Utility of the useless -- One part cow fat, two parts soda : recipes in action, 1914-1915 -- An enterprise of common knowledge : fire extinguishers, 1916-1935 -- Chinese cuttlefish and global circuits : the association of household industries -- What's in a name? From studio appellation to...

"Like Paul Farmer in Mountains Beyond Mountains, Paul English grew up poor, in working-class Boston, but as Tracy Kidder writes, he had "a mind for the age that was coming." Brilliant, reckless, endlessly energetic, Paul English, after Kayak sold for $2 billion, asked himself: What comes next?...

"In one way or another, Donald Trump has been a topic of conversation in America for almost forty years. No one in the world of business-not Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Warren Buffett-has been as famous as Trump for as long. First associated with high-profile real estate development in 1970s...

Upbringing, family, and education -- Reed college and time before pre-Apple (1972-1976) -- The first year -- Apple Computer Incorporated and growth -- Now truly wealthy -- Ouster from Apple -- Next was Next -- Pixar and Disney -- Saving Apple from bankruptcy -- Apple's reshaping for the modern...

When Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955 at the age of 86, he was the richest man in the world, known as 'Mr Five Per Cent' for his personal share of Middle East oil. The son of a wealthy Armenian merchant in Istanbul, for half a century he brokered top-level oil deals, concealing his mysterious...