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Dec 30, 2011

FORBES News, Dec 30, 2011

Forbes does his best Perry
Concord Monitor
"Now what I'm about to say on gold is Steve Forbes, not Rick Perry, because I'm going a step further. I think in the next five years we're going to have to . . . re-link the dollar to gold." Though he strayed from the candidate's platform, ...
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China Unveils Its Five Year Plan For Space
Forbes
I expect that it will have some extremely exciting missions going forward, and I would not be surprised to see the country put a person on the Moon within a decade. Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here. ...
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Forbes
Drs. Nissen, Topol engage in a clash of the health care titans
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
Dr. Topol, a former Cleveland Clinic cardiologist who's now chief academic officer at Scripps Health and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, “has been a leading advocate for genomics and personalized medicine,” Forbes.com says. ...
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She's snap happy! All eyes are on Emma Forbes as she flaunts her curves while ...
Daily Mail
And that's exactly what Emma Forbes does every year, joining a growing list of celebrities who have jetted to Barbados for the holidays. The TV presenter has been at the beach for nearly two weeks now, flaunting her healthy curves in a number of ...
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Daily Mail
Stratfor Offers Customers Identity Theft Protection After Hack
Forbes
I was told that, “Right now, because of the ongoing law enforcement investigation, we don't have that info but we will have more on that soon.” More on this to come as it develops. Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here.
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Above & Beyond: Family creates memorial park for tornado victims
WAFF
By Tricia Forbes - bio | email The April 27th storms changed everything for the Mitchell family. They had more than 30 trees down in their back yard and had minor damage to their home, but the greatest loss was their daughter, Shannon Gail Rudd Sampson ...
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Indian Lolly Cow
CounterPunch
Those who make it to the Forbes list are only the showpieces. Indian industrialisation is steeped in guilt. Guilt does not mean empathy, which was so sharply delineated by Chaplin in 'Modern Times'. Group guilt is guile camouflaged. ...
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2012 and the Cloud: Computing Wonders That Won't Cease
CloudTweaks News
As Forbes deftly pointed out this week, new jobs in both IT and management will be grounded in cloud expertise. The increase in reverence for the cloud will also spawn new positions like cloud architects and software designers. ...
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Target "nurse-in": Don't mess with moms and hungry babies
HULIQ
28, similar to the one sent to Hickman. Forbes indicated that the response was “too little, too late” on her website. Hickman is now working withForbes and Best for Babes, to try and push legislation forward to support breastfeeding mothers. ...
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HULIQ
Big Ideas for 2012
Success Magazine
At Airbnb.com, travelers can rent rooms, houses or even castles, and it's growing: “It will surpass Hilton by sometime in 2012 in rooms,” saysForbes.com. At least some of these startups have attracted venture capital; Airbnb.com has garnered a ...
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Success Magazine
Bob Hunter commentary: Rumblings ... Ohio State football, Blue Jackets...
Columbus Dispatch
OSU now ranks No. 13 with a value of $78 million. The explanation? “Ohio State will not play in a BCS bowl game this year, the first time since the 2004 season, and is banned from bowl game participation next season,”Forbes wrote. ...
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Columbus Dispatch
CNBC TRANSCRIPT: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND FORMER SPEAKER OF THE ...
CNBC.com (blog)
GINGRICH: Well, first of all, the flat tax part of it, for individuals, is one that Steve Forbeshas helped develop over a 20-year period and is modeled, as you know, what Hong Kong has been doing for a generation. In Hong Kong, you either can keep the ...
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Oregon Doctors 'Weigh-In' on the Effectiveness of the TrekDesk Treadmill Desk
PR Web (press release)
Rated highly by Forbes and US News & World Report, the health benefits are multiple and recent reviews from Oregon physicians have been excellent. TrekDesk has started a grass roots Movement Revolution by thousands of American employees sick of being ...
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PR Web (press release)
Internet activists take aim at legislators pushing SOPA
Afterdawn.com
In part that can be attributed to their GoDaddy protest getting significant coverage outside the tech world, in mainstream publications like USA Today, Forbes, and Time. That isn't the only reason GoDaddy is in the news either. ...
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Afterdawn.com
Microsoft vs. Apple: 2012 and Beyond
Investment U
I've met over a dozen of the Forbes Richest People in America, but as much as I admired Steve Jobs, I never wanted to meet him. He was notorious for his “bad boy” behavior and insulting strangers. His personal life was a mess. He frequently used LSD,...
