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Global ad spending on social media will rise more than 33 percent this year to $23.68 billion. By 2017, social media ad spending is set to reach almost $36 billion, according to research from eMarketer, with Facebook set to benefit most. Facebook alone will make $15.5 billion in ad revenue...

The entrepreneur turned philanthropist and real estate tycoon Conrad T. Prebys, the president of San Diego-based Progress Construction and Management, has joined the ranks of the world’s billionaires. When he was a little boy, growing up in South Bend, Ind., Conrad Prebys stepped on a rusty belt buckle, contracted blood...

With $4.83 billion worth of shares in his casinos and tourism company Crown Resorts, James Packer is Australia's wealthiest boss for 2015, according to the BRW Executive Rich list of the 100 wealthiest bosses of ASX-listed companies. JAMES Packer was well ahead of 2nd-placed PG Telecom boss David Teoh with...

B. Braun Melsungen AG, a German pharmaceutical and medtech company, has turned eight of Ludwig Georg Braun’s relatives, including his 5 children and 3 of his cousin Barbara Luedicke’s children, into billionaires. It all started way back in June 23, 1839, when when Julius Wilhelm Braun, Ludwig’s great-great-grandfather, purchased Rosen-Apotheke,...

A well-designed web portal can create a good impression for your organization. Today, before approaching to any company or service provider, people like to visit their websites to avail required information. However, if you are the owner of any organization, then you must consider the fact that at this modern...

Obtaining business finance isn’t easy in today’s economic climate. But it’s a whole lot harder if you don’t do the right preparations beforehand to make your business appear a good risk. Here are some of the ways you can maximise your chances of getting the right decisions – and the...

In today’s complex, volatile world where everything can change in an instant, leaders at all levels need to think expansively. Yet when forced to make a quick decision, the brain naturally relies on memories and past actions instead of formulating something new. It takes disruptive questions for most leaders to...

List of the 25 top-earning hedge fund managers in 2014 include familiar faces such as George Soros, Steve Cohen, Ray Dalio, and Ken Griffin. Point72 Asset Management, LP’s Steven A. Cohen, one of the most successful hedge fund managers ever, was the top earning hedge fund manager, garnering $1.3 billion...

Many mentoring programs focus on coaching employees on their hard skills to excel in their roles specifically. Corporate grandparenting focuses on developing proven performers into future leaders as part of a succession plan. In this, corporate grandparents address bigger company concepts like corporate values, company culture and provide perspective, guidance...

With everything on a CEO’s plate these days, it is not hard to understand why being active on social media is not a priority. In fact, it is not hard to see how many CEOs might perceive social media as potentially having greater risks than rewards. Even corporate email, once...