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Billion Dollar News
- Rise in billionaires tests China’s rich-poor divideDecember 21, 2011, 9:25 am
- Sting to sing at Prague Christmas party of richest Czech Petr KellnerDecember 21, 2011, 9:23 am
- Meusharot, Israel’s hottest reality TV making many viewers feel guilty, but they can’t stop watching itDecember 19, 2011, 12:30 pm
- How will the $100 Billion for the Green Climate Fund be Financed?December 17, 2011, 9:44 am
- Brazil’s Billionaire List – Up, Above and Going FastDecember 17, 2011, 2:05 am
- Could Microsoft Really Collapse? That Is Steve Ballmer’s NightmareDecember 16, 2011, 5:21 pm
- Human trafficking is a $71 billion industry?December 3, 2011, 3:08 pm
- Free Energy 400 Billion Dollar SecretDecember 3, 2011, 7:01 am
- Hong Kong billionaire’s ex-wife wins huge divorce payoutDecember 3, 2011, 1:23 am
- Zynga: a possible valuation of 10 billion dollars?December 2, 2011, 2:52 pm
Billion Dollar Ideas
- Trillion Dollar Growth Trends to 2020 – Bain & CoJanuary 7, 2012, 2:58 am
- Investing Gurus Bullish on Natural Resource StocksDecember 21, 2011, 9:40 am
- Alex Denner, earlier with Icahn, $2 Billion Man Starts Biotech Hedge FundDecember 21, 2011, 8:41 am
- $300 Trillion for Solar To Supply All World’s Electricity?December 19, 2011, 12:21 pm
- Bill Gates Changing the World Again, One Vaccine Drop at a TimeDecember 17, 2011, 1:54 am
- Karl-Johan Persson – Hennes & Mauritz has mindset of small companyDecember 17, 2011, 1:46 am
- Are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page Overrated?December 16, 2011, 7:40 pm
- LED Lighting to Capture 52% of the Commercial Building Market by 2021, According to Pike ResearchDecember 4, 2011, 7:35 am
- Thorium: World’s greatest nuclear energy breakthrough?December 4, 2011, 7:33 am
- Latisse: The accidental Beauty Breakthrough?December 4, 2011, 7:25 am
Billion Dollar People
- Carl Icahn, William Ackman, and a Seven-Year Fight Over “Pennies”December 21, 2011, 9:38 am
- Being J.K. Rowling, and Coping with Fame?December 21, 2011, 9:32 am
- Does Robin Li of Baidu have the hardest job in the world?December 21, 2011, 9:28 am
- Alex Denner, earlier with Icahn, $2 Billion Man Starts Biotech Hedge FundDecember 21, 2011, 8:41 am
- The Gates Notes – Read Bill Gates’ Mind from HereDecember 19, 2011, 12:51 pm
- Larry Ellison sets sights on promoting sailingDecember 19, 2011, 12:47 pm
- Where to find billionaires, sort ofDecember 17, 2011, 9:48 am
- Billionaires Who Benefit From Today’s Climate CrisisDecember 17, 2011, 9:46 am
- Mark Pincus – The Newest Billionaire in Silicon ValleyDecember 17, 2011, 9:42 am
- Analysis of World’s Billionaires – What’s Common, What’s NotDecember 17, 2011, 2:10 am
Latest Posts
- Trillion Dollar Growth Trends to 2020 – Bain & CoJanuary 7, 2012, 2:58 am
The world economy, according to Bain & Co., will be growing at abour 3.6 % next 10 years to reach about $90 trillion by 2020 – a 40% increase from now. The following 8 are the trends that will propel this growth 1. Next billion consumers – emerging economies will contribute $10 trillion to global [...]
- Investing Gurus Bullish on Natural Resource StocksDecember 21, 2011, 9:40 am
With the world population continuing to rise, global economies running for the most part on non-renewable resources, and central banks injecting huge sums of money into the financial system in recent years, some of the world’s most successful investors have been bullish on natural resource-related stocks recently. Read more from here
- Carl Icahn, William Ackman, and a Seven-Year Fight Over “Pennies”December 21, 2011, 9:38 am
In one corner is Carl C. Icahn, the corporate raider who made C.E.O.’s tremble back in the 1980s and, at 75, is still chasing deals. In the other is William A. Ackman, 45, one of Mr. Icahn’s figurative heirs and a leading practitioner of the bruising, Icahnesque craft politely known as activist investing. These ultrarich [...]
- Being J.K. Rowling, and Coping with Fame?December 21, 2011, 9:32 am
How many of us would NOT like to be a famous billionaire? I don’t see any hands up, and that’s expected. Should your dream come true, you might also need to be prepared for some tough times. Tough times, did I say? Yes, I did. Read about the trauma of JK Rowling just so that [...]
- Does Robin Li of Baidu have the hardest job in the world?December 21, 2011, 9:28 am
The Chinese search giant is growing at incredible rates and dominates its home market. That means it has to contend not only with a domineering government, but also with cunning state-run media and increasingly aggressive private competitors. Unlike Google, Baidu, China’s largest search engine, cooperates with the government’s policy of censorship. The western press commonly [...]
