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Former President Donald Trump is well known for playing a part in a number of controversies, and critics have repeatedly accused him of misleading the public. Just a few days after President Joe Biden was inaugurated and Trump begrudgingly departed the White House, a report from The...

George Orwell’s “1984” topped the bestseller list in Russia in 2022, during a year plagued by President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the National Post. The dystopian novel, published in 1949, is a cautionary tale centered around the idea...

Bill Gates is a business icon and a philanthropist who is an inspiration to many. The tech entrepreneur and billionaire recently shared his recommendation regarding five of his all-time favorite books. Gates’ recommendations underline his eclectic tastes. The curated list could be consulted...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk says the latest book by William MacAskill is a close match for his philosophy. What Happened: The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said on Twitter in the early hours of Tuesday that “What We Owe The Future” by the Scottish ethicist MacAskill was “...

Options have a reputation for being risky and difficult, though many seasoned traders prefer options trading to stocks. This is because options traders can benefit from a wide variety of market outcomes. To be a successful options trader, an investor must educate themselves on what options are,...

Most readers can name books that have inspired them and had a significant impact on their life. The five billionaires below named one particular book that both inspired and aided in shaping their careers, according to Think Business. Warren Buffett Timothy F. Geithner’s “Stress Test...

Image via Enphase Energy. From The Author Of Evils & Designs Last month (Our Addiction Economy), we shared a thought-provoking post by our pseudonymous Twitter correspondent JC Bennett, about the addictive nature of our current economy. Below, we've shared another thought-provoking post by...

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is in the news again. A new book — "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination" (HarperCollins) — covers the years of Facebook’s development, taking care to highlight its most contentious moments including the Cambridge...

Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) gained more than 12 percent early Tuesday morning after activist investor Sandell Asset Management delivered a letter to the country's biggest specialty book retailer of which it is now a top 10 shareholder. Many investors have been working under...

Attention book worms, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) released its selections for "Best Books of the Year So Far." At its core, Amazon is still a book seller, even though it also sells cloud services, a artificial assistance personal assistant device and, soon enough, groceries. "We...

Brendan Moynihan is the managing director of market and media research at Marketfield Asset Management, as well as the senior adviser to the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News and an author of a number of books. He recently joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep show where he talked about his...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is playing hardball with The Mouse. The online retail giant is not allowing its consumers to accept pre-orders of several Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) movies, including Maleficent and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. As the Wall Street Journal notes, Amazon has used this...

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have commented many times in the past about the need to read widely and often to achieve investment success. “I have said that in my whole life, I have known no wise person over a broad subject matter area who didn't read all the time -- none, zero," Munger...

Your financial situation is not in control of you: you are in control of it. To many women this concept sounds good, but remains as elusive as a fairytale. Enter Kathleen Grace, Managing Director of United Capital Financial Advisers -- who is also an author, single mother and all-around...