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The billionaire has been belittled for his celebrity friends and bitter lawsuits. But his moves on Barnes & Noble and Barneys are no laughing matter.

Throughout the rich world battle lines are being drawn in the coming fight over deficit reductionWHEN friends go out to dinner, the convivial atmosphere can be shattered once the waiter brings the bill. A pleasant evening can descend into a dispute about

Like many households, Wener and Tieun Vieux have suffered a few financial jolts of late.

The founder of SAC Capital, whose first losing year was 2008, is taking in new money as hedge funds around him collapse.

The Atlantic covers breaking news, analysis, opinion around the intersection of Washington and Wall Street, plus coverage of key industries on the official site of the Atlantic Magazine.

Teaching kids about money by showing him where the cash comes from, then showing him how to make his own. No allowance allowed.

Coffee aficionados have been asking the question over and over again: is Portland's Stumptown coffee, the most conspicuous exponent of Coffee's "Third Wave," the new Starbucks?

Possible higher tax rates next year may mean more creative accounting strategies.

The finance site is really Quicken for the short-attention-span generation.

Andrew Rawnsley's political vivisectionThe End of the Party: the Rise and Fall of New Labour. By Andrew Rawnsley. Viking; 802 pages; GBP25. Buy from Amazon.co.ukLABOUR under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has ruled Britain for longer than any non-Conservativ

When Erin Callan talked, people listened.

Follow these tips for creating promotional materials that work as hard as you do.

Traders shouldn't ask themselves how to succeed. Before the hows, they should ask why they are in trading. That's one of the themes of this interesting, slender self-help book for traders entitled, "8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and in Your

Starbucks' Howard Schultz looks up to Ford's chief. Find out who else wins top execs' respect - and why.

In 2002, a group of Babson College entrepreneurship students ran out of room on their whiteboard. They had spent hours brainstorming new business possibilities, and the sudden space crunch threatened to cramp their creativity.