Pierre Omidyar

Pierre Omidyar, the billionaire founder of eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY), just pegged $100 million to fight the rise of "fake news." Omidyar's philanthropic venture Omidyar Network is tackling the growth of fake news reports, which have already led to a "global trust deficit" and...

In the past, transparency between billionaires and the average-Joe was considerably cloudier than today. Twitter has changed that. So, who are the best billionaires to follow on the platform? That's up to the individual user. But here's 15 to keep an eye on. 1) Carl Icahn (...

In January, activist investor Carl Icahn called for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) to spinoff PayPal. Since then, he has repeated his stance several times. Commenting last week at a conference in Silicon Valley, PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel was asked if he thought PayPal should be...

Traders and investors woke up Thursday morning to troubling news out of China. Chinese January HSBC flash PMI declined to 49.6 from a 50.5 in December. The data is re-starting the Chinese slowdown debate and according to Reuters has “reinforced concerns about global growth, especially in...

The US government’s 11th hour deal on Thursday helped more than 80 percent of S&P 500 stocks rise in value on Thursday. The index broke its intraday trading record and closed at an all time high. Technology was the only sector to falter with IBM’s weaker than expected revenue...

Editor's note: This piece was originally published on March 27, 2013 This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two landmark cases on the issue of same-sex marriage that may change the current government definition of marriage as we know it. The heavy-hitters who have financed the battle to...