The New Celebrity Entrepreneurs
New Fame Game: Leveraging Status to Invest in Hot Deals

J.Lo's Stunning Career Reincarnation Puts Her No. 1 On The Celebrity 100
Thanks to 'Idol', a hit single and a slew of endorsement deals, JLo earned $52 million in the last 12 months and ranks as America?s most powerful celebrity.

Hong Kong In Transition: Old Guard Is Losing Some Control
(Note: This is the first in a series of articles about changes under way in Hong Kong under new government leader C.Y. Leung who will take office on July 1.)

China's Alarming Risk Of Financial Instability
In my debate with Andrew Batson in The Guardian in March, I noted that:

    There really are two related but distinct things people have in mind when they talk about a ?hard landing? for China. The first is a rapid deceleration of GDP growth ? below, say, 7%. The second is some kind of financial crisis. I think we?re already seeing some signs of the first, and the second is a bigger risk than most people appreciate.

Kristen Wiig Leaves 'SNL': We Told You Last October
Kristen Wiig had a nice send off on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. I reported on Showbiz411.com last October that she would leave the comedy show after her success with "Bridemaids." She's also got "Imogene" coming out, produced by Trudie Styler and Celine Ratray's Maven Pics. And she has a cameo in the terrible "Revenge for Jolly!" which was shown at Tribeca. But Wiig has a bright future in films. Her time at 'SNL' was up.

How Does Marital Status Affect Your Federal Taxes
Laws have always regulated who may marry, the obligations related to marriage and children and whether and how a marriage can be ended. Governments have always put their own social agenda above the pluralism of personal choice. Never in history have governments considered marital relations strictly private.

Son Hit With Aging Parent's $93K Nursing Home Bill
Could this happen to you?

Looking for a new job? Entrepreneurial Companies Show the Way...
Looking for a new job?  Perhaps it’s time to go entrepreneurial.  Recent SEC filings show that entrepreneurial companies have been hiring at a red hot pace, skyrocketing 13+% over last year’s levels.  The rate of growth far outstrips the relatively modest 3% average increase for non-entrepreneurial firms and exceeds the prior year’s entrepreneurial growth rate of 10%.  Though capital markets appear choppy, the US market seems to be celebrating its best job rate increases since the pre-recession 2006-2007 era.  Not surprisingly, entrepreneurial companies lead the way.  And the good news does not appear to be limited to only economic upswings. Striking differences between entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial firms exist during economic downturns as well. According to company disclosures, when the economy turns sour, entrepreneurial companies retain more of its employees.  In fact, during the worst part of the 2008-to-2009 recession, entrepreneurial companies actually had modest increases in employment, compared to a significant drop-off for the rest of the market. Does this mean that entrepreneurial companies actually dominate during both good times and bad?  The data seem to think so.

Mark Zuckerberg Ties the Knot, But It Isn't All Love And Roses
Two huge financial issues affect the happy couple.

Zuckerberg Wedding - The Things You Have To Do When You Are A Billionaire