Recently, the government’s Pay Czar, Kenneth Feinberg, “suggested” that outgoing Bank of America (BAC) CEO Ken Lewis should take home $0 in salary for 2009, and receive a bonus of e

Getting kicked down stairs at a small home-improvement company made Kenneth Langone rich and has saved millions of do-it-yourselfers big bucks.In 1978, the legendary investor got into a tiff with the

You buy your sister a $100 general-purpose gift card. It's for her birthday, but it might be the bank that has reason to celebrate.Despite your good intentions, such gift cards often come with a tang

It was March 31, 1984. My buddy Benji Schneider and I were high up in the rafters of Madison Square Garden, chaperoned by Benji’s dad, to see Van Halen.None of us had any idea that we were abou

As cheap and fashion-forward retailer Forever 21’s stores grow in size and number, so do the company’s legal woes.The Los Angeles-based chain is due to open a 90,000-square-foot store in

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A 17-year-old Michigan kid has a novel excuse for not getting his homework in on time: Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle ate his book report. Justin Gawronski is a contemporary kid, so he got an attorney to pre