'Railway renaissance': Why the rail industry is attracting the biggest names...
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s reported offer for CSX Corp. was a reminder of how far the Industrial Revolution-era business has come in the last decade
View ArticleBill Gates: Evolution of the likeable, generous, poop water drinker out to...
Bill Gates's reputation as a super-genius and his large fortune have added heft to his mission to bring attention to good causes, whether it be philanthropy or solving global poverty
View ArticleBill Gates tops Forbes rich list for second year in row, as Michael Jordan...
The world’s richest person got even richer this year — putting him on top of Forbes' list of billionaires for 16 of the past 21 years
View ArticleWealth secrets of the one per cent: How the super-rich became uber rich
Sam Wilkin, author of a new book about the super-rich, reveals the key factors and personality traits that set them apart from other successful people
View ArticlePowerball winner may get peek into rarefied world of family offices for the...
Families usually need at least US$500 million to set up a full-service family office that oversees investments. The service is intended to help the wealthy hold onto their fortunes over decades
View ArticleTerence Corcoran: Robots, carbon, sugar, traffic — no matter the problem the...
Once big government starts looking at 'fixing' all the things people do that are bad for them there'll be no end to the degree of intervention
View ArticleRise of the robot: You pay taxes, why shouldn't the robot that steals your job?
As anxiety grows about losing jobs to automation, we examine the merits of a proposal endorsed by Bill Gates: A robot tax
View ArticleChevron, Occidental buy stake in carbon capturing firm backed by Bill Gates...
The company describes its pilot in Squamish as a 'negative emissions facility' that can subtract CO2 emitted by cars, factories and other industrial sources
View ArticlePeter Foster: Bill Gates, defying the Climate Barons, tells the ugly truth...
Forcing the adoption of expensive and unreliable energy destroys jobs (see Alberta) and exacerbates poverty in poor countries
View ArticleBillionaires back Canadian company to build first ‘negative emissions’ plant
Silicon Valley invests in technology that can scrub a megaton of C02 from the atmosphere yearly, the equivalent of planting 40 million trees
View ArticleBill Gates questioned in Novell monopoly case
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates faced more cross-examination on allegations that the world’s largest software maker undermined Novell Inc.’s WordPerfect program, Bloomberg News reports.
View ArticleCES 2012: Microsoft prepares for final bow, embraces new future
Microsoft's decision to make 2012 its final appearance at CES points to a seismic shift in the evolution of Microsoft: a company accustomed to playing the role of front runner casting off its favoured...
View ArticleWho's the world's wealthiest — today?
Fortunes can be fickle things. To keep on top of the 1%, Bloomberg today launched an index that ranks the world’s wealthiest people every day. No. 1 today, Mexico's Carlos Slim, but who knows what...
View ArticleBill Gates’ foundation puts money on solar-powered toilet
Bill Gates is betting the toilet of the future for the developing world will be solar powered
View ArticleBuffett and Gates's Giving Pledge ranks expand with 11 new families
Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates’s initiative to get billionaires to pledge at least half their wealth to charity signed on 11 new families, including Charles Bronfman and Netflix CEO Reed...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg's net worth plummets on Forbes' richest Americans list
Forbes said the rich mainly got richer in 2012, with net worth rising for 241 members of its list and shrinking for only 66 — with Zuckerberg losing the most money
View ArticleBill Gates ups CN Rail stake to 12%
This not only makes Bill Gates CN’s largest shareholder, but brings him closer to the 15% foreign ownership cap placed on the railroad stemming from its privatization in 1995
View ArticleBill Gates is $7-billion richer than he was a year ago — and it's not all...
After giving away $28 billion, the Microsoft mogul is no longer the third-richest man in the world. He's the second-richest. Here's how he did it
View ArticleHow 15 tech tycoons spend their fortunes
Maybe it's solving the world's problems, or just indulging in a geeky fantasy. Here are the "causes" to which the world's super rich done their cash.
View ArticleBill Gates admits Steve Jobs 'was always cooler than me'
The founder of Microsoft finally admits that his style was 'geekier' than Jobs
View ArticleGreat leaders use failure to become more successful
We’ve often heard the expression “whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” An extension of this idea is that failure and obstacles are good things. Yet this thinking for the general populace...
View ArticleBill Gates becomes world's richest man again as Microsoft hits 5-year high
Microsoft shares have surged 28% this year, helping to boost its founder's fortune above Mexican investor Carlos Slim
View ArticleRubber Ducky Award: Bill Gates
The Rubber Ducky Award for Returning to the True Path goes to Bill Gates, who in his youth strayed from the family business – population control and reproductive health – to start something called...
View Article12 of the shrewdest business manoeuvres of all time
The success or failure of a business can come down to one single bold decision. Here are some of the best from Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford and others
View Article13 expensive side projects keeping the biggest names in tech busy
In a veritable potpourri collection of folks from the tech industry, we've gathered some notable examples of the side projects that keep them busy
View ArticleCalifornia aims to 'bottle sunlight' in energy storage push
California, whose green ambitions helped the solar and wind industries take root, is taking an essential next step by proposing a sharp rise in energy storage to better integrate renewable power with...
