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Sep 1, 2011

FORBES News, Sep 01, 2011


Marsh to Acquire Brokerage Business of Alexander Forbes
MarketWatch (press release)
Mr Erwee said: "By aligning the local strengths of Alexander Forbes with Marsh's global resources, we are bringing the world's best to Africa. Marsh Africa will provide a broader offering to our clients and ensure that we can provide them with the risk ...
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New Study: Some CEOs get more than Uncle Sam
Forbes
I also head up numerous lists and reports, including our annual Forbes Global 2000 rankings and the CEO Compensation Report. I joined Forbes as a data collector in the statistics department after graduating from Iona College, and have been running the ...
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The Real Value of Sears
Forbes
Global, blog about retail trends at Dealnews.com, and teach journalism at Columbia College Chicago. Follow me on Twitter: @lfheller The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Sears as a retailer, not a holding ...
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Ron Conway, Yuri Milner, Accel and Sequoia Jump To Invest In Chinese Incubator
Forbes
I'm a deputy editor at Forbes, where I cover venture capital and startups and produce Forbes' annual Midas List. Since joining Forbes, I've helped send a bad guy to jail, picked the world's most powerful people, covered a dispute between a drug company ...
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Uniqlo To Open Two New York Stores In October
Forbes
If you have story ideas or tips, email me at helliott@forbes.com. You can also follow me on Twitter: @HannahElliott Uniqlo has announced that it will open its largest and second-largest globalflagships in New York City this October. ...
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Five Thai firms on Forbes list
Bangkok Post
"Essentially these are our picks of the companies that have best managed through the economic volatility that began in 2008," said Tim Ferguson, editor of Forbes Asia. "Most navigated the globalcredit crunch with little to no debt on their balance ...
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What Solyndra's Bankruptcy Means For Silicon Valley Solar Startups
Forbes
I'm the environment editor at Forbes. Before joining Forbes in April 2011, I wrote about all things green and tech as a contributor to The New York Times, a senior editor at Fortune and an assistant managing editor at Business 2.0 magazine. ...
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The Secret Sauce Behind CNBC..How Does CNBC Stay On Top?
Forbes
I have become an active reporter with Forbes, The Wall Street Journal Market Watch, Fortune, Business Insider, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, New York Daily News, Boston Globe and others. The author is a Forbes contributor. ...
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35 Indian cos in Forbes Asia's 'Best Under Billion'
Hindustan Times
The companies were also evaluated in terms of return on equity, said Forbes Asia. best managed through the economic volatility that began in 2008. Most navigated the global credit crunch with little to no debt on their balance sheets. ...
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AM SCRAMBLE: Full Tilt Pleads Its Case, Another RFG Quits, Epic Gets Getty
Bluff Magazine
Forbes' Nathan Verdi has a full breakdown here. In Tuesday's AM Scramble we told you about Royal Flush Girl and MAXIM Hometown Hottie Melanie Iglesias turning in her resignation. Well, late Tuesday night another one, ahem, followed suit. ...
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Christmas Cheer Forecast by Wal-Mart Supplier Li & Fung Spurs Stock Rally
Bloomberg
Fung last month founded the Fung Global Institute, a think tank with Nobel laureate Michael Spence overseeing its research agenda. He and his brother William Fung rank fifth on Forbes' Hong Kong rich list, with an estimated combined wealth of $8.6 ...
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The Most Cyberpunk Places in the USA
io9
And according to a Forbes profile, the home of Bill and Melinda Gates, worth well over $100 million, is a model of the smart homes of the future — and exactly the sort of place one of the more corporate, wealthy, wired protagonists in a cyberpunk ...
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LYONS: Budget crisis threatens defense
Washington Times
J. Randy Forbes, Virginia Republican and the committee chairman, “We're not good to go right now,” but he said the force has a good plan. With drastic budget cuts looming, I wonder just how good the plan is. The Navy is now doing the expensive, ...
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Washington Times
Tech Today: Oracle's Dealings in Africa Investigated
Wall Street Journal (blog)
[Los Angeles Times, Forbes] Sold for $180: A Wooden iPad: The Smoking Gun reports that a South Carolina woman was approached by two men in a McDonald's parking lot selling iPads. She offered $180 and soon became the proud owner of a piece of wood ...
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Numbers - Apple
FM.co.za
200m iOS devices (which run on Apple's mobile operating systems) have been sold to date. 44% of the smartphone market is covered by this system. 1bn songs have been sold via Apple's iTunes . $8,3bn is what Forbes estimates Jobs' personal fortune to be ...
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Cognizant to Present at Investor Conferences
PR Newswire (press release)
With over 50 delivery centers worldwide and approximately 118000 employees as of June 30, 2011, Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing ...
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How Did Jim Crane Slip By?
The Biz of Baseball
But, if there's something that should give those watching the baseball industry thought, it's this: according to league sources, these aspects – part of the public record – were not fully brought to light until my investigation of Crane for Forbes. ...
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SRF, Polyplex, among 35 Indian cos in Forbes' 'best under a billion' list
NDTV.com
Tim Ferguson, the Editor of Forbes Asia, said: "Essentially, these are our picks of the companies that have best managed through the economic volatility that began in 2008. Most navigated theglobal credit crunch with little to no debt on their balance ...
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What women want in a car
iAfrica.com
Johannesburg's Lorraine Forbes has always opted for reliable brands, because of safety and efficiency, as “that's very important to me."Apart from that, I love soul in a car: the interior has to appeal to my senses, yet practicality must be in the mix, ...
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Queen Rania celebrates birthday with continued focus on educating children as ...
Petra News Agency
... Morgan Global Humanitarian Award given by The Tech Museum as part of its international program, The Tech Awards. Her Majesty Queen Rania was also honored as one of Glamour Magazine's Women of the year, and received the 53rd ranking inForbes' power ...
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Petra News Agency
Century Iron Mines Corporation announces execution of joint venture agreement ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
WISCO Group is 340th in the list of Forbes Global 500 and is the third largest steel producer in China. The WISCO Group is one of the "big three" Chinese state-owned integrated iron and steel groups. In 2010, the WISCO Group had an annual output of 36 ...
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Chinese tycoon says no politics behind Iceland project
Khaleej Times
Listed 161 st on the Forbes list of the richest Chinese in 2010, Huang worked for the Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Construction in the 1980s and early 1990s. This part of his resume have made some uneasy about his ...
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Prakash Karat's 4-point fix for corruption
Firstpost
This is a country, where according to Forbes, rich people are growing at the rate of 22 percent, the highest in the world. A law isn't enough. People will find ways to bend it. While Anna deserves congratulations for his battle, the real war is the ...
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Firstpost
Fed officials debate to revitalize recovery
Press TV
Forbes The US economy grew at a rate of 0.4% in the first three months of the year. Bea.gov Some economists worry that the modest initial spending cuts in the August debt deal in Congress will only worsen the slow economic growth. ...
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