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FORBES News, Sep 13, 2011


Banks' Allure Is Thin for Wealthy Indians
New York Times
... with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $16.8 billion — prefer to use in-house staff members to manage personal wealth. The gradual shift from charging transaction-based fees to an advisory fee model, amid a global move to discourage sales of ...
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Malaysia gets Forbes' nod
New Straits Times
Forbes is in Malaysia to attend the Forbes Global CEO Conference. This is the second time the conference is being held in the country. Malaysia played host for the first time in 2009. Forbes, who was in Malaysia two years ago, said he has seen a big, ...
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Forbes lauds PM Najib for transformation
Malaysia Star
But we have seen him follow through on the things he said,” Forbes told journalists at the opening of the Forbes Global CEO Conference. “It is not just the Government saying this, but external observers have come to notice it as well,” he said, ...
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Malaysia Star
The Highest-Paid Men In Entertainment
Forbes
I'm a graduate of Vassar College and Northwestern University and I've been working at Forbes since 2001. For a good chunk of the year I obsess over celebrity paydays for the Celebrity 100 list. The rest of the year I'm working the beat. ...
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Ford Is The New Design and Technology Leader
Forbes
I'm the Detroit bureau chief for Forbes, which means I spend most of my time covering the automotive industry. But I also keep an eye on the rest of America's heartland—where stuff is manufactured and grown. I've been on the auto beat for more than 15 ...
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Malaysia's restructuring of economy a positive move to attract investors, says ...
Sin Chew Jit Poh
"The Malaysian government has so far been delivering reality and that is why we are happy to be back here to see these initiatives come to fruition," he told reporters at the opening press conference in conjunction with the 11th Forbes Global CEO ...
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How European Bank Woes Could Wreak Havoc On A Portfolio
Forbes
This “Yogi-ism” applies to the problems surrounding the global banking sector today. Two years after the credit crisis apparently ended, a global banking crisis, currency crisis, and sovereign debt crisis have simultaneously reemerged. ...
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The Next Jack Ma? Liu Qiangdong Makes China Rich List On 360buy's Success
Forbes
Russell is a senior editor and the Shanghai bureau chief of Forbes magazine. A fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker now in his 11th year at Forbes, Russell compiles the Forbes China Rich List, Hong Kong Rich List, and Taiwan Rich List. ...
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Time To Nuke The Euro!
Forbes
He has several professional qualifications and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment; therefore he understands both the theoretical ideal and real world constraints. The author is a Forbes contributor. ...
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40 years of stagnation in Silicon Valley
The Next Web
Thiel, who co-founded PayPal, invested in Facebook and is repeatedly on the Forbes400 list of the world's wealthiest individuals said: ”Nothing has happened in Silicon Valley in the past 40 years.” “Take aviation for example,” he said. ...
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The Next Web
It's not the ball's fault you can't kick, says Grant Fox
New Zealand Herald
By Troy Rawhiti-Forbes Jonny Wilkinson's shocker with the boot during England's opening pool match can't be blamed on the new Rugby World Cup ball, says superboot Grant Fox. Photo / Getty Images Discussions and debates after the first matches of the ...
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New Zealand Herald
Half Of 50 Best Publicly-traded Firm From China, Says Forbes
Bernama
Among the newcomers are: Qingdao Haier, the world's No. 1 white goods brand; Zhongsheng Group Holdings, a chain of car dealerships; and, China Merchants Bank, which boasts the highest annual net profits of the Fab 50 companies. Forbes said for the ...
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ING, Wynn, Tenet Healthcare are market movers
The Associated Press
Wynn Resorts Ltd., up $3.29 at $151.72 The casino operator said it signed a land deal with the Macau government to build its second casino-resort in the territory. Global Industries Ltd., up $2.63 at $7.78 The company, which provides services for ...
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What the Fuss M&F Worldwide, Lightbridge and T3 Motion?
eStocksDaily
(NYSE:MFW) has climbed more than 19 percent higher so far today after it was announced that MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings have entered into a definitive merger agreement in which M&F will merge with a subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes. ...
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eStocksDaily
US HOT STOCKS: NetLogic, Global Industries, Tenet, ING, BofA
Wall Street Journal
(MFW, $23.90, +$3.53, +17.33%) agreed to be acquired by privately held MacAndrews & ForbesHoldings Inc. at an increased price that values the company at $482.5 million. Under the definitive agreement, MacAndrews will pay $25 an M&F share, ...
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Four Seasons Resort Hualalai to plant 500000 trees
Breaking Travel News
Four Seasons Resort Hualālai at Historic Ka'ūpūlehu, the first and only AAA Five-Diamond andForbes Five-Star resort on Hawai'i Island, has partnered with Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods in planting up to 500000 legacy koa trees in the native Hawaiian forest ...
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New Jersey Devils Buying Out Minority Partner, Refinancing Debt, Team Says
Bloomberg
Forbes magazine last year estimated the Devils were worth $218 million, No. 11 in the league, down 2 percent from the previous year. Curt Ritter, a spokesman for CIT Group Inc., the Devils' lead lender, declined to comment. Jeffrey Vanderbeek, a former ...