View ArticleBill Gates tops Forbes rich list again — but the young bucks are gaining
The richest 400 Americans are significantly richer in 2013 than they were last year and younger Americans are accumulating wealth at a faster clip than their baby boomer counterparts, shows Forbes'...
View ArticleThree of Microsoft's top investors press for chairman Bill Gates's ouster...
Three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft Corp ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) are lobbying the board to press for Bill Gates to step down as chairman, sources said
View Article10.03.13: Housing market shows few signs of long-feared hard landing
All that talk of a hard landing for Canada's housing market seems a distant memory now
View ArticleMicrosoft Corp's Bill Gates chokes up at Steve Ballmer's final shareholders...
The co-founder of the software giant said progress was being made to find Ballmer’s replacement and he thanked him for serving as CEO for the last 13 years
View ArticleEntrepreneurs are made, and don't let a test tell you different
Can you consciously develop the personality characteristics that define winners? ICritics of Myers Briggs note that test participants can get startlingly different results if they take the test more...
View ArticleMicrosoft Corp chairman Bill Gates says he will devote life to full time...
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said he’ll contribute part time as a board member of the software maker, which is seeking a new chief executive officer
View ArticleWhat 16 successful people read in the morning
Staying informed is a constant struggle for most of us, let alone people with high-profile, high-pressure jobs. Find out what some movers and shakers read each morning
View ArticleMicrosoft Corp turnaround will be challenge for insider Satya Nadella
Microsoft is preparing to make cloud chief Nadella its new CEO and replace Bill Gates as chairman, sources say, but observers question whether an insider is the right man for the job
View ArticleBill Gates backs renewable battery start-up
Bill Gates and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, Tao Invest, Kleiner Perkins and Foundation Capital among others, are betting that the Aquion battery, invented by Jay Whitacre of Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleBill Gates to play key role in product development at Microsoft even if he...
Gates would remain a director and be involved in product development -- focusing less on administration -- and would go to work about one day each week
View ArticleMicrosoft Corp names insider Satya Nadella as next CEO, John Thompson to...
Gates will assume a new role as 'technology advisor' the company said in announcement that sent shares edging higher in premarket trade
View ArticleMicrosoft Corp looks inside for success with Satya Nadella as new CEO
It was reasonably believed that an outsider would be chosen as the next Microsoft CEO. But the software giant turned inward, ascending one of its own, while bringing founder Bill Gates back into the fold
View ArticleNew Microsoft CEO offers quick-study lessons in leadership
If the role of a corporate leader is to communicate and be transparent, instill confidence and promote a common vision, Satya Nadella hit a home run his first day at bat.
View ArticleWhat 13 highly successful people read before bed
Be it old-fashioned print books or lighter fare on Twitter, here's a look at what 13 successful people like to read before calling it a night
View ArticleNew Microsoft chief's soft-management approach signals shift from Ballmer's...
Experts on leadership say the change in tone is a necessary cultural shift for a mature company transitioning into new businesses while letting go of past successes and missed opportunities.
View ArticlePeter Foster: Global Salvationism vs. Microsoft's bottom line
Like all top-down aid defenders, Mr. Gates severely downplays corruption and the central problem of kleptocratic governments
View ArticleCollective wealth of world's 300 richest people plummeted $44.4-billion...
All of the Russian and Ukrainian billionaires on the ranking lost money, falling a combined $12.8 billion during the day.
View ArticleForbes' rich list: Meet the wealthiest person in 34 major countries
Even if you can't be the richest person in the world, it's still pretty cool to be the richest person in your country
View ArticleWhy 'fake' meat is drawing unlikely investors from Bill Gates to Li Ka-shing
Demand for meat alternatives is growing, and the trend is attracting a host of unlikely investors, including Biz Stone and Evan Williams of Twitter, Bill Gates, and most recently, Hong Kong magnate Li...
View ArticlePeter Foster: Bill Gates' energy views are a turn-off
Successful entrepreneurs almost invariably have a sense of personal exceptionalism
View Article21 Bill Gates quotes that take you inside the mind of the world's richest man
Bill Gates' personal net worth — an estimated US$80 billion — rivals the GDP of Ecuador and tops Croatia's. Gathered from 20 years of interviews, these quotes show how Gates grew from startup nerd to...
View ArticleAre viral videos the future of fundraising?
The Ice Bucket Challenge is not just the latest social media sensation — it’s also filling the coffers of organizations raising money for ALS research
View ArticleFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth grew US$15B since last year's Forbes...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the biggest gainer on the Forbes richest Americans list, with net worth that grew US$15B since last year to US$34B
View ArticleWarren Buffett, 90, resigns from Gates foundation, gives away another $4 billion
Foundation's future is uncertain since Bill and Melinda Gates announced last month they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage
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