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Indonesia To Host Forbes Global CEO Conference In 2013
Bernama
By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, Dec 9 (Bernama) -- Forbes, the publisher of business magazines, Forbes and Forbes Asia, will hold its 13th annual Forbes Global CEO Conference in Indonesia in 2013. Under an agreement signed by ...
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Navman Wireless listed as "one of America's most promising companies" byForbes
Fleet World
Tony Neill, managing director of Navman Wireless, the UK's most chosen vehicle tracking specialist, has said today that the decision by Forbes to include theglobal telematics leader on its list of America's Most Promising Companies, is a "definite ...
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PAR Springer-Miller Spa Clients Recognized in Prestigious Forbes Travel Guide ...
Hospitality Net (press release)
With 22 of the 30 spas on the newly released list utilizing PAR Springer-Miller's spa management solution, SpaSoft Spa Management System, PSMS represents the technology of choice for of the world's most luxurious and guest-focused spas. "The Forbes ...
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Atlas Copco Receives International Acclaim for Innovation and Sustainability
MFRTech (press release)
The latest honors include listings in Newsweek's Green Rankings and Thomson Reuters' Top 100 Global Innovators. “Since August of this year, Atlas Copco AB has been recognized by Newsweek, Thomson Reuters and Forbes for innovative and sustainable ...
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Intelius CEO Naveen Jain Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for His ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... member of Intelius' Board of Directors and publisher of Forbes magazine. "Throughout Naveen's illustrious career, the power of entrepreneurialism and innovation has driven him to seek and create solutions for some of the world'sbiggest challenges. ...
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Pennies from Heaven
Atlantic City Weekly
Forbes magazine pictured Marc on the August cover, naming him top innovator of 2011. Part of that story included his words: “The past is never the future. But it's easy to get caught up in the continuum.” Banioff is brilliant, and his brilliance and...
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Wharton Digital Press "Brilliant Mistakes" by Paul JH Schoemaker Named to ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Brilliant Mistakes received "#1 Best Business Book of the Year" kudos from the Patriot-News' PennLive.com and has been featured by Inc.com, Forbes and the International Business Times, among others. To make Brilliant Mistakes and all Wharton Digital ...
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Coco water and coffee - 2 sunshine industries
Philippine Star
So, if you have a mind to go into this as export, as PCA Administrator EuclidesForbes says, “mag-coco water ka na kesa mag-buko juice.” The PCA Administrator admits that he has been kept busy for months now, hopping from coconut-rich areas like ...
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America's Most Promising Companies: The Top 20 - Forbes
Forbes
In a global competitive marketplace I dare someone to look under the hood at the state of the human capital driving the business engines here. Ultimately – I'd ask – is that workforce sustainably productive in the current climate of work-till-you-drop...
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House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights...
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Weibo, for example, now employs 100 people around the clock just to monitor the content being posted online, according to the magazine Forbes. Several new keyword combinations are being blocked online. "Jasmine," the adjective often applied to the ...
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ZOLL Medical Corporation to Present at the Oppenheimer 22nd Annual Healthcare...
MarketWatch (press release)
A NASDAQ Global Select company and a Forbes 100 Most Trustworthy Company in 2007, 2008, and 2009, ZOLL was designated in 2011 as one of ForbesTop 100 Small Public Companies in America with annual revenues under $1 billion....
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Businessmen who shaped Tamil Nadu's economy
Rediff
In fact, Chennai is even being pegged as the Detroit of South Asia and has been rated as one of the fastest growing cities in the worldby Forbes magazine. Here, we list the businessmen who have contributed or are working towards making Chennai a truly ...
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Rediff
China's third major telecommunications city
China Daily
As of November 2011, it had 207 Fortune Global 500 firms, including IBM, Alcatel, Siemens, GE, Cisco, Ericsson, SAP, and Accenture. Of the world's top 20 software firms, 11 had a presence there. In October 2010, the US' Forbes magazine put Chengdu at ...
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China Daily
Focus on International Economics
The Fiscal Times (blog)
Bartlett has written for Forbes Magazine and Creators Syndicate, and his work is informed by many years in government, including as a senior policy analyst in the Reagan White House. He is the author of seven books including his new book: The Benefit ...
