Andrew Carnegie

The smells of basil, Chinese food, fish and baked goods linger in the humid air along Penn Avenue, mixing with the sweat and grime of packed sidewalks and outdoor vendors. Children cling to their parents' hands and young couples stroll leisurely while...

The gig: Chief of Buzznet Inc., a Los Angeles-based Internet company he describes as a one-stop shop for pop culture. With contributions from paid editors and amateurs, the company's websites include Buzznet, Celebuzz, the Superficial, Just Jared, WWTDD....

For the last decade, Oxnard has been trying to shirk its stigma as the place you drive past on the 101 to head to more glamorous destinations such as Santa Barbara. A thriving agricultural area (made famous by its annual California Strawberry Festival...

Julia Keller is the Tribune's cultural critic. She will speak at the Printers Row Book Fair on June 7-8 (printersrowbookfair.org). julia@juliakeller.net These were dark times. The United States was bogged down in a frustrating and controversial war, a...

Given the swanky townhouses, proximity to Museum Mile, proliferation of uniformed schoolgirls and lovingly manicured greenery, it's difficult to believe that Carnegie Hill, which occupies the northeast corner of the Upper East Side, wasn't always...

The Greek islands of Santorini, Anafi and Thirasia are the setting for the June 14-20 "In Search of the Real Greece" photo workshop directed by San Francisco photographers Glenn and Rose Steiner. Geared to a variety of abilities, from intermediate-to-...

Every few decades, America's business leaders change their minds about what obligations corporations and the wealthy have to society. This happened 100 years ago, when ex-robber barons like Andrew Carnegie invented modern philanthropy to address social...

An opportunity to buy emerging-market stocks is likely to surface within a few weeks as nervous investors continue to flee from risky stocks, experts say. But analysts are warning investors not to be too eager to overindulge now. With emerging markets...

We've all heard it. Somebody says offhandedly: "He's really rich." It's all relative, but even without examining anyone's tax returns, Americans tend to keep an informal score of the local and the national well-to-do folks. Those at the top receive...

Craig Newmark, the man who founded Craigslist, daydreams about going "middle-aged crazy" someday. That's his way of saying he might trade his environmentally correct Toyota Prius for a flashy, expensive car. He might buy an apartment in the East...

The charitable foundation of Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates pledged $750 million Monday to vaccinate children throughout the developing world, one of the largest donations ever. The contribution to the international Vaccine Fund will help fight...

LAST OCTOBER, when people who lived and worked near the southern tip of Manhattan donned surgical masks to step outside, when a soft coat of ash still covered every object inside apartments where the windows had been left open, when fires still flared...