds of millions into the 2012 election, and one of their key goals was to keep taxes low for the rich. Had Romney won, their investments could have paid off mightily. Here's a look at how what they donated compares with what they'd have saved under Romney.
15 Corporate Heroes, Antiheroes, and Villains of Hurricane Sandy
Some companies won consumers' admiration over the past week -- others have lost both trust and dollars.
Is Bad Advice Making You Think You'll Never Be Able to Retire?
Why have predictions about retirement become so dour and hopeless? Maybe it's the seeming lack of understanding that so many so-called retirement experts seem to have on the topic. And maybe you're not as bad off as you think ...
The World's Richest Woman: How Gina Rinehart Earns her Billions
Most of the richest women in the world have one thing in common: It was their husbands or fathers who actually earned the wealth. But while Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart inherited $75 million from her dad, it was by her own efforts that she multiplied that sum -- 386 times.
What to Watch This Week: Real Earnings Reports and Fake Window Dressing
Here's what may shape the week ahead for Wall Street: Earnings reports from Best Buy and Walgreens may disappoint, while Lennar and Red Hat probably won't. And fund managers will jump into last quarter's winners to fool clients into thinking they're more clever than they are.
Death Bets Leave Oklahoma State University $33 Million in the Hole
The OSU athletic department's bet on the deaths of 27 aging boosters with big life insurance policies backfired when not one died.
A Success Equal Parts Caffeine, Chemistry and Meditation
5-Hour Energy's mixture of caffeine, vitamins and amino acids fuels millions of hectic days and nights, and a multibillion-dollar company. But its founder, Manoj Bhargava, tells Forbes that his lifelong pursuit has been inner tranquility. A contradiction? He thinks not.