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Jeff Bezos

entrepreneur, founder of Amazon.comBorn: 1964Birthplace: New Mexico Who says you can't sell stuff over the Internet? Jeff Bezos believes you can, and created one of the best-known e-commerce sites…

It's Down! It's Up! Monitoring the Economy's Pulse

It's Down! It's Up! Monitoring the Economy's PulseIt's Down! It's Up! Monitoring the Economy's PulseExcerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics © 2003 by Tom Gorman. All rights reserved…

Don't Go There: Words and Expressions to Avoid

Don't Go There: Words and Expressions to AvoidDon't Go There: Words and Expressions to AvoidExcerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style © 2003 by Laurie E. Rozakis, Ph.D.. All…

Five Great Female Characters: Comic Books

There's a whole world of comic books beyond Superman and the Peanuts. In recent years, more women have been working in this literary form and, not coincidentally, there are more interesting female…

Best-Selling Children's Books, 2004

Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverThe Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11),Lemony Snicket; illustrated by Brett HelquistsantaKid, James Patterson; illustrated by Michael GarlandMister…

1998 MTV Video Awards

Though there is plenty of diversity within the categories, many of the same artists appear repeatedly throughout the list of nominees. Sure, you can fault the Grammys for honoring commercial…

Erland Harold HEDRICK, Congress, WV (1894-1954)

HEDRICK, Erland Harold, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Barn, Mercer County, W.Va., August 9, 1894; attended the public schools and Beckley (W.Va.) Institute; was graduated from…

Women CEOs

Profiles of leading female CEOs and business executives Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, speaking at the Intershop Open Conference in 1999. Top Female CEOs Brenda Barnes…