Dec 24th, 2008 · In Los Angeles, the financially troubled Museum of Contemporary Art gets a bailout from billionaire arts patron Eli Broad. He'll match donor funding dollar-for-dollar up to $15 million and will also give MOCA $3 million a year for exhibits over the next five years.
Dec 4th, 2008 · The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is in serious financial trouble. The museum has rising operational costs and is not receiving enough money from donors. But help is on the way. Billionaire financier and philanthropist Eli Broad talks about his $30 million bailout offer to MOCA and what conditions he set for the museum.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Why do Asian kids outperform American kids in math? How did Bill Gates become a billionaire computer entrepreneur? Malcolm Gladwell takes on these questions and more in his book Outliers. He argues that the "self-made man" is a myth.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Though he's regularly fined for shouting down NBA referees, billionaire Mark Cuban is credited for turning the Dallas Mavericks around. Now, the Internet entrepreneur is being investigated for insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Oct 21st, 2008 · Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian sold off part of his stake in Ford Motor Company Tuesday. Kerkorian's buy in to the troubled automaker was seen as a huge vote of confidence in the company's plans to turn business around.
Oct 4th, 2008 · Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett joins his son, musician Peter Buffett, on the road this fall to play ukulele. Peter Buffett describes the father-son roadshow and growing up in a musical family.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is barely known in the U.S. Most of his wealth was created through the privatization of Mexico's telephone company. Slim recently bought a 6.4 percent stake in The New York Times Company.
Sep 25th, 2008 · Oil magnate T. Boone Pickens is taking a beating financially. The slump in the price of oil has cost his hedge funds around $1 billion this year. This isn't the kind of result you'd expect from a guy who's written a book called The First Billion is the Hardest.