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FORBES News, Dec 23, 2011

Forbes, Zuckerman on 2012 US Election Outlook
Washington Post
Neel Kashkari, head of global equities at Pacific Investment Management Co., John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics, and Michael Chertoff, chairman of Chertoff Group and former secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, also speak. ...
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Forbes: I0 Indians stand tall with Mark Zuckerberg and Lady Gaga
TruthDive
The youngest managing director the global financial giant has ever seen, Shah was promoted at 27 and is the “Cambridge math grad turned rock star emerging markets trader,” Forbes writes. Making a mark in the field of science is 29-year-old Raj Krishnan ...
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Foreign accents: Traditions around the world usher in Christmas with flavorful ...
The Republic
That deliberate choice still echoes on dinner tables around the world. Dickens was consciously trying to change, to revitalize, the Christmas of his day, Forbes says. That's fitting, since it always has been a holiday under construction. ...
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Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights Reacts to Recent Allegations of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
(By the way, Forbes Magazine credits the Institute and other nonprofit organizations for doing more to promote respect for workers rights in China, more than all US corporations put together). Isn't it odd that year after year the American people spend ...
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George Soros' Top Buys in the Last Quarter
GuruFocus.com
In 2010, Forbes listed Soros as the 35th richest person in the world, and the 14th richest person in America, with a net worth estimated at US$14.2 billion. For Soros, reflexivity is the belief that the action of beholding the valuation of any market, ...
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StubHub, Premiere Global sign travel package deal - Ticket News
San Francisco Luxury News
It had revenues of $325 million last year, according to Forbes. Last week, StubHub acquired Zvents, a local event-discovery platform. That deal also expanded the company's reach, giving StubHub access to the more than 3 million events that Zvents lists ...
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Billionaire betting big on Brazil
Calgary Herald
Others are standing by Batista, who was ranked the world's eighth-wealthiest per-son by Forbes in 2011. Among the first major outside investors in his companies was the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, which had $108 billion under management at the end ...
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What We're Reading
New York Times (blog)
Nick Fox Forbes: Dream jobs: With her new wine bar and salon, Corkbuzz Wine Studio, who wouldn't want to be Laura Maniec? — Eric Asimov Time Out New York: Chris Schonberger has a secret East Village weapon when guests come to town and want a great ...
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New York Times (blog)
The 0.00017% Vs. 99.99983%: Time To Occupy The Capital?
Investor's Business Daily
Bill Gates, for example, reached the top of the Forbes 400 by providing computer software to millions of people around the world. If rich people invest in producing products no one wants, they lose money and find themselves replaced in the economic ...
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Global success spurs Cork IT firm merger
Cork News
Users of the cloud-based TeamworkPM application include a diverse range of domestic and international clients including Dublin Corporation, Universal Studios, EA Sports, Ohio University, Pfizer, Oxfam, Forbes travel, Ubisoft, Sony and Pepsi.
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No good news in the carbon tax
Australian Conservative
Thinking Australians are worried that Mr Abbott may renege on his promise to repeal the carbon tax. That would really leave Australia legless and powerless in the global storms. Viv Forbes is chairman of the Carbon Sense Coalition. ...
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Ken Fisher's Reasons To Be Cheerful
Motley Fool UK
In an interview in Forbes magazine in October, Fisher said that the total corporate profitability per employee has always fallen for well over a year before any recession, and there's never been a recession when corporate profits per employee were ...
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ATP appoints Brad Drewett as new Executive Chairman and President
TennisEarth.com
I am confident that Brad's work ethic and leadership will help contribute to the continued success of the ATP World Tour.” ATP Board Representative Gavin Forbes said, “Brad has the perfect combination of proven business abilities and understanding of ...
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TennisEarth.com
Marketers (and Criminals) Buzz About Mobile Tuesday
Blogger News Network (blog)
Forbes reports, “Consumers are going mobile in large numbers, and the 2011 holiday season proved it. IBM Coremetrics recently reported that consumers increased shopping on smartphones and tablets on Black Friday. Purchases made on mobile devices ...
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Louis Vuitton Sues Warner Bros. Over 'Hangover II' Bag, Amazon App Causes Stir...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
AllThingsD A digital marketing firm recently estimated that 27% of China's online shoppers are spending between $157 and $471 through the Web each year, with almost every online category registering double-digit growth annually. Forbes.
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Patent ruling a lucrative gift for Amgen
Pacific Coast Business Times
The result is that the second-best-selling drug at the world's biggest biotechnology company will be essentially immune from generic competitors for “the foreseeable future.” “[W]e have patents related to particular methods of making Enbrel, ...