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12 ETFs to Watch in 2012
Uranium Investing News
Forbes reported on 12 ETFs, including Global X Uranium ETF (NYSE:URA) worth watching and investing in for 2012. Global X Uranium ETF (NYSE:URA): We recently argued that things probably can't get any worse for URA. Really, it's hard to imagine that ...
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Duke: We donĂ¢€™t have to ruin landscape
Northumberland Gazette
The Duke of Northumberland with Northumberland Estate's clerk of works Graham Caygill and Hannah Forbes, senior process engineer at Mott MacDonald Ltd at the launch of the CHP project. RENEWABLE energy doesn't have to ruin the landscape or divide ...
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Unlikely friendship brings $10 million donation to Cleveland Clinic
Plain Dealer
375 on Forbes magazine's list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, with a reported $1.1 billion in assets. His family owns more than 80 companies -- ranging from coal and energy to agriculture. Graham took the helm of Cleveland Clinic Innovations earlier ...
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Jamaica: Million Dollar ICT Investment
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release)
Convergys is a member of Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500 and Forbes' Platinum 400, and is the acclaimed global leader in integrated billing, employee care and customer care services provided through outsourcing or licensing. The Company serves more than ...
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Survey: Android, BlackBerry users prefer iPad among tablets
FierceWireless
According to a Forbes report on the survey, respondents were asked which of 14 tablets (from 11 different manufacturers) they would choose if they were to buy a tablet--and the iPad was the clear favorite. While not entirely surprising--the iPad widely ...
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War On Terror - Based On The Hit Board Game, But Could Apple Remove The App?
AppAdvice
Forbes found it troubling, and the application itself, like the board game, is nothing if not controversial. Features of the application, as outlined in its release notes, include: Features the best song ever penned by the one-and-only Jarvis Cocker! ...
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AppAdvice
Confrontation on the Frontiers of China and Russia
Dissident Voice
China is much more central to the world economy, too vital even to the financing of the US debt, too bonded up with the Forbes Five Hundred multi-national corporations. To provoke China, to even fantasize about economic “exclusion” to bring down China, ...
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8 Big Sells By Hedge Funder Barry Rosenstein
Seeking Alpha
380 on the Richest Americans list in 2007, according to Forbes. But his fund has not performed well in 2007 and 2008. It returned 7.9% and -23.4%, respectively, in these two years. After that, the fund returned 23.9% in 2009 and 8.4% in 2010, ...
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VSUS Technologies, Inc. Announces the Engineering Report for Their Colombia ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the future US and global economies, the impact of competition, and the Company's reliance on existing regulations. VSUS Technologies Inc. does not undertake any duty nor does it intend ...
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Severstal's Nord Gold slips ahead of spin off
Reuters
If less than 5 percent of the shares are exchanged, Nord Gold is expected to become a private company held by Mordashov, who has an $18.5 billion fortune according to Forbes magazine. He had hoped to raise $1.5 billion via a London flotation of Nord ...
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Biggest CEO Departures of 2011 (PHOTOS)
International Business Times UK
Here is the Forbes' list of high profile CEOs who relinquished office in 2011. Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned on August 24, just a little more than a month before his death, was the most significant CEO departure of the year. The giant Japanese camera ...
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International Business Times UK
Hedge Funds Facing Worse Year Since 1990
NewsMax.com
"Trends in launches and liquidations in 3Q11 clearly reflect both increased investor risk aversion and strategic preferences for 2012," says Hedge Funds Research President Kenneth J. Heinz, according to Forbes.
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The Money Carousel
Kyiv Post
Kostyantyn Zhevago, a Ukrainian businessman and lawmaker estimated by Forbesto be worth $2.4 billion has admitted to owning the group. A senior official at AvtoKrAZ said in a fax to the Kyiv Post that his company never had any contracts or financial ...
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Liz Taylor's 'Crown Jewels' to be auctioned
Jeweller Magazine
With friends like renowned publisher Malcolm Forbes and deceased musician Michael Jackson, the Oscar-winning actress was showered with some of theworld's most rare jewellery. Video courtesy of AP.
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E-Cat Weekly -- December 8, 2011
Pure Energy Systems News
(Forbes; November 28, 2011) Cold Fusion: A Resurrection and an Inconvenient Truth (A view from Europe) - Submitted by French reader Gerard Briand, a self described “self-taught thinker” and a professional in the field of building and construction. ...
