The 86th Academy Awards took place earlier tonight at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and this season had the highest number of Africans nominated for an Academy Award. Leading the pack were “Captain Phillips” actor, Barkhad Abdi from Somalia, “12 Years A Slave” actors Chiwetel Ejiofor a Briton of Nigerian descent and read »
Farai Gundan, Contributor
The 2014 Oscars Are Shaping Up as the Biggest and Best Ever, including These Gifts for the Nominees. read »
Robert W. Wood, Contributor
Berkshire Hathaway annual letter touts operating performance, but records another year in which the conglomerate trailed the S&P 500. read »
Steve Schaefer, Forbes Staff
With few people watching, DuPont is changing its stripes. It is moving vigorously away from being a cyclical industrial company and toward its goal of using science to help feed the world’s burgeoning population. The stock, a member of the Dow Industrials since 1935, is up 40% over the last year vs a gain of only 16% for the Dow itself. Even read »
Joan Lappin, Contributor
Facebook Vice President Jeff Rothschild is the company’s newest billionaire due to the social networking firm’s surging stock price. read »
Ryan Mac, Forbes Staff
Roger Staubach worked as a real estate broker in the offseason during the 1970s while leading the Cowboys to five Super Bowl appearances. It was a good fit, as he eventually sold his eponymous firm for $640 million. read »
Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff
After shooting down directorship at art auction house, hedge fund manager wants to bring along two buddies as board members. read »
Steve Schaefer, Forbes Staff
The Jordan Brand is now roughly a $2 billion business for Nike and MJ gets a cut of every shoe, hoodie or pair of shorts sold by the sportswear giant. read »
Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff
A dozen former pros made at least $12 million last year, by our count, and a collective total of $332 million. Several were the best players their sport ever saw. read »
Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes Staff
Okay, dear readers, with the Oscars just around the corner, I’ve composed my own list of the very best films of 2013. I already offered my views about how the Oscar nominations got it wrong, but overall it’s hard not to recognize the Oscar nominees were still some of the best cinematic achievements of 2013, and all of them made it onto my read »
Mark Hughes, Contributor
