Tiger Woods

The next time you find yourself bellyaching over your expanding monthly cable bill, don't blame your provider. Blame ESPN, the biggest offender when it comes to basic cable, setting distributors back $4.69 a month for every subscriber.

"To leave hundreds of millions of dollars vulnerable does not seem like a wise choice," says one matrimonial lawyer. Still, many of the rich and famous keep heading down the aisle without a prenup. It's a choice some eventually live to regret.

A marvel of natural talent and technical training; impressive in its achievements, seemingly well-suited for its tasks, but nonetheless prone to embarrassing stunts with disconcerting frequency. Here are some notable ways our brains can trip us up, with respect to investing. Learn to avoid the hazards -- unlike Tiger.

The Queen Monster's $90 million in earnings and mastery of social media pushed her past perennial winner Oprah Winfrey. Not that Oprah's doing badly.

Tiger Woods may not have won a PGA tournament in nearly two years, and his last attempt to take home a green jacket from the Masters was a bust, but the virtual Tiger is on a roll: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters has broken all sales records for the Electronic Arts franchise.

Construction of Tiger Woods Dubai, a high-end residential complex that was to be built around a championship-caliber golf course, has been halted because of poor market conditions in the Middle Eastern emirate, Bloomberg News reported, citing developer Dubai Properties.

Eric Affeldt has been ranked higher than both Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. Not when it comes to the world's top golfers, but on Golf Inc.'s annual ranking. Affeldt is CEO of ClubCorp, which owns or operates more than 150 golf and country clubs, business clubs, sports clubs, alumni clubs and resorts.

Many have speculated that Tiger Woods has a tough time keeping his commitments. But someone seems to think his word is worth something -- his banker. Today, reports surfaced that Woods signed on to a $54 million mortgage on his in-progress Jupiter Island, Florida mansion/compound. Reportedly,...

Tiger Woods game, like his private life, has been shaky recently, but the golfer never lost his ability to sell stuff. Corporate sponsors have long tolerated athletes' bad behavior, and Woods is too big a star for them to stay away.

Forget the $750 million rumors about the Tiger Woods - Elin Nordegren divorce settlement. The more likely, but still stupendous, figure is $100 million -- attorney fees not included. But that might not stretch as far as you'd expect.