The former lawyer who dealt with financial and real estate litigation and trials explains how -- and why -- he joined St. Francis Winery & Vineyards in Sonoma, Calif., where he's now CEO and guiding it through the current economic downturn.

This week marks the second anniversary of an event that shook the financial industry to its core. In her newly released book, The Weekend that Changed Wall Street, CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo gives an insider's look at the fateful days surrounding the fall of Lehman Brothers.

Looking for some extra income fast? With unemployment at 9.6%, rarely has the time been riper for con artists to come out of the woodwork with promises of "easy ways to make money," "quick money" and "how to earn money fast." Don't fall for them. Here are the top 10 job scams you should know about.

Famed investor Warren Buffett announced that 40 billionaires have committed to donate at least 50% of their fortunes to charity as part of the Giving Pledge, a project that targets America's richest to pledge to donate their wealth.

Prince Robert of Luxembourg is a rebel of sorts. His Domaine Clarence Dillon produces four of the best-known wines in the world, and now he is attempting to expand his business by making more affordable wine on a larger scale.

Microsoft's Bill Gates, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett and Apple's Steve Jobs are all household names in addition to being among the wealthiest people in the country. But do you know Fred DeLuca, Peter Buck or Donald Hall? Probably not. Yet their products are likely an integral part of your daily life.

Excerpt from Gilded Lily: Lily Safra: The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows by Isabel Vincent ©HarperCollins Publishers, 2010 ($25.99) In Vincent's book (read DailyFinance's review here), Edmond Safra's widow has always yearned to live an extravagant lifestyle -- one that few...

The unauthorized biography of billionaire Lily Safra is a tale of one of the world's richest and most elegant women -- a jet-setter who socializes in the same elite circles as Prince Charles and Elton John. What is so fascinating, however, is exactly how Safra was able to climb her way to the top.

Worry no more: The world's richest people are getting back much of the 24% of their wealth they lost since 2007, according to a new report. The top 10 million high net worth individuals held total financial wealth of $39 trillion in 2009, an 18.9% increase from 2008.

The crash site of the plane carrying Australian billionaire Ken Talbot and the Sundance Resources management team was found in West Africa. The twin-engine plane was reported missing on June 19. It crashed in a dense jungle in the Republic of Congo. There were no survivors.