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FORBES News, Jan 27, 2012

Forbes Earnings Preview: Northrop Grumman
Forbes
Northrop provides its global customers with products, services, and integrated solutions in information and services, aerospace, electronics, and shipbuilding. One of Northrop Grumman's main competitors in the aerospace and defense industry is Boeing ...
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Core Principles for the Career Marketer
Forbes
I've also been very fortunate to work with some of the world's greatest brands, including Dunkin Donuts, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, Sony Ericsson and now Denny's, the quintessential American diner. If I would look for one word to describe the world ...
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Forbes Earnings Preview: Franklin Resources
Forbes
Franklin Resources is a global investment management organization. One of Franklin's main competitors in the capital markets industry is BlackRock (BLK). Other competitors in the financials sector include: Federated Investors (FII), Cohen & Steers ...
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Davos Goes Digital: What The Billionaires And Power Players Are Tweeting
Forbes
Sandberg will be honored alongside fellow Forbes Power Women Arianna Huffington, Harvard's president Drew Gilpin Faust, Care USA CEO Helene Gayle, E & Y global vice chair Beth Brooke, Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and JP Morgan asset ...
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Stanford, Morgan Stanley, BP, Apple, MF Global in Court News
BusinessWeek
Belgium and France are dismantling Brussels-based Dexia, once theworld's leading lender to municipalities, after the company could no longer fund itself as the sovereign-debt crisis dried up short- term financing. Both banks say the loans underlying ...
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Kobe Bryant, Lakers tops LeBron James in 'the kings' most cherished stat
CLNS Radio (blog)
However, in the latest Forbes list, he falls behind the Lakers superstar who earned 53 million dollars in 2011 and worked hard to do-so. Kobe Bryant toured Europe to promote Nike and the game that made him a global icon. There were stops in Athens, ...
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Forbes Earnings Preview: Biogen Idec
Forbes
Biogen Idec is a global biotechnology company that meets the needs of therapeutic care providers and recipients. One of Biogen Idec's main competitors in the biotechnology industry, Amgen (AMGN), will report earnings on January 27, 2012.
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Valerie Casey: You Make More Money if You go Green
Forbes India
by Anirvan Ghosh Designers' Accord is a global network of designers who aimed to incorporate environmental sustainability in all forms of design. Founder Valerie Casey speaks withForbes India about how good design is related to problem-solving Career: ...
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Forbes India
5 Smart Income Picks to Start the Year
Moneyshow.com
... especially preferreds, that investors can still take advantage of and grab some big income streams, writes Richard Lehmann of Forbes/Lehmann Income Securities Investor. This fund has changed its name to GAMCOGlobal Gold, Natural Resources & Income ...
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JSF Survives, Global Hawk Dies, Global Strike Revives; Panetta's Budget
AOL Defense
Tehran will be pleased that one-third less American cruisers are slated to patrol the world's sea lanes. Foreign shipyards will embrace a shift toward outsourcing defense manufacturing jobs. "This Administration," Forbes said in his statement, ...
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America in Danger of Collapse?
Forbes
I have been studying the influences of complexity for a decade, and warned of many problems in my 2008 award-winning book The Complexity Crisis and in previous posts here onForbes.com. When you study and publish on a topic, you connect with others who ...
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7-Eleven Acquires 55 Sam's Mart Stores in the Carolinas
Sacramento Bee
Accolades include: #2 on Forbes magazine's 2011 list of Top Franchises for the Money; #4 spot on Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500 list for 2009, #3 in Forbes magazine's Top 20 Franchises to Start, #3 among Top 100Global Franchises by Franchise ...
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LHC Group named one of world's fastest-growing companies
The Daily Advertiser
Last year, LHC Group was named one of America's 100 Best Small Companies by Forbes magazine for the fifth consecutive year. Also in 2011, Fortune magazine named LHC Group one of the nation's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies for the second straight year.
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KLA-Tencor Q2 Tops Ests; Q3 Guide Strong; Foundry Orders Soar; An Android and ...
Forbes
Update: In an interview with Forbes this afternoon, Wallace noted that the company had expected order growth in the quarter of 25%-45%, but that the actual increase was 95%; total orders were $950 million. He notes that the company is expecting FY Q3 ...
