Bill Gates lost $18 billion, but at a net worth of $40 billion he still regained his title as the richest man on Earth, according to Forbes ranking of the world's billionaires. Gates is followed by No. 2 seed Warren Buffett, who is worth $37 billion (and lost $25 billion). The Forbes profile of Gate...

On Sunday we went to Fort Mason in San Francisco for a preview of the next-generation Toyota Prius. The event was a nice little shindig, where we had a light brunch and got to take a look at the redesigned 2010 model, which the Toyota folks tentatively said would be available this May. We also got t...

On Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, correspondent Anthony Mason made an observation rarely expressed in the mainstream media – that when the rich get richer, they do so by creating jobs that benefit everyone. Mason: "Two-thirds of these billionaires are self-made. They're the pioneering busine...

Forbes Annual Richest List is out - the number of billionaires shrunk from over 1,125 to below 800. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, both who had huge loses in 2008, remain in the top 2 positions. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

The number of billionaires across the globe slumped by almost a third in the last 12 months as many of the world's richest men and women fell victim to the economic recession....

As expected, yesterday Brooklyn's Community Board 13 recommended that the city alter its Coney Island rezoning plan to allow for bigger retail buildings—in fact, they want stores four times the size of the city's plan. Uh, OK. But they just want to "create flexibility" for businesses, you see, ...

Chapter 13 of the "Handbook of Research on Knowledge-intensive Organizations" by Dariusz Jemielniak (Editor) and Jerzy Kociatkiewicz (Editor) [672 pages, Information Science Reference, 27 February 2009] contains reviews of five common models of the new product development process. Chapter 13 is "Mod...

Microsoft’s aartsrivaal Google lanceert een eigen internetbrowser. Google domineert de zoekmachinemarkt. Google bezit de grootste online videodienst en bouwt een besturingssysteem voor mobiele telefoons. En wat stelt Microsoft tegenover deze nakende wereldheerschappij? Juist. Ze beginnen een k...

While Mayor Bloomberg and developer Joe Sitt continue their slapfight over the 10.5 acres of Coney Island land that Sitt owns and Bloomberg wants, Crain's takes a look at the city's Coney Island rezoning plan with an eye on the concerns of the community (remember them?). The local community board is...

cleantech, Biofuels, energy Luke Timmerman wrote: Lots of creative entrepreneurs are popping up in the Northwest cleantech business, so we invited three of them to explain their ideas at our upcoming Xconomy Forum, The Rise of Cleantech in the Northwest, on March 26. These new special guests will of...