Billionaires Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger will spend most of Saturday at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting dispensing sage advice on finance, the recession and life, and roughly 35,000 people are expected to pack an arena and overflow rooms at a nearby hotel to listen. ...more

April 30, 2009

I have a book to recommend to those financial titans "working" on Wall Street. In "The Impulse Factor: Why Some of Us Play It Safe and Others Risk It All," by Nick Tasler (Fireside, $24.95), the director of research and development for TalentSmart offers an "innovative approach to better decision making." Think that could help up in New York City? Yes, me, too. Then again, you might want to check it for yourself if you are interested in what makes some people jump into new and possibly dangerous experiences while others prefer to think things through. ...more

October 5, 2008

never seem to get old. At any rate, there are two new novels from some famous names. ...more

July 27, 2008

Watching "Untold Wealth: The Rise of the Super Rich" is like pouring salt in the wounds of those of us who have to worry about paying more than $4 for a gallon of gasoline. ...more

June 26, 2008

The Kremlin, its political consultants and state-controlled news media have found an American to admire: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ...more

October 19, 2007