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Caterpillar Crushes Expectations, Calls Out Central Bankers
Forbes
Caterpillar expects global economic growth of 3.3% in 2012, up from its previous forecast of 2.8%, with Europe picking up later in the year after a challenging first half. The biggest risk to that outlook: policy missteps by central banks, ...
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On the radar but not yet at the center, expert observes
Inquirer.net
Manila's two-place climb in the global investment climate—from 20th to 18th—in the Emerging Trends 2012 Asia Pacific Survey conducted by the Urban Land Institute is but a small step toward changing the mindset of world-class investors.
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Transcript: Stephen Harper's speech to the World Economic Forum
Canada.com
Ladies and gentlemen, I will use my time today to highlight Canada's economic strengths and to frame the choices we face as we work to secure long-term prosperity for our citizens in a difficult global environment, that is likely to remain so. Forbes ...
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Allegiant Travel Company Presenting at Raymond James Global Airline Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
LAS VEGAS, Jan 26, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Allegiant Travel Company /quotes/zigman/101442/quotes/nls/algt ALGT +0.48% will be presenting at the Global Airline Conference in New York City on Thursday, February 2.
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Romney May Cost Private Equity as Pensions Warn of Backlash
BusinessWeek
Fundraising slowed in the third quarter to the weakest pace since before theglobal financial crisis and stayed near that level in the final three months of the year, according to London-based researcher Preqin Ltd. US public and private pensions ...
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OBJE Turns to Business Incubators to Scout New Acquisition Targets
Business Wire (press release)
The Houston Technology Center, the largest tech business incubator in the state, was named by Forbes as one of "Ten Technology Incubators Changing the World." Other resources include universities that maintain their own incubators, such as the Rice ...
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GUEST PERSPECTIVE: Sudbury is the luckiest city in North America
resourceINTELLIGENCE TV
This is attracting enormous interest from the corporate sector as the recent $10-million donation to the university's engineering school by Stan Bharti, chairman and CEO of Forbes & Manhattan, a leading private bank with aglobal focus on the ...
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weathertrends360 Releases Year-Ahead Global Weather Android App
Gadgets and Technology News
Weather Trends International (WTI), the global leader of actionable year-ahead business weather guidance for retailers and manufacturers, today announced the release of their consumer year-ahead weather forecasting app for Android (available in the ...
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Gadgets and Technology News
Sports' hall of infamy
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
(UPI) It no doubt pains Dennis Eckersley to recall the Kirk Gibson HR in the 1988 World Series. (UPI) Who deserves the top spot in the Hall of Fame for sports mistakes? Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff won't be running for Baltimore mayor anytime soon.
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Why Big Data Won't Make You Smart, Rich, Or Pretty
Fast Company
For now, the identification, consolidation and governance of data is an appropriate step, as Forbes's Tom Groenfeldt recently documented with Michigan's $19 million in data center consolidation savings. Dirk Helbing of the Swiss Federal Institute of ...
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Fast Company
Comedian Jeff Dunham brings his 'Controlled Chaos' to the New Orleans Arena
NOLA.com
By The Times-Picayune Comedian Jeff Dunham is riding a wave of global popularity as he arrives at the New Orleans Arena tonight. The New York Times labeled him "the most successful comedian working in America." And Forbes lists him as the top-earning ...
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NOLA.com
OBJE Turns to Business Incubators to Scout New Acquisition Targets
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
The Houston Technology Center, the largest tech business incubator in the state, was named by Forbes as one of "Ten Technology Incubators Changing the World." Other resources include universities that maintain their own incubators, such as the Rice ...
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Highlights and text of 2012 State of the State address
Dixie Press Online
Herbert said he was optimistic about Utah's future and cited how Utah ranked as the best state in the nation for business byForbes magazine for the second consecutive year. He went on to outline his address based on the six criteria Forbes used to ...
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Dixie Press Online
-KYOCERA Earns 9th Waste-Reduction Award from State of California's CalRecycle
Waste Management World
The company is ranked #604 on Forbes magazine's 2011 'Global 2000' listing of the world's largest publicly traded companies. Contact: Kyocera International, Inc. 8611 Balboa Ave. San Diego, CA 92123-1580 Tel:            (858) 576-2600       Fax: (858) 492-1456 ...
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Sean Parker: Facebook IPO to be Largest Ever
Inc.com
Parker is hardly a disinterested party, of course: He retains a 3 percent stake in Facebook, reports Forbes, which put him on its 2011 billionaires list based in part on his expected windfall. The largest global IPO to date has been the $22.1 billion ...
