His brother Gerarde, mother Julie and friend Rob Cook climbed with him.

BBC: Charlie Doherty

Based on an idea sent to us by our friend Rob Ross, we made a list of the world?s largest publicly traded companies including Trefis estimates on those we cover.

FORBES: As Its Own Business, The iPhone Is Worth More Than All But Eight Companies

In a piece written in 2007, my friend Rob Enderle first raised the delicate question of whether Ballmer was the right guy for the job, but gave him a temporary pass.

FORBES: Can Anybody Run Microsoft?

When an acclaimed climber, Jamie Matthewson, is killed near his home, his estranged childhood friend, Rob Dewar, heads immediately for north Wales to visit Matthewson's widow, Ruth.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

Three months after his release, in 1963, at the age of twenty, he and a friend tried to rob the Kopelman jewelry store, in downtown Boston.

NEWYORKER: Hellhole