The meltdown of global financial markets slashed the ranks of the world's billionaires by 30 percent in 2008, Forbes magazine reports in its annual tally of the planet's richest people. ...more

March 14, 2009

It was like Live Aid - only the venue was a church and not Wembley Stadium. ...more

October 6, 2008

Rotary clubs around the world are committed to raising $100 million to erase the number of polio-endemic countries. ...more

September 11, 2008

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Wednesday they will together provide $500 million to fight tobacco use around the world, especially in developing countries where smoking rates are rising. ...more

July 24, 2008

When media and technology tycoons convene this week in idyllic southern Idaho for five days of deal making and outdoor recreation, the mountain air will carry more than a whiff of uncertainty as most arrive with their businesses in various states of disarray. ...more

July 9, 2008