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Inc.com
Twitter Will Block Suspect Tweets
MediaPost Communications
“Twitter said that it created the tool to censor by country in order to prevent having to remove illegal content from its global network,” The Washington Post reports. “The company said that as it continues to grow globally, it's had to rethink its ...
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HR and Finance: Working Together
Human Resource Executive Online
According to a Towers Watson/Forbes Insights survey of more than 300 HR and finance executives, both groups of respondents see changes ahead in their own roles when it comes to reward programs, as the provisions of the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act ...
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Occupy Movement Inspires New Compliation Albums & Bruce Springsteen [VIDEO]
hypebot.com
Which is why the second wave of publicity for Music For Occupy's compilation record Occupy This Album, due sometime in the spring, is getting attention in media outlets like Rolling Stone and Forbes. It's quite a list: Crosby & Nash, Yoko Ono, ...
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Key hits stride with Crafar farms decision
New Zealand Herald
I doubt that Jiang - who is listed as one of China's wealthiest men by Forbesmagazine - has ever faced such an extraordinary up-front pre-condition before investing elsewhere in the world. But it is clearly a price the Shanghai Pengxin chairman is ...
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Oshkosh Corp. fights for control of its board of directors
Green Bay Press Gazette
Forbes magazine ranked the 75-year-old 25th on its list of the world's 400 richest individuals in 2011, and much of his fortune has been made through the same formula that's in play in Oshkosh: Purchase a significant stake in an undervalued company, ...
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Tupperware Brands Launches 'Global Links' Externship Program to ...
By Tupperware Brands
The Rollins MBA at the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business, is ranked a top MBA program by Bloomberg Businessweek,Forbes and U.S. News & World Report. It is among a select group of business schools in the nation ...
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Who Are Your Global Prospects? - Forbes
When doing business outside the U.S., be culturally sensitive and patient with the translation process. * Breaking news: 82% of your global prospects are literate.
www.forbes.com/sites/jimblasingame/2012/.../global-prospects...
Ranking The World's Most Sustainable Companies - Forbes
Jacquelyn Smith, Forbes Staff ... Corporate Knights just announced its eighth- annual list of the world's most sustainable ... News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/.../ranking-the-worlds-most-sustainable-com...
For Some Investments, Too Much Bad News A Good Thing - Forbes
Not only is the bad news priced in for global assets in 2012, but they are priced in two fold. In essence, the market woke up on the wrong side of the bed, tripped ...
www.forbes.com/.../for-some-investments-too-much-bad-news...
Twitter Takes the World: Microblogs Explode Overseas ... - Forbes
Lenovo, the world's largest PC manufacturer, runs a customer service channel on Sina Weibo. All this news adds up a to a great investment opportunity, right?
www.forbes.com/.../twitter-takes-the-world-microblogs-explod...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Northrop Grumman - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... Northrop provides its globalcustomers with products, services, and integrated ... Narrative Science'sNews Stream ...
www.forbes.com/.../forbes-earnings-preview-northrop-grumm...
Taking An Exit But Not Saying Goodbye - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... Why Temporary Work Is Worth It ·World's Worst Privacy Policy · How To Pay Taxes .... News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/.../taking-an-exit-but-not-saying-good-bye/
News Flash - Forbes
Why Temporary Work Is Worth It · World's Worst Privacy Policy · How To Pay Taxes ... What doesn't cheer us quite so much are news stories that report declining ...
www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2012/01/26/news-flash/
Gulf To Benefit From Iran Oil Embargo? - Forbes
According to Global Trade Atlas figures, China is the largest single consumer of ... Here, I blog on Middle Eastern business news and current affairs as Forbes' ...
www.forbes.com/.../gulf-to-benefit-from-oil-embargo-on-iran/
Report: More Corporations Turn To Sustainability For ... - Forbes
In a challenging global economy, a growing number of corporations are turning ... My stories have appeared in The New York Times blogs, Fast Company, MIT's ...
www.forbes.com/.../corporate-sustainability-soars-mit-study/
From War Room to Board Room - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... in the corridors of regulatory power, or the shifting landscapes of global markets. .... News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/sites/.../01/.../from-war-room-to-board-room...
  
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