FORBES News, Feb 17, 2012

What I'm going to do – Coronation boss Moneyweb.co.za Its domestic and global balanced portfolios ranked first over three years and second over five years in the Alexander Forbes and Global Large Manager Watch. It was also nominated Best Large Fund House. Headline earnings soared 38% to R606.8m and the ... See all stories on this topic »

When supermodels turn super-mogul Casey Weekly Berwick Last year Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen was tipped by Forbes as likely to become the world's first billionaire supermodel. According to Forbes, which has estimated her annual income is $US45 million, she could be a billionaire by the time she turns ... See all stories on this topic »

Supermodels turn super-mogul Stuff.co.nz You get what's known as a super-mogul - and more and more of the world's most famous fashion figures are leaping off the catwalks and newsstands and into the ranks of this elite club. Last year Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen was tipped byForbes as ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

Forbes Ranks Snap-on Number One in “Best Franchises to Start for the Buck” Listing EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) (EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Snap-on Tools Franchise opportunity heads the list in the Forbes February 27, 2012 edition's article on the ten best franchises to start, entitled “Proven Path.” Forbes determined the ranking after evaluating data from ... See all stories on this topic »

Secret papers turn up heat on global-warming deniers Salon But virtually all scientists continue to believe that most indicators suggest the world as we know it is slowly ending, and that humans are to blame. Nature – oceans, deserts, crops, animals and insects – is in the process of being transformed by ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Forbes Ranks Snap-on Number One in "Best Franchises to Start for the Buck" Listing MarketWatch (press release) KENOSHA, Wis., Feb 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Snap-on Tools Franchise opportunity heads the list in the Forbes February 27, 2012 edition's article on the ten best franchises to start, entitled "Proven Path."Forbes determined the ranking after ... See all stories on this topic »

My 2 Cents: Global Warming Debate news9.com KWTV I searched Global Warming in the headlines today. One of the first I saw was in Forbes.Top German Environmentalist Cools on Global Warming. But there were others. Soil Erosion increasing Global Warming. Can a Prius Increase Global Warming. See all stories on this topic »

Missing From Moody's Downgrade List? Warren Buffett's Favorite Bank Forbes There's a party being held for the world's biggest banks. There's a problem though: Moody's is hosting. Notice someone missing? That would be Wells Fargo, the nation's fourth largest bank with over $1.3 trillion in assets. Surely this is a party Wells... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Obama's Budget: The Decline and Fall of the American Economy Forbes Obama explains in his budget message, “To succeed and thrive in theglobal, high tech economy, we need America to be a place with the highest-skilled, highest-educated workers; the most advanced transportation and communication networks; ... See all stories on this topic »

Forbes Earnings Preview: Mylan Forbes Mylan is a global company that develops, licenses, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. One of Mylan's main competitors in the pharmaceuticals industry is Pfizer (PFE). Other competitors in the healthcare ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. Men & Women Agree Southwest Airlines, Google and Dove are Most Desired... MarketWatch (press release) The Second Annual "Most Desired Brands in the US" just released by leading global strategic neuroinsight firm Buyology Inc and uSamp, a leader in providing targeted audiences and SaaS technologies for business intelligence. This list is the only report ... See all stories on this topic »

The Passion Continues -- Art Sales Soar in London Forbes Noted the FT, for instance, “After a sharp drop in interest following the 2008 crisis, global investors have turned back to art as a way to diversify portfolios and hedge against the negative effects of volatile equity and currency markets and high ... See all stories on this topic »

When supermodels turn super-mogul Daily Advertiser Last year Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen was tipped by Forbes as likely to become the world's first billionaire supermodel. According to Forbes, which has estimated her annual income is $US45 million, she could be a billionaire by the time she turns ... See all stories on this topic »

Heartland Documents: Whose Biases are Being Revealed Here? Forbes The only people who believe skeptics are anti-science per se, and therefore might believe skeptics would scheme to dissuade teachers from teaching science, are the more political alarmists (a good example was posted today right here at Forbes, ... See all stories on this topic »

CDW-G Named Winner of Global and Americas Government Partner of the Year ... MarketWatch (press release) VERNON HILLS, Ill., Feb 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CDW-G today announced it has been named the recipient of a Global VMware Partner Network Award and the Americas recipient of a VMware Partner Network Award in the Government Partner of the Year ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. stocks and gold to drive higher MarketWatch They have authored dozens of reports and articles and have spoken at investment seminars around the world. Their work has been featured in newspapers in several countries, in such publications as Business Week,Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, ... See all stories on this topic »

