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The billionaire businessman’s patience, discipline and willingness to act when others won't are what make him a superior investor.

Three years after Hurricane Katrina exploded through floodwalls and inundated New Orleans, local businesses again find themselves threatened as a storm named Gustav heads their way.

Edward Leftwich loves to show visitors around the Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens. It's a massive 4,000-building mixed-use project that he just finished constructing for a client in Dubai, complete with hundreds of waterways, roads, and parks. But you don't have to fly to Dubai to see it - the miniature city fits inside Leftwich's office in Atlanta.

Battery life and demands on the nation's electric grid: your questions answered about the coming wave of electric autos.

All that sculptor Ed McBride intended to build was a simple charcoal grill for his backyard. A year later he was searing salmon steaks on a barbecue fashioned to look like a five-foot-tall dragon.

With home studios, room rentals, pet care and 9 other kinds of enterprises, you can make money from home while cutting your taxes. How about turning your house into a movie set?

Imagine driving a sleek and roomy plug-in electric hybrid sports car that might never need gas. It's coming soon, and even if you can't afford it, you can invest in the technology.

Aspire to achieve 10 key leadership qualities and watch your business success skyrocket.

Don't let fear make your decisions. Find out how to ease your worries, and boost your business to new heights.

It's more than showing up and shaking hands; it's about being proactive.

Aspire to achieve 10 key leadership qualities and watch your business success skyrocket.

Put these tips for your home office into play and watch your productivity soar.

Don't let fear make your decisions. Find out how to ease your worries, and boost your business to new heights.

When you add up all the extra costs, domestic manufacturing may be your best bet.

The blue chips surge as second-quarter GDP growth is revised higher, but Dell earnings disappoint. Oil falls even as Tropical Storm Gustav moves toward the Gulf Coast and its oil and gas rigs. Tiffany profit nearly doubles; Sears results fall short.