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"Delusional" PlayStation Vita Pricing Could Force a Price Cut Soon
Spong
With sales of the Sony's new portable games machine already in decline in Japan, Forbes magazine is predicting a 'debacle' for the Stateside launch and is predicting a price cut. Forbes states that, “The (Nintendo) 3DS hasnow sold more than 4 Million ...
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Spong
Science Fiction Fan Scott Benjamin Pens New SF Novel
PR Web (press release)
According to Forbes' article “Summer's Top-Grossing Movies,” moviegoers spent more than $3 billion on the top three films of the summer – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On ...
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PR Web (press release)
Michael Jordan Engaged: His Airness Still Has It Better Than Everyone Else
Bleacher Report
Now he gets to spend the rest of his life with her. This is, of course, assuming MJ's second marriage doesn't go the way of his first. That one didn't end well, and it ended up costing Jordan more than $150 million, according to Forbes. ...
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Bleacher Report
City Planner
Bizcommunity.com
Having featured on the front cover of Forbes magazine (08/10) and listed in TIME's Top 50 Websites of 2010 we are committed to helping businesses gain exposure whilst giving consumers a better deal. With offices all over the world and an ...
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A look back at last year's failed predictions
Globe and Mail
Forbes reported that he personally earned $3.5-billion (US) that year. But while the S&P 500 is virtually flat for 2011, his firm's flagship Advantage Plus fund, is reportedly down more than 50 per cent year-to-date. A number of bad calls, ...
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Globe and Mail
Hamden Patch Q&A with Miss Connecticut
Patch.com
Seven-year-old Emerson Forbes, Connecticut's Outstanding Junior Rising Star, of Branford also thrilled the crowd with an electric tap dance performance to the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," while Connecticut's Oustanding Preteen Rene Myjak,...
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Corporate Strategy: 2 New Year's Resolutions to Become a More Strategic CEO
Business Insider
Steve Denning describes the idea well in his Forbes article here. Perhaps you can get more of the right work done right? - Separate your product design (product management) function from your product development function. ...
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Will China's rise shape Malaysian Chinese community?
BBC News
According to a 2011 Forbes magazine list, eight out of the top 10 richest Malaysians are ethnic Chinese. This wealth imbalance has fuelled long-standing resentment among the Malay majority. It erupted into deadly race riots in 1969 - violence that two ...
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BBC News
Wisconsin made historical progress in 2011
Milwaukee Small Business Times (blog)
Surveys conducted by Forbes, CNBC and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council's Small Business Survival Rankings all show improvement. As I have stated many times, government can't create jobs but we can create an environment that encourages ...
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Milwaukee Small Business Times (blog)
Bothwell proposes moving the city of Asheville's money to local banks
Mountain Xpress
By David Forbes on 12/29/2011 01:57 PM Council member Cecil Bothwell tells Xpress that he'll propose that the city of Asheville move its funds to local banks, and push to pass such a measure in the coming year. "I'm going to bring it up again at the ...
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Battlefield looms on coastal playground
The Age
For ex-Rip Curl executive and surfer Grant Forbes, who settled in Torquay in 1975, the beachside town's charm is being eroded by the influx of people and rampant development. ''It's going to be a different world when you get 60000 people saying this is ...
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The Age
Video Game Rumor Mill: Nintendo Wii U to Get App Store?!
Aussie-Gamer.com
Where it came from – Forbes Magazine website's Tero Kuittinen posted an article in the wake of Media Create's weekly hardware sales posting that stipulates that because PlayStation Vita's sales were dramatically down on it's second week of sales, ...
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Bizarre Slow Police Chase At Huntsville Target
WAFF
We're working with investigators to get you the names and mug shots of the two men, who are now in jail. And ready to head out on the town for New Year's Eve but don't have a designated driver? Rest easy this morning. Our Tricia Forbes has all the ...
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Developer Huang turns to Finland and Denmark
China Daily
Huang is estimated by Forbes magazine to have a fortune of $1.02 billion. In China, Huang is known for helping to restore the 200-year-old villages of Xidi and Hongcun, which are now on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...
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Jobs Jobs Jobs
MarketWatch (press release)
In 2004 Apple closed its manufacturing plant in Elk Grove, California. Now no Apple computers, iPhones, iPods or iPads are made in the United States. Forbes reports that Apple has one of the highest profit margins of any corporation, 41.4%. ...
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Oakland Athletics Trades: From Moneyball to Triple-A, the Lew Wolff Betray
Bleacher Report
Last March, Forbes Magazine listed the team's operating income at $23 million. They also estimated the franchise's present worth at $307 million. Wolff bought it for $180 million. It's hard to shed tears for a guy who has seen his investment grow in ...
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Bleacher Report
Fan talk: Dawgs have a chance to prove they're for real
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Just this week, Forbes magazine ranked the Top 10 “most valuable” college football teams in America (based on revenue generated) and Georgia placed seventh, behind Texas, Notre Dame, Penn State, LSU, Michigan and Alabama. Rounding out the Top 10 and ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Nursing Student Murder, Tsunami, Fatal Pit Bull Attack Top List of 2011 Stories
Patch.com
Ultimately, she was found dead in the East Bay, with an acquaintance, Giselle Esteban,now in jail, accused of murder. Also in San Mateo, a Muslim woman filed a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch in June after she was allegedly fired from her job at ...
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The worst in sports brings out best in us
ESPN
Dickey, now 37, spent the first 14 years of his career without a guaranteed contract, yet his response to the Mets was perfect: He said he intends to climb Kilimanjaro anyway. He essentially told the Mets you can keep your money, if it comes to that. ...
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Gingrich Now Says He Was 'Wrong' to Support Individual ... - Forbes
In a statement filmed by CBS News, Gingrich says he was “wrong” to support the ...they won't admit that he's now wrong to think he's still right when he's wrong. ...
www.forbes.com/.../gingrich-now-says-he-was-wrong-to-supp...
CONGRESS:: Don't Extend The Ill-Conceived ... - Political News Now
The action in the European markets suggested that it was the news of the tax cut defeat, not the earlier news of larger-than-expected ECB loans to European ...
www.politicalnewsnow.com/.../dont-extend-the-ill-conceived-...
rt-host-alyona-minkovski-a-forbes-top-30-under ... - Hawaii News Now
Hawaii News Now, Hawaii's live local late connected news leader. News, weather, sports, video, employment and real estate classifieds. Breaking News and ...
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/.../rt-host-alyona-minkovski-a-forb...
Prince Alwaleed's Twitter Investment Isn't For Politics Or ... -Forbes
It changes the whole equation,” Prince Alwaleed told Forbes. “We are seeing right now – in News ...
www.forbes.com/.../prince-alwaleeds-twitter-investment-isnt-f...
Santa Ana ranks No. 4 on Forbes safest cities list | abc7.com
4 on Forbes safest cities list. Wednesday, December 21, 2011. Tags: los angelesnews. Comment Now; Email · Print · Report a typo. ShareThis via email, AIM, ...
abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los...id...
Forbes Ranks Henderson No. 2 on Safest Cities ... - Henderson News
Forbes Ranks Henderson No. 2 on Safest Cities List. Submitted by Adam Candee, 8News NOW. Tuesday, December 20th, 2011, 10:15am. Topics: Community ...
henderson.8newsnow.com/.../118763-forbes-ranks-henderson...
ATRL - Celeb News: Forbes: Top U.S. Young Achievers (Music)
Celeb News: Forbes: Top U.S. Young Achievers (Music) Celebria. ... It's so odd having Beyonce and Britney out of the "young" category now. I'm so used to them ...
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It was a swell party, now brace for a wild ride south - National News ...
IT MAY not have been quite the spectacular, blue sky, blue-water start that spectators have come to expect, but for those salties dreaming of a wild Christmas the ...
www.forbesadvocate.com.au/news/.../2404133.aspx
Skinit Recognized as One of America's Most Promising Companies ...
21 News Now, More Local News for Youngstown, Ohio - Skinit Recognized as One of America's Most Promising Companies by Forbes Magazine. Member ...
www.wfmj.com/.../skinit-recognized-as-one-of-americas-most-...
10 Indians in Forbes' young turks list
Press Trust Of India / New York December 21, 2011, 0:28 IST ... have been named in aForbes list of "tomorrow's brightest stars" who are "reinventing the world". ...
business-standard.net.in/india/news/10-indians-in.../459228/
Cyrus Mistry resigns from Forbes & Company
Shapoorji Pallonji Group firm Forbes & Company today said Cyrus P Mistry, who is set to ... Press Trust of India / New Delhi December 19, 2011, 18:46 IST ...
www.business-standard.com/india/news/cyrus-mistry.../on
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