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If you’re looking for an extremely long-term stock pick from billionaire Bill Gates, here it is: Avoid Big Oil. As the world moves away from fossil fuels and adopts more clean and renewable energy sources, oil giants that have dominated markets for more than a century could be in trouble, the Microsoft co-founder said in

It’s a common refrain: A billionaire loudly promotes potential solutions for climate change while jetting around the world, leaving a sizable carbon footprint. This week, it happened twice. First, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — an outspoken advocate for combatting climate change — reportedly celebrated his 66th birthday by hosting dozens of guests, including fellow billionaire

Most people who open or close a credit card see a short-term drop in their credit scores, according to a recent LendingTree analysis of several thousand credit reports. Researchers compared 1,785 users who opened a single new card and 2,412 users who closed a single card. More from Grow:How I went from debt and a low

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit last year, most companies scrambled to adjust to work-from-home life and a new economic landscape. But not Databricks, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence software start-up. That’s because billionaire Ali Ghodsi, the company’s co-founder and CEO, had been preparing his 2,500 person staff for doomsday-type scenarios for years. In 2017, Ghodsi

It took 1,458 flights and 1,117 buses and trains for Drew Binsky to reach his goal of traveling to every country in the world. And he did it in less than a decade. CNBC spoke with Binsky nine hours after he touched down in his last country — Saudi Arabia — about how he financed

If Elizabeth Holmes testifies in her own criminal trial, videotaped depositions may be a clue of how she’ll fare on the stand. Twelve days after she was indicted on fraud charges, Holmes, the CEO and founder of Theranos, sat for a nearly four hour deposition in which she hardly answered any questions. But in the

Michael Godek | Moment | Getty Images House Democrats proposed several rules to curb retirement accounts of the rich, part of a broad restructuring of the tax code tied to the party’s Build Back Better social and climate spending package. Wealthy individuals with more than $10 million in retirement savings would have to draw down

Jeff Bezos speaks at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, United Kingdom on November 2, 2021. Paul Ellis | Pool | Getty Images Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has pledged $2 billion in funding to help restore nature and transform food systems. The funding, which will come from the Bezos Earth Fund, is part of the

When I started my first side hustle eight years ago, I didn’t realize I was creating the foundation of a business that earns six figures, which is centered around my Latina heritage. But that’s exactly what happened. I’ve created a business that is going to help me become the first millionaire in my family, and

Ether, the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum, hit another all-time high of $4,634 on Wednesday, according to CoinGecko. In terms of growth, the price of ether has largely outperformed bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, this year. It also has some well-known fans, including billionaire investor Mark Cuban. “I have my fair share of bitcoin,

It is hard to miss inflation in the recent numbers, and maybe even more so, the fear that inflation is going to hang around a lot longer than the Federal Reserve and investors would like. You may see it at the pump, in food prices, or the housing market, and for those who follow stocks,

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves a federal court after a status hearing on July 17, 2019 in San Jose, California. Kimberly White | Getty Images SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A former estate attorney told jurors in Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal trial that he invested $6 million in Theranos after being introduced to Holmes by ex-Secretary

3715 S. Ocean Blvd in Highland Beach is a three level storm-proof fortress elevated on pilings and constructed of poured concrete and storm-proof glass. Daniel Petroni A waterfront megahome in Highland Beach has sold twice this year, and each time it has raised the bar for for this South Florida town, which has become one

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ entrepreneurial journey is an inspiration for many. But for Nipun Mehra, it hits closer to home. As a former software engineer working in Amazon’s Seattle HQ in 2004, Mehra got to see first-hand the inner workings of the then-burgeoning retailer, and absorb the leadership lessons of its founder. So when, 15

Some countries have managed the global pandemic better than others. The same can be said for cities. But understanding how cities are faring in the fight against Covid is more complicated that comparing infection rates and mask rules. The London-based analytical agency Deep Knowledge Analytics (DKA) examined 114 variables across five categories of pandemic responses:

Bill Koplitz | Moment | Getty Images A retirement tax strategy favored by the wealthy survived in Democrats’ latest social and climate spending plan, after an earlier version had it on the chopping block. So-called backdoor Roth strategies are a way for the rich to skirt income and savings limits that apply to Roth individual

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a meeting with business leaders and CEOs on the need to address the debt limit, on October 6, 2021, in the South Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNBC on Friday the $1.75 trillion

Paige Montgomery with daughter Penelope Paige Montgomery Women have been disproportionately impacted by job loss during this pandemic, and mothers have been hit even harder.  Since February 2020, the economy has experienced a decline of nearly 5 million jobs — and women account for 57.5% of those losses, according to the National Women’s Law Center.

Thirteen years ago, Tesla was regularly criticized for only “making toys for rich people,” as co-founder and CEO Elon Musk put it at the time. But Musk had a vision for the automaker’s eventual path toward affordable electric vehicles. And today, his predictions seem eerily accurate. On Tuesday, Tesla car owner membership group Tesla Silicon

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey recently issued a dire economic prediction, complete with a frightening phrase: hyperinflation. “Hyperinflation is going to change everything. It’s happening,” Dorsey tweeted on Oct. 22. Later, in response to a follower’s follow-up question, Dorsey added that “[hyperinflation] will happen in the U.S. soon, and so the world.” Such an