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FEATURE :: PREMIER ESTATE PROPERTIES
Haute Living
Their unique marketing approach includes EP Magazine, their bi-annual publication showcasing the company's entire Estate Portfolio, distributed to 85000 selected individuals from the Forbes 400 and Fortune 500 lists, athletes, celebrities, politicians, ...
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SCBT Financial Corporation to Announce Fourth Quarter Financial Results and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Named in Forbes as one of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America for more than 60 months, SCBT Financial Corporation has assets of approximately $4.0 billion and its stock is traded under the symbol SCBT in the NASDAQ GlobalSelect Market. ...
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Russia's rich get jitters amid fresh protest
Financial Times
Although no one on the Forbes list of Russia's richest dared openly support Mr Medvedev over Mr Putin, the former's reform rhetoric had prompted hopes of greater economic competition. Apart from Mikhail Prokhorov – the tycoon who owns the New Jersey ...
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China's state investment fund buys into Shanduka
Business Day
Mr Ramaphosa also said China Investment's stakeholding would not affect Shanduka's holdings in global hamburger giant McDonald's, after it bought a 20-year master franchise agreement to run all McDonald's restaurants in SA earlier this year. ...
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Turn off Euro pop, enjoy some golden oldies
Nashville Ledger newspaper
The IMF predicts world GDP will grow 4 percent in 2011 and in 2012. Don't they know that the world can't grow if Europe shrinks? The forecast projects growth contracting in Europe, but expanding in the US and Japan. Emerging market growth will still ...
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Nashville Ledger newspaper
Navman Wireless Sells OEM GPS Module Business to Telit Communications
Bradenton Herald
The OnlineAVL2 suite has one of the largest global footprints in the industry and has earned numerous honors for the company, including a 2011 Chicago Innovation Award (www.chicagoinnovationawards.com) and ranking on the Forbes America's Most Promising ...
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Prediction 2012: Rise of the Social Global App - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People · America's Best ... PlayUp is part social network and part game and it is mostly global. ... News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/.../prediction-2012-rise-of-the-social-global-...
News of the World Did Not Delete Milly Dowler's Voice Mails - Forbes
This is something of a turn up for the books: The News of the World did not delete the voice mails from Milly Dowler's phone. It's a little late to find this out as the ...
www.forbes.com/.../news-of-the-world-did-not-delete-milly-d...
Santa Arrived Too Late - Forbes
Latest News ». The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the ...
www.forbes.com/sites/.../2011/12/.../the-santa-arrived-too-late/
The Week Ahead: Will the Grinch Steal Christmas? - Forbes
Despite generally good news for the US economy, stocks closed lower for the ... If this is indeed a global trend, then the longer-term inflation implications are ...
www.forbes.com/.../the-week-ahead-will-the-grinch-steal-chris...
Upcoming Conference to Focus on News Corp. Hacking ... - Forbes
Could the rash of sordid revelations that forced Rupert Murdoch to close the Newsof the World turn out to be a teaching moment for other executives? ...
www.forbes.com/.../upcoming-conference-to-focus-on-news-c...
How to Behave During The Morning After The Holiday Party - Forbes
Latest News ». The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world. This year's list reflects big gains in profit and sales from a...
www.forbes.com/.../how-to-behave-during-the-morning-after-...
Myanmar's Sanctioned Tycoons Jostle For Position - Forbes
And these days the news emanating from the two countries couldn't be more ... to compete in the global economy instead of relying on China for support. ...
www.forbes.com/.../myanmars-sanctioned-tycoons-jostle-for-p...
Best of 2011: My 5 Favorite Startups - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... On Wednesday December 7th, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom broke exciting news during a LeWeb conference: 15 ...
www.forbes.com/sites/.../best-of-2011-my-5-favorite-startups/
No Educator Left Behind: Pearson, Leading Scorer of ... - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... News reports since the investigation was launched quote state education employees as being unaware that Pearson was ...
www.forbes.com/.../no-educator-left-behind-pearson-leading-s...
The Three Rules of the Intelligent Shopper - Forbes
Latest News ». The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the ...
www.forbes.com/.../the-three-rules-of-the-intelligent-shopper/
10 Indians in Forbes '30 under 30' list - World News - IBNLive
From a 29-year-old Goldman Sachs director to a graduate student, 10 Indian- origin young turks share the space with likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ...
ibnlive.in.com/news/10-indians-in-forbes.../213944-2.html
Reclaiming the Revolution: Women in Cairo Refuse to be ... - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People · America's Best ... A global perspective of women, business and culture .... World With A View's News Stream. Show all ...
www.forbes.com/.../reclaiming-the-revolution-women-in-cairo...
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