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The Era Of Brand Imperialism Is Over. Long Live The Reputation Economy!
Forbes
Or consider a recent Weber Shandwick/Forbes Insights survey of 1900 senior marketing and communications executives with digital responsibility in 50 countries worldwide to identify what makes brands social, and how. Huh? This is another interesting ...
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New Urbanism: Smart, Sustainable Growth -- Fantasy Vs. Reality
Forbes
As mentioned in a previous Forbes guest article, I live in Belmar, a new urbanism community in Colorado. With today's global and often virtual workplace, about half my day centers on Korea. Between trips to Seoul and being highly involved in ...
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ANALYSIS | Who wants to take on Vladimir Putin?
CBC.ca
Prokhorov's businesses Forbes magazine ranks Mikhail Prokhorov at #32 on its list of the world's richest, and #3 in Russia. It estimates the 46-year-old's net worth at $18 billion US. In 1993, Prokhorov and partner Vladimir Potanin launched Unexim Bank ...
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Chengdu, China's Third Telecommunication City
MarketWatch (press release)
Of the world's top 20 software firms, 11 have a presence there. In October 2010,Forbes magazine put Chengdu at the top of its list of The World's Fastest-Growing Cities over the next decade. In July of this year, Fortune magazine called Chengdu one of ...
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Sons of Mahathir and Shamsuddin create world's 4th ranked O&G provider
Malaysia Star
Starpic by BRIAN MOH For this year, Shahril is ranked 17th richest man in Malaysia with a net worth of US$500mil (RM1.5bil) byForbes, and Mokhzani, a bit richer at number 15, with a net worth of US$560mil (RM1.68bil). Both are now 50, and have this ...
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Malaysia Star
'If I were a poor black kid': 6 counterattacks
The Week Magazine
As several commentators have let him know, Forbes contributing columnist Gene Marks is clearly not a poor black kid. Photo: Facebook/QuickerBetterWiser Inspired by President Obama's speech last week on inequality, Forbes contributor Gene Marks took a ...
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Pink Martini Blends Global Repertoire in Boston Return
WBUR
The band, originally from Portland, Ore., has been entertaining audiences around the world for more than 15 years with its wide-ranging, vibrant, global repertoire. With lead singer China Forbesstill recovering from successful vocal chord surgery, ...
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WBUR
Europe's gutless collapse
Asia Times Online
Reuven Brenner holds the Repap Chair at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management. The article draws on his books Labyrinths of Prosperity and Force of Finance. (This is an edited version of an article also published by Forbes.)
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Cinema magic
Sydney Morning Herald
A while back, Forbes magazine declared that Matt Damon was the most profitable actor in Hollywood. So, in an era of risk minimisation for Hollywood studios, he was in a new movie every eight weeks this year: True Grit, Hereafter, The Adjustment Bureau, ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
The Irish Times - Friday, December 16, 2011
Irish Times
Tata is the world's fourth richest man on Forbes's list of the world's billionaires and has joined other leading business leaders in choosing to invest overseas in oil, telecommunication, information technology, engineering and manufacturing, ...
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Chengdu, China's Third Telecommunication City
Sacramento Bee
Of the world's top 20 software firms, 11 have a presence there. In October 2010,Forbes magazine put Chengdu at the top of its list of The World's Fastest-Growing Cities over the next decade. In July of this year, Fortune magazine called Chengdu one of ...
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Cobra Electronics to Ring NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell on Monday, December ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Consumer Electronics Association, Forbes and Deloitte & Touche have all recognized Cobra for the company's innovation and industry leadership. To learn more about Cobra Electronics, please visit the Cobra site at www.cobra.com . ...
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Why Is RIM Going Dim?
TheStreet.com
According to a Forbes survey, more than 53% of the respondents identified as BlackBerry users said they would prefer an iPad over the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, if they were to buy a tablet. Since its debut in 2009, BlackBerry App World had 26000 ...
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TheStreet.com
This Week in Review: The web censorship fight heats up, and BuzzFeed's new ...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Forbes' John McQuaid agreed that fact-checking is indeed flawed, but not in the way Hemingway described — he called for more reporting and less unmerited certainty. Meanwhile, Ethan Zuckerman reported on a talk on the rise of fact-checking by a ...
