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Near default three years ago, Sheldon Adelson now dominates Chinese gambling--and U.S. politics. Inside his $25 billion comeback

Casino billionaire, Sheldon Adelson, talks campaign finance, a potential $100 million Gingrich donation and fighting "socialist" Obama.

In December, Saudi billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed put $300 million in Twitter. On a trip to earlier this week, the Prince got to meet Twitter management. That included Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Twitter Chief Financial Officer Ali Rowghani, and Twitter executive Suhail Rizvi. ??The meeting took place at the Plaza Hotel in . Alwaleed made ...

Britannia's Vinita Bali tastes success as head of the Indian biscuitmaker

Gates and Alwaleed, who co-own Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, discussed a potential collaboration between the Alwaleed Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The fortune of Russian billionaire and presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov has dropped in the past year as the value of his public holdings took a beating.

The Davos of Generation X.

Another wealthy Angeleno wants to buy the Dodgers, says the L.A. Times. Will this one pan out?

Some of The Forbes 400 have Ph.D.s; far more never finished college. This article appears in the new Leaderboard section of the January, 16th 2012 issue of FORBES magazine. A college diploma is not a prerequisite for obtaining an absurd amount of wealth. Out of the 400 richest people in the U.S., 63 entrepreneurs don't ...

Single brand retailers can own 100% in their Indian arms, but with a rider

A new building at NASA's Mountain View, Calif. outpost mixes technologies designed for space travel with the latest in green building design -and takes directions from 5,000 smart sensors.

? ? If you're thinking about getting pregnant or know someone who is, take note: A drop of blood from a pregnant mother and a new DNA test from a company called Aria Diagnostics may eliminate the need for invasive prenatal tests like amniocentesis for a number of women. Aria, a private , Calif. company, ...

Spotify's Daniel Ek created a free, Facebook-enabled platform that could save the recording industry from piracy--and iTunes.

Brothers' bonhomie fails to boost their shares

Robert Pera, billionaire at 33, makes computer hardware with even fatter profit margins than his former employer's. The secret: no direct sales force.

A family gathering on their late father's 79th birthday sparks talk of a reunion

's shares have fallen roughly 14% since the close of market yesterday and are now trading around $25 a share. The stumble has pushed its founder and chairman Larry Ellison's net worth down by more than $4 billion in less than 24 hours. The software mogul was already one of the year's biggest dollar losers ...

? Billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia purchased his stake in Twitter on the secondary market and not directly from Twitter, Forbes has learned. Ahmed Halawani, executive director for private equity and international investments for Alwaleed's , explained that the investment in Twitter was made through a ?special purpose vehicle? alongside other investors. These ...

Ekaterina Rybolovleva, daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitriy Rybolovlev, is paying a record $88 million for a Manhattan apartment.

The Saudi investor's stake is part personal and part on behalf of his Saudi-listed investment firm, Kingdom Holding Co.