Schwarzman's payday risks irking private equity paymasters Reuters By Greg Roumeliotis and Bernard Vaughan | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stephen Schwarzman, the boss of the world's largest private equity firm, made his fortune by being a financier who delivered outsized returns for investors from buying, restructuring and ... See all stories on this topic »

HP CEO Meg Whitman: Don't Call It a Comeback eWeek ... unlike any other in the world, came with a clear message. Lest anyone miss it, HP held an event in Las Vegas this week, alongside its worldwide partner conference, to shine a light on it. Endpoint Technologies analyst Roger Kay, writing for Forbes, ... See all stories on this topic »

DEALTALK-Schwarzman's payday risks irking private equity paymasters Reuters Other publicly traded private equity firms, such as KKR & Co LP and ApolloGlobal Management LLC, are also generating more of their revenue from fees but as yet it hasn't reached the proportion at Blackstone. "As the industry has matured some ... See all stories on this topic »

John P Calamos: the richest investor you've never heard of MoneyWeek The author of two books on investing, he ranked 258th on the Forbes Rich List in 2006. Not bad for the son of a Greek immigrant who, according toForbes, swept floors at his parents' grocery store in Chicago. Now in his seventies, Calamos first became ... See all stories on this topic »

CentraState Healthcare System Selects Cognizant for Developing ICD-10 ... MarketWatch (press release) With over 50 delivery centers worldwide and approximately 137700 employees as of December 31, 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 ... See all stories on this topic »

Neal Ungerleider Fast Company I have written for publications including Slate, Forbes, Foreign Policy, Esquire, Wired and others. For clips, check out my homepage... I also keep a constantly updated Twitter feed. Unmanned Drones Go From Afghanistan To Hollywood Get to know the ... See all stories on this topic » Fast Company

Note to SuccessFactors: you can stop selling yourself ZDNet (blog) At least that's the impression from the blizzard of self promotional advertorial coming out of Forbes AdVoice, SAP's latest propaganda mouthpiece. Let's take the most recent piece and start picking it apart: Some people who know SAP only by its past ... See all stories on this topic » ZDNet (blog)

The Career Lessons of Jeremy Lin FINS Young professionals need to do the same, said Ginny Clarke, chief executive of the Chicago-based HR consulting firm Talent Optimization Partners and author of the book "Career Mapping: Charting Your Course in the New World of Work. See all stories on this topic »

Up coming Events Edmonton Journal 25 (rivercreetickets.com) - Winter Roots Blues Cabaret featuring Mark DuFresne from Roomful of Blues, Dave Babcock and the Nightkeepers and special guest Rockin' Roy Forbes, Century Casino, Feb. 25 (Tix) -Jann Arden with guests, Jubilee Auditorium, ... See all stories on this topic »

Lamb comes off the boil Land Forbes Livestock and Agency Company director Tim Mackay, Forbes, said there's not really any signs of the market picking up in the short term. “There's been a bit of vendor backlash to the cheaper prices,” he said. “This week we are seeing the lamb ... See all stories on this topic »

Despite dismal record, Charlotte Bobcats' business is improving Charlotte Observer Forbes magazine estimates the team saw an operating loss of $25.5 million last year on revenue of $101 million - the steepest loss in the league. The team's 3-26 record and 16-game losing streak are also the league's worst. Still, the Bobcats are doing... See all stories on this topic » Charlotte Observer

Suffolk Downs proposal may deter casino rivals The MIT Tech The Boston-born chief executive of Las Vegas Sands and the 16th-richest person in the world, according to Forbes Magazine, is hesitant to bid for a casino in his native state because he believes that the fix is in for Suffolk Downs, the billionaire ... See all stories on this topic »

The Mogul Who Buys Black-History Treasures The Root Publicly, Rubenstein is known as the co-founder of the Washington-based Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest and most diversified private-equity firms, with approximately $153 billion in assets under management. Forbesput his personal net worth ... See all stories on this topic »

Entrepreneurship Prof Looks At Social Versus Commercial Entrepreneurs Portfolio.com (blog) Read More Better World Books is a bookstore that aims to do good, but it's also a for-profit company that has just gotten into the black with a business model that brings books to needy children. GOOD, a website and magazine that focuses on social ... See all stories on this topic »

