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Biotech Entrepreneur Tony Coles Takes Aim At Parkinson's And Alzheimer's Tony Coles, the chief executive who sold Onyx Pharmaceuticals to Amgen for $10.4 billion in 2013, is starting a new company that will use yeast to try and discover new treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehring’s disease). Read More > SHARE: WATCH VIDEO  A Tipping Point For Cancer Treatment New approaches in immune treatments and genetic technology mean that we’re making progress in ways that were previously unimaginable. Is vanquishing cancer possible? SHARE: Road Map To Riches: The 2015 FORBES Investment Guide The new FORBES guide profiles star do-it-yourself investors and provides tips on retirement, taxes, stocks, bonds, charitable giving and investing in such alternatives as refinanced student loans and movies. Read More > SHARE: UnitedHealth Group To Pay Bundled Fee For Cancer Care Moving further away from fee-for-service medicine, UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, said it will pay the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center a “bundled payment” for head and neck cancer care. Read More > SHARE: Can Shinzo Abe Tackle The Real Reason For Japan's Decline? The epicenter of Japan’s crisis is not its Parliament, or the factory floor, but in the bedroom. The country has been on a procreation holiday for almost a generation now, with one of the lowest fertility rates on the planet. The damage may prove impossible to overcome. Read More > SHARE: WATCH VIDEO  Running The World: Most Powerful People Of 2014 FORBES counts down the most powerful people in the world. SHARE: Inside FORBES: A Great Media Brand Lands In Jersey, With A Terrific Year For A Send Off Today is the first day of my new FORBES life in Jersey City. As I packed and purged for the move from 60 Fifth Ave., I couldn’t help but reflect on a year that brought some of the most significant developments in the history of our legendary media brand. Read More > SHARE: New Poll Indicates Ukrainian Approval Of Russia's Leadership Has Nosedived A Gallup poll has revealed that Ukrainians’ traditionally high approval ratings of Russia’s leadership have drastically eroded over the past year.Read More > SHARE: