FORBES News, Aug 31, 2011

200 Best Under A Billion Forbes Most navigated the global credit crunch with little to no debt on their balance sheets. On average the companies on our list have a 13% debt-to-equity ratio. In fact, 67 of these companies carry no debt at all. Chinese and Hong Kong companies dominate ... See all stories on this topic »

Samsung Seeks Next Global Bestseller With Galaxy S II Smartphones Forbes En route to the Forbes gadget beat, I worked at Business Week, Time Asia and Random House. I also lived in South Korea and Hong Kong, where I quickly acquired a taste for fast broadband and sleek phones. Now I'm a staff writer focusing on telecom and ... See all stories on this topic »

Rick Perry Needn't Sweat His Global Warming Skepticism Forbes ... Global Warming Hoax". It can be previewed and ordered at www.climateofcorruption.com. Additional information about my book and views can be found on my YouTube address: http://www.youtube.com/climateofcorruption. The author is a Forbes contributor. ... See all stories on this topic »

Thailand's 40 Richest Forbes Tatiana Serafin, a writer based in New York, heads Global Markets and Ideas (tatianaserafin.com) and covers billionaires and businesses in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Russia. She is a former Staff Writer at Forbes and has profiled billionaires in ... See all stories on this topic »

Ozics And The Future Of Mending Bones Forbes You can follow me on Twitter at @Jennalee The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. The worldwide orthopedic market had global revenues of more than $36b in 2008. The market is dominated by six global companies ... See all stories on this topic »

Warren Buffett, And His Board, May Be Too Old To Run Berkshire Hathaway Forbes I am a freelance writer with credits in the Financial Times, Boston Review, Columbia Journalism Review, Accountancy Age, Accountancy Magazine, Forbes, and others. I also blog at my own site, re: The Auditors a specialized news site about the business ... See all stories on this topic »

Has Peak Oil Come To The Non-Opec World? Maybe. Forbes I started writing for Forbes in 1999, during the dotcom bubble. In 2004 I moved from New York to Houston; from here I've written cover stories on the likes of Exxon, Chevron and Michael Dell while traveling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar and offshore Gulf ... See all stories on this topic »

The New Feminine Face Of The Media Elite Forbes ... turnover at major TV networks resulted in new leading ladies, and one glass-shattering Brit upped her global profile. Has traditional media embraced its feminine side? The top 10 newswomen on this year's recently released Forbes list of the world's ... See all stories on this topic »

Forbes: Will a Christian billionaire become the new president of Egypt? Beliefnet.com (blog) (Many in the global art world may also recognize him as the one who pledged a $175000 reward for the return of Van Gogh's Poppies” stolen from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum in August, 2010 – a museum that also reportedly housed works by other major ... See all stories on this topic »

Dee Forbes Director magazine We are 100 per cent focused on being a content company." When Discovery began, the model was to create a global programme network, show it around the world and top up with acquisitions. "That's our model," Forbes says. "But Western Europe has such good ... See all stories on this topic » Director magazine

Brazilian President makes 'Most Powerful Women' list openPR (press release) (openPR) - You would think that behind every great man there's a great woman, but according to Forbes, the only person the most powerful women are driving are themselves. Surprisingly enough, the top ten list consisted of women from politics and... See all stories on this topic » openPR (press release)

Philippines: Coconut shipments down by 40% as of July FreshPlaza PCA Administrator Euclides G. Forbes told reporters at the sidelines of ceremonies yesterday marking the start of 25th National Coconut Week and 10th National Coconut Festival at the Megatrade Hall in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City that the dry spell ... See all stories on this topic »

8 Virtuous Investment Options Huffington Post (blog) "Our philosophy is that to solve the world's toughest problems we need exponentially more resources than can be provided through just traditional philanthropy," says Ron D. Cordes in a Forbes.com interview this week. "Impact investing offers an ... See all stories on this topic »

On the EQC's funding woes, and a peak oil update Scoop.co.nz Peak Oil update Here's a useful Forbes magazine article on the prospects facing the oil industry. Profits are up, big time – as the article says, you'd expect that when the price is up at $120 a barrel for Brent crude – but the oil production outlook, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rick Mills: Cobalt Is the King of Critical Metals Business Insider RM: Green initiatives have become a global focus point for many investors. Cobalt holds a critical role in the future green energy economy, mainly for its use in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and consumer electronics. ... See all stories on this topic »

NFL: 5 Things Football Can Learn from Soccer Bleacher Report Per the Forbes list of the world's most valuable sports teams, Manchester United now sits in the No. 1 position. The financial dominance of the NFL on that list is undoubted, but soccer is catching up. FIFA (world soccer's largely defunct governing ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Irene blamed for gas shortages Danbury News Times "We are working to safely return our (third terminal) Forbes Ave petroleum distribution facility to normal service as soon as possible," Heine said. On West Avenue in Darien, Jahan Zaib, the manager of a Sunoco station that had no electricity directed ... See all stories on this topic »

New V-locity 3 Virtual Platform Disk Optