Venture capitalists, corporations, private-equity firms, and more poured billions into private companies this year--a huge boon for titans like Facebook and Groupon. Here, the best of the rest starting 2012 with supersize bankrolls.READ»
The Transportation Security Administration has spent $56.8 billion on air travel since 9/11. Here, a look at who's getting a cut, and whether it's really paying off.READ»
How do you assemble a great American pastime? With bats, balls, beer--and a pro league that nets $6.1 billion in revenue. As the World Series looms, we break down what's driving Baseball Inc.READ»
Apple's fifth iPhone is expected to debut later this month, barely four years after its original model redefined the word "smartphone." Here, we trace the burgeoning iPhone empire.READ»
The boy wizard's box-office saga ends with the July 15th release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, but will his brand keep thriving? We break down what's at stake.READ»
With Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides hitting theaters May 20th, it seems our obsession with pirates just won't end -- though for many of us, sailing the seas of digital piracy is about as close as we'll get to an eye-patch-and-parrot lifestyle.READ»
After years of fathers being a punch line or an afterthought, modern dads are reinventing fatherhood with $2,000 strollers, stay-at-home-dad meet-ups, and personal blogs. On the 100th anniversary of the first Father's Day celebration, a look at the numbers.READ»
The first U.S. patent for the laser went to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 50 years ago this month. Both physicists won Nobels for the work, which -- with that of ex-colleague Gordon Gould -- has sparked decades of innovation and sci-fi fantasy. A look at the data.READ»
There's a lot of information flying around about Apple's just-unveiled iPad tablet, so we broke it down into its most basic form: numbers. Here, a quick scan of relevant info to make you the resident iPad guru.
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While this greenest of holidays isn't actually all that lucrative, it happens to be a handy tent pole between Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. A look at the numbers behind the feast of St. Pat (March 17).READ»
