fortunes

J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes — even prays — this will be the day when his fortunes turn around.

India's industrial production slid 5.1 percent in October, the first fall in over two years and one more sign of a reversal of fortunes for Asia's third largest economy.

Cut loose by U.S. owners, Saab became an entrepreneur's long-odds dream, while Volvo thrived.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, whose fortunes have sagged in the last five years, is exploring the sale of the company or a stake in it.

The fortunes of Britain's wealthiest individuals appear to have turned. The 1,000 richest people in Britain increased their collective wealth by 18 percent in the past year and are now worth 395.8 billion ounds , according to a list published by the Sunday Times newspaper.

In 2007, the “Facebook Class” at Stanford created free apps for millions of users. But it also fired up the careers of many students and pioneered a new model of entrepreneurship.

Technology titans Nokia and Microsoft are combining forces to create smart phones that might challenge rivals like Apple and Google and revive their own fortunes in a market they have struggled to keep up with.

Jonathan Browning, VW's new head of U.S. operations,  has a tough challenge ahead of him, despite the $4 billion his company is investing in the venture.

Buffett has teamed up with Bill Gates to convince 40 billionaires (so far) to give half their fortunes away to charity.

Around 10 percent of America's billionaires have signed the pledge so far, but Buffett hopes to recruit more.

A look at the numbers behind the "Giving Pledge."