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An interview with Simon F. Cooper, president of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

The nation's wealthiest are gaining against their U.S.counterparts.

Regulatory reforms of systemically important institutions.

Obama's ill-advised staffing.

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Everything you need to know to find your ideal HD set.

The sci-fi undead are personifications of technology gone horribly wrong.

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The large-scale government intervention in the economy is going to end badly.

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The $116 billion business of selling cell phone calls in the U.S. faces a long, ugly decline. That petrifies just about everyone in the industry except Roger Linquist.

America's dangerously flawed Asia policy.

Automaker's sales czar pits his Cadillac against all comers in racing challenge and scores a marketing victory.

Yves Saint Laurent bests Michael Jackson to top Forbes' ninth annual ranking of the highest-earning celebrity estates.

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The 248 companies on this year's list each have revenues of $2 billion or more.

These metros have the lowest rates of violent crime, workplace deaths, fatal crashes and natural disasters.