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The More Dangerous Side to Obama's Jobs Plan
theTrumpet.com
Now experts are worried that the chronic outsourcing of manufacturing has “left US industry without the means to invent the next generation of high-tech products that are key to rebuilding its economy” (Forbes, August 17). ...
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A Look At Berkshire Hathaway's Largest Holdings
Seeking Alpha
His company, Berkshire Hathaway, is the 8th biggest company, according to the Forbes Global2000 list. I have listed the first seven of his stock picks and explained my opinion about them. I have investigated these stocks from a fundamental perspective ...
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Praise flows after passing of Israeli magnate Yuli Ofer, 86
China Post
Ofer owned, along with his late brother Sammy, a vast industrial empire worth more than US$10.3 billion according to Forbes' World Billionaires list, with interests ranging from shipping to oil, chemicals, property and banking. ...
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Mida Approves Investments Of Rm31.7 Bln For Seven Months Of 2011
Bernama
"It is for both new operations and expansion of existing ones," International Trade and Industry Minister, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed told reporters on the sidelines of the Forbes Global CEO Conference here today. He noted that some of the existing ...
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29 Year Old Entrepreneur William Benson Buys Billionaires Row and Celebrates ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Other attendees will be executives from Super Model Serina Branch, Nike, Harper Collins, Bryant Park Hotel, Richard Victor Mahee (Mahvrick Networks) and A Small World. Forbes Magazine will cover the red carpet event to music industry blogs like Rap ...
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Lunch with BS,  Chanda Kochhar
Business Standard
There was no surprise, therefore, when Bloomberg last week named her one of the 50 most influential in global finance and when Forbes listed her as one of the world'smost powerful women. Although all this leaves little time to do anything else, ...
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Business Standard
Bank of New York Mellon Is Said to Pull Sale of $17 Billion Alcentra Unit
Bloomberg
David Forbes-Nixon, Alcentra chairman, and Jack Grone, a Credit Suisse spokesman, declined to comment. Mike Dunn, a Bank of New York spokesman, said the lender doesn't comment on rumors or speculation. CLOs are a type of collateralized debt obligation ...
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Dangote, AVIC/KHD Brainstorm on New Cement Plants
THISDAY Live
Dangote Cement was recently selected by Forbes among the top global 2000 companies in theworld, with a total asset of $2.1 billion. The company was ranked 1434 in the world with a total market value of $12.5 billion and profitability of $384.4 million ...
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US Stocks Finish With A Gain In Volatile Trade; DJIA Adds 69
Wall Street Journal
... to pay up to $65 million to acquire BDM Global Ventures in a move that will give it ownership of BDM's JigoCity deals site. M&F Worldwide jumped 3.88, or 19%, to 24.25. The company agreed to be acquired by closely held MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings. ...
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TV Pilots That Are as Good as Most Summer Movies
io9
Genre MVP Michelle Forbes is absolutely note-perfect as Miranda Zero, and Warren Ellis' vision of clandestine hackers and spies making the world a better place is translated into a great slice of cyberpunk intrigue. This is another gimme — "Serenity," ...
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Big Movers (GLBL, NETL, LTBR, MHP, MFW)
Headline OTC
(NYSE:MFW) gained 18.90% to $24.22 after privately held MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. said that it will buy the company for $482.5 million or $25 a share, a 47% premium to the closing price before MacAndrews announced its an earlier bid for the ...
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President Daniels to kick off this year's Leaders + Legends series
The JHU Gazette
Past speakers have included Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Inc.; Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.; and Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS. Admission to the lecture, which includes breakfast, is $35.
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The JHU Gazette
Profits elude bankers to the rich in booming India
Reuters India
With businesses from healthcare to glass and property, the 56-year-old Piramal has a net worth of $1.4 billion, according to Forbes, good for 39th on its India rich list. The problem, at least for the swelling ranks of wealth managers in India, ...
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C&S Wholesale Grocers Partners With Kenexa to Improve Recruiting Processes
MarketWatch (press release)
C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene, NH is the largest food wholesaler and according to Forbesmagazine, the 10th largest privately held company in the United States. The company distributes food to supermarkets, retail stores and military bases across the ...
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Rio Home Fashions and kathy ireland Worldwide Partner for kathy ireland Home ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Forbes.com names Kathy Ireland one of the 20 Best-Branded Women on Twitter. Forbes Magazine reports that kathy ireland Worldwide® (kiWW®) is a "design empire which grosses over 1.4 billion dollars annually in retail sales." 2010 License Global Magazine ...
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2011 Forbes Global CEO Conference was held to explore the global ...
Forbes Global CEO Conference at its eleventh 12 to 14, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from around the ... Finance-ol.com: Home>>Financial News>> Reading ...
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Indonesia Holds Rate to Spur Growth as Global Recovery Falters
Home Page for the World's Business Leaders, Free Trial Issue. Search ... The decision was predicted by all 10 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. ...
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