Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy, by Raghuram G. Rajan, took home the honors at the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs business book of the year award. Keynote speaker Vartan Gregorian delivered a rousing speech in which he called the print vs. digital debate a false choice.

Google is preparing to buy the gargantuan 111 Eighth Ave., which occupies an entire city block in Chelsea. Already home to Google's New York headquarters, the building is one of the most important tech facilities on the East Coast.

After plunging most of Tuesday on uncertainty about Combs, Berkshire shares recovered somewhat as investors learned more about him. Combs's Castle Point fund was seeded by former Goldman Sachs CEO Stephen Friedman's Stone Point Capital.

During the depths of the recession in 2009, as millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and life savings, the highest-paid earners in the United States saw their average incomes increase from $91.8 million in 2008 to a mind-boggling $518.8 million. That's $10 million per week.

It's the moment many in the financial world have been waiting for: a clue about who'll succeed the Oracle of Omaha as the chief investment officer at Berkshire Hathaway. We're getting a little closer. Meet Buffett's top choice.

In a wide-ranging interview, the Nobel Prize winner decries the system of skewed incentives that allowed Wall Street bankers and other corporate execs to gamble with the country's wealth -- and then get away largely scot-free. What happened to "with justice for all," he asks.

Interview Transcript: Joseph Stiglitz, Oct. 20, 2010 By Sam Gustin and Michael Rainey Prof. Joseph Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and Chair, Columbia University Committee on Global Thought. He teaches classes at the Columbia Business School, the Graduate School of Arts and...

Tech juggernaut Apple handily beat earnings and revenue expectations last quarter, with sales hitting an all-time high of $20 billion. However, the stock was down in after-hours trading, on worries over margins and constraints in the company's supply chain.

Why hasn't Mad Men been picked up for another season? Matthew Wiener, the show's creator, isn't sure. All he could say at the screening of the star-studded finale for the show was that it has something to do with money. Translation: Hey AMC -- pay up! You've got a blockbuster on your hands. This is one deal you want to close.

As usual, expectations are high, but Apple has a way of exceeding optimistic hopes, partially because it tends to low-ball financial expectations. The only possible hitch: Apple is having trouble making enough products to meet demand.