Billionaire-Makers
Fool’s School
Since billionaires must know something about how to make money, let’s see how many of them have made their bundles. Full Story
Name That Company
I was founded in Indianapolis in 1876 by a Civil War veteran who, dismayed by the hawking of “medicines” in sideshows, began developing high-quality medicines to be dispensed by doctors. I introduced the world’s first insulin product in 1923, and in the 1940s I developed a method to mass-produce penicillin, the first antibiotic. Full Story
What’s Up With Motorola?
The Motley Fool Take
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is enjoying a surprisingly bright outlook. This might be the start of a new era in Motorola’s long history — powered by Google’s Android phones. Full Story
Cheap Isn’t Always Best
My Dumbest Investment
I thought I was a pretty good investor. I’ve always done well with stocks that I’ve researched. But last year I listened to my neighbor and a guy I met at the races. The stocks they recommended were CHEAP, so I bought 500,000 shares of one and 200,000 shares of the other, and lost more than 80 percent of my investment. I learned to stay with what I do best. Full Story
Last week’s trivia answer
Founded in 1946 and based in Phoenix, I’m the world’s largest hotel chain, with around 4,000 hotels offering more than 300,000 rooms worldwide to roughly 400,000 guests nightly. Not a publicly traded company, I’m a nonprofit association of independently owned and operated for-profit hotels. Full Story
Imitating Buffett’s Style
Q Do any mutual funds mirror
Berkshire Hathaway’s investment
style?
— D.G., online
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