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Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
Women Talk: Will the World End in 2012?
RIA Novosti
The global economic downturn, growing social upheaval, natural and manmade disasters picking up in line with a general sense of anxiety that many are experiencing these days - all this could very well fit the "end-of-times" criteria. ...
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Ken Fisher's New Book Hits Wall Street Journal Best Seller List
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
He is also the fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes's history and the CEO of Fisher Investments. Lara Hoffmans is a content manager at Fisher Investments, managing editor of MarketMinder.com and a regular contributor to Forbes.com. ...
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Patience running thin at Sino-Forest's biggest shareholder as it calls for new ...
Washington Post (blog)
Chandler is worth $4 billion, making him Singapore's fourth-richest resident, according to Forbes magazine. He and his brother made big profits after a previous investment fund, Sovereign Global, started pushing for reform a decade ago at South Korea's ...
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Marketo's Phil Fernandez and Maria Pergolino Named to '50 Most Influential ...
Sacramento Bee
His leadership in Revenue Performance Management over the past year has also won Marketo the titles of one of "America's Most Promising Companies" by ForbesMagazine, the fastest-growing private company by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, ...
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Avon CEO Andrea Jung Steps Down After 12 Years; Search For Her Successor in...
Hollywood Reporter
64 on Forbes' 2011 list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She was responsible for bringing Reese Witherspoon onboard as Avon's global ambassador and the honorary chairman of the Avon Foundation, that focuses on women's issues such as breast ...
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Marketo's Phil Fernandez and Maria Pergolino Named to '50 Most Influential ...
PR Newswire (press release)
His leadership in Revenue Performance Management over the past year has also won Marketo the titles of one of "America's Most Promising Companies" by ForbesMagazine, the fastest-growing private company by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, ...
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InspectMyRide® Joins with Experian Automotive to Include AutoCheck® Vehicle ...
Newswire Today (press release)
World Omni operates as a subsidiary of JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (jmfamily.com), is a diversified automotive company ranked No. 27 on Forbes' list of “America's Largest Private Companies.” JM Family is currently ranked No. ...
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Ex-Moscow mayor's wife fears return to Russia
RIA Novosti
Although her personal wealth took a beating during the global financial crisis and the subsequent sell-off of her businesses, Forbes estimated her fortune earlier this year at $1.2 billion. It was reported earlier that Baturina has sold her property ...
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ANZ funding costs rising on Euro crisis
Ninemsn
The global situation had worsened over the last couple of months and the uncertainty was likely to remain for several years, Mr Smith said. Top pop divas PHOTOS: Forbes highest earning women in music. Molly critical VIDEO: Tributes flow to Meldrum, ...
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A modern-day fairy tale peddled by Republicans
Grand Junction Free Press
Forbes recently printed an article that demonstrates how moving to clean technologies creates jobs. If the US just upgraded all of the power plants built during the Eisenhower years, it would create 290000 jobs lasting five years. ...
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Latest News
GoTimeshare.org
Complete with its own rooftop pool surrounded by pine trees and mountain peaks, the multiple award-winning resort has scooped the Forbes Five-Star Hotel Award fourteen years running and is a member of the prestigious worldwide hotel collection Relais ...
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Policy and Markets: How, Not If
New America Foundation (blog)
And then there's Denmark, "notoriously" welfare-statish and green, yet which has topped Forbes rankings as the best country for business three years in a row. No one of these bi-sectoralist models neatly fits us. But we do need one of our own to...
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Review of the week's economic data
Ninemsn
Top pop divas PHOTOS: Forbes highest earning women in music. Molly critical VIDEO: Tributes flow to Meldrum, in a coma after ladder fall. Dancer shoved VIDEO: Passenger pushes showman off busy London train. Natural talent VIDEO: Lizard shows off 'Ant ...
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LED highlights La. economic success in 2011
Sulphur Southwest Daily News
"Louisiana now stands at its highest position ever on every national ranking of state business climates, including those published by Area Development, Beacon Hill Institute, Business Facilities, Chief Executive, CNBC, Forbes, Pollina Corporate Real ...
