Without knowing it, you may be buying goods from manufacturers who commit to being green and assisting their workers in moving from welfare to successful careers.

The National Center for Health Statistics recently ranked life expectancies in a number of developed countries worldwide. There’s no easy way to break it: Men from the US didn’t crack the top 10. They didn’t even make the top 20.

Buffett, Icahn, Soros. When it comes to successful investors, these three are the gold standard. Midas had nothing on these self-made billionaires.

What could be better than your own penthouse overlooking one of the most magnificent vistas in the world? A penthouse overlooking those same vistas that not only enriches your life and your lifestyle but, by appreciating in value year-over-year, your bottom line too.

$1 million in the stock market (Dow Jones Industrial) 10 years ago would be worth about $1.6 million today. Not too shabby; your investments gained more than 60 percent.