AU Summit from June 23-30, 2012 in Lilongwe, Malawi… Spyghana.com Africans who are waiting for the current global economic crisis to pass before hosting AU Summits fail to see the urgency and priority of a functioning AU in addressing these very economic problems that urgently require attention. See all stories on this topic » Spyghana.com

Weather Pattern Could Fuel Ala. Tornadoes Weather Channel "There is no fool-proof way to predict how bad a tornado season or year will be," Weather Channel Severe Weather Expert Dr. Greg Forbes said. "How bad a tornado season will be is often determined by just a few days with tornado outbreaks on which all ... See all stories on this topic »

Fraudulent Attack On Heartland Institute Exposes Alarmist Desperation Hot Air It made statements like this: Development of our “Global Warming Curriculum for K-12 Classrooms” project [emphasis original]. Principals and teachers are heavily biased toward the alarmist perspective. To counter this we are considering launching an ... See all stories on this topic »

Top US media interview Alwaleed Saudi Gazette ... prominent media offices there and in wide-ranging interviews discussed his company's investments and the current global economic scenario, a press statement of the company said here Thursday. He was interviewed by Luisa Kroll for Forbes Magazine, ... See all stories on this topic »

40% of Global Mobile Data Traffic from Asia by 2016: Report - Forbes The monthly global mobile data traffic will exceed 10 exabytes by 2016 and Asia will account for 40% of ... From Asia with news on web, mobile and social media ... www.forbes.com/.../40-of-global-mobile-data-traffic-from-asi...

Apple Now The World's Largest Smartphone Seller ... - Forbes 2/15/2012 @ 1:05PM |1342 views. Apple Now The World's Largest Smartphone Seller According To New Report. 0 comments, 0 called-out. + Comment now ... www.forbes.com/.../apple-now-the-worlds-largest-smartphone...

Diamonds From Zimbabwe Might Fund Bloodshed, Says New - Forbes Diamonds From Zimbabwe Might Fund Bloodshed, Says New Report ... In a recent report published by Global Witness titled “Diamonds: A good deal for ... www.forbes.com/.../diamonds-from-zimbabwe-might-fund-bl...

Thor Muller Q&A: Customer Service in a Social Media World - Forbes Connecting marketers to the Forbes audience. ... Interestingly, the increased global connectedness seems to be making older, more ....gyro's News Stream ... www.forbes.com/.../thor-muller-qa-customer-service-in-a-soci...

Older Workers Staying On The Job - Forbes I'm the AARP Jobs expert and write the Great Jobs for Retirees column on AARP. org and am a contributing editor for U.S. News & World Report. Other spots I ... www.forbes.com/sites/.../older-workers-staying-on-the-job/

Hacking Scandal Cost News. Corp $87 Million Last Quarter - Forbes The on-going scandal and investigation of now-defunct The News of theWorld forced News Corp. to take a one-time charge of $87 million, a 3 cents per share ... www.forbes.com/.../hacking-scandal-cost-news-corp-87-millio...

Huawei and ZTE: Swapping Networking for Cellphones? - Forbes That figure was enough to propel Huawei to the world's sixth largest ... in the important India market, where new network construction has virtually come to a halt ... www.forbes.com/.../huawei-and-zte-swapping-networking-for...

"Global Warming Has Stopped"? How to Fool People Using ... - Forbes The problem with this argument is that it is false: global warming has not ...to my previous Forbes posts, op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, newsstories, and ... www.forbes.com/.../global-warming-has-stopped-how-to-fool-...

Goldie Hawn on Giving Kids "Back Their Smiles" - Forbes When I'm not on the road, I can be found writing this column and for Monster.com, The Huffington Post, and US News and World Report. If you have a highly ... www.forbes.com/.../goldie-hawn-on-giving-kids-back-their-s...

News Corp. Without Newspapers Would Be Addition by ... - Forbes The taint has spread from the News of the World, now closed, to the Sun and the Times of London. More than 20 News International current or former employees ... www.forbes.com/.../news-corp-without-newspapers-would-be-...

Making Sure Corruption Remains "Made In America" - Forbes It is Avon's turn in the barrel, as news of a federal Grand Jury investigation... really wants to use its influence to get the world of global business to operate on a ... www.forbes.com/.../making-sure-corruption-remains-made-in-...

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