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Accor buys Mirvac's Aust, NZ business
Ninemsn
Top pop divas PHOTOS: Forbes highest earning women in music. Molly critical VIDEO: Tributes flow to Meldrum, in a coma after ladder fall. Dancer shoved VIDEO: Passenger pushes showman off busy London train. Natural talent VIDEO: Lizard shows off 'Ant ...
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'Climategate' police raid property
Ninemsn
Top pop divas PHOTOS: Forbes highest earning women in music. Molly critical VIDEO: Tributes flow to Meldrum, in a coma after ladder fall. Dancer shoved VIDEO: Passenger pushes showman off busy London train. Natural talent VIDEO: Lizard shows off 'Ant ...
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The Zen of Steve Jobs
Fin24
The Zen of Steve Jobs, by Forbes reporter Caleb Melby, is described as a "thoroughly researched interpretation of a well-documented period" in Jobs' life which revolutionised technology and design, Forbes Media and John Wiley & Sons said. ...
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Finance, HR Executives See Roles Changing in the Wake of Health Reform, Towers ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
The Towers Watson/Forbes Insights Survey was conducted in September 2011, and includes responses from 104 human resource executives and 201 finance executives at US and global organizations. Survey respondents ranged in size from 1000 to 25000 ...
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China To The World: Sell Us More Stuff - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... China isn't seeking a global trade imbalance with the rest of the world, Jintao said ... News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/sites/.../china-to-the-world-sell-us-more-stuff...
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...
Who Is Howard Buffett? 60 Minutes Gives Glimpse - Forbes
News had leaked by Friday, as my colleague Clare O'Connor reported, that Howie, as he is ... “In the world's eyes, I could never be seen as successful as him . ...
www.forbes.com/.../who-is-howard-buffett-60-minutes-gives-...
Joy Global Earnings, Forecast Miss Expectations - Forbes
Mining equipment producer Joy Global (JOY) posted an 18% gain in fiscal fourth... The World's Most Powerful People .... MarketNewsVideo's News Stream ...
www.forbes.com/.../joy-global-earnings-forecast-miss-expectat...
Online Video: The Modern Day Time Suck - Forbes
From Asia with news on web, mobile and social media ... is not surprising that Google (with YouTube as the key driver) is the top global online video destination ,...
www.forbes.com/.../online-videos-are-modern-day-time-suck-...
California Becoming World's Second Largest Carbon Market - Forbes
A new report from Next 10, a nonpartisan research organization, also found that California took in $467 million in global venture capital investment for electric ...
www.forbes.com/.../california-becoming-worlds-second-larges...
China Preparing To Unleash Stimulus On Global ... - Forbes
Going from finance and economics, to geopolitics and world news, to the occasional academic or theoretical post. I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and live ...
www.forbes.com/.../china-preparing-to-unleash-stimulus-on-gl...
Asia Is The Engine Powering Ford Stock To $14 - Forbes
The World's Most Powerful People ... Under the One Ford plan, the company aims to build common global platforms to ... News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/.../asia-is-the-engine-powering-ford-stock-to...
Is Global Warming Really Harming Africa's Sahel Region? - Forbes
Turning to the science, assertions that global warming is causing drought and tree deaths in the Sahel is surprising news to many scientists and Sahel observers ...
www.forbes.com/.../is-global-warming-really-harming-africas-...
Why New York Just Became a Better State for Businesses - Forbes
I cover entrepreneurs, focusing on global and social entrepreneurship. ... “In thenew paradigm you can get sued if you're a benefit corporation and you don't ...
www.forbes.com/.../why-new-york-just-became-a-better-state-...
MF Global: Were The Risks Clear?
The stunning and rapid collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd (NYSE:MF), a commodities and ... + Follow on Forbes .... loading. News; People; Places; Companies ...
www.forbes.com/sites/.../12/.../mf-global-were-the-risks-clear/
How To Pay Back MF Global Customers 100%
I have a common-sense solution for returning MF Global's customers 100% of their... Forbes writers have the ability to call out member comments they find ... wrote about these money-protection rules at MF Global in the New York Times today....
www.forbes.com/.../how-to-pay-back-mf-global-customers-10.
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