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Pure Energy Systems News
St. Kitts PM Douglas says Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Summit reaffirms a shared ...
South Florida Caribbean News
... President Forbes Burnham of Guyana, and Prime Ministers Errol Barrow of Barbados, Michael Manley and Dr. Eric Williams which sent a statement to theworld that these Members of the then Caribbean Free Trade Area (CARIFTA) considered Cuba an ...
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Harvard Business School's MBA Program Ranks #1 in the Country Again, MIT Ranks 5th
BostInno
The Poets and Quants list is a composite of the five major MBA rankings published by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes and US News & World Report, according to Fortune Management. Reportedly, the ranking takes into ...
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Why Bonds are Grossly Misunderstood
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Forbes estimates his personal net worth at $2.2 billion. Gross is an active bond manager, meaning his funds attempt to beat the returns of a designated index. There is a looming threat to his empire: Compelling data indicates most active bond managers ...
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The World's Best Sustainability Idea: The Gold In Human ... - Forbes
Special Report: Global Investing Strategies · Tech ... 8 images Photos: TheWorld's Eight Best Sustainability Ideas .... loading. News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/.../the-worlds-best-sustainability-idea-its-in-t...
News Analysis: SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4B ... - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... A quick analysis of the news reveals: ...these applications remained in the systems of transaction world and lacked many of ...
www.forbes.com/.../news-analysis-sap-buys-successfactors-for...
Bankrate Trades Higher on Offering News - 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/.../bankrate-trades-higher-on-offering-news/
Roseman and Woodford: The Foreboding Michaels of MF Global ...
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Michael Roseman's job at MF Global was to assess risk. ... Special Report: Global Investing Strategies ... business newsanalysis ... Forbes writers have the ability to call out member comments they find...
www.forbes.com/.../roseman-and-woodford-the-foreboding-m...
Global Clean Energy Investments Surpass $1 Trillion - Forbes
Global investors have spent more than $1 trillion dollars on clean energy since 2004, Bloomberg New Energy Finance announced Tuesday. The news comes as...
www.forbes.com/.../global-clean-energy-investments-surpass-...
What Do New Top-Level Web Domains Mean To Your Brand - Forbes
It is not news that one of the biggest online trends over the last decade has been... While the global online population continues to grow and e-commerce gains ...
www.forbes.com/.../what-do-new-top-level-web-domains-mea...
How Smartphone Apps and Social Networks Will ... - Forbes
Special Report: Global Investing Strategies · Tech · CIO Network ... The World'sMost Powerful People · America's Best .... Techonomy's News Stream. Show all...
www.forbes.com/.../how-smartphone-apps-and-social-network...
Microsoft Updating Xbox Interface; Adding Voice Search - Forbes
Special Report: Global Investing Strategies · Tech ... The World's Most Powerful People · America's Best .... News; People; Places; Companies. + show more ...
www.forbes.com/.../microsoft-updating-xbox-interface-adding...
With Xbox Live Update, Microsoft Rules Your Television Set - 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/.../with-xbox-live-update-microsoft-rules-yo...
MF Global: Corzine Faces Subpoena, Directors Resign
Special Report: Global Investing Strategies ... That came after the news earlier that the House Agriculture Committee voted to subpoena Corzine, who steered ...
www.forbes.com/.../mf-global-corzine-faces-subpoena-directo...
Good News For Groupon, LivingSocial Daily Deal Addicts -Forbes
Latest News ». The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the ...
www.forbes.com/.../good-news-for-groupon-livingsocial-daily...
FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN ...
BUSINESS DAY Online News. ; ? ... The Forbes Global CEO Conference, launched in 2001, gathers under one roof some of the world's most successful tycoons, ...
www.bday.net/forbes-global-ceo-conference-to-be-held-in-ind...
How to Strengthen the Donor-Grantee Relationship: A ... - Forbes
Special Report: Global Investing Strategies · Tech ... Writer, Advocate, Strategist, & Entrepreneur for Global Social Change .... News; People; Places; Companies...
www.forbes.com/.../how-to-strengthen-the-donor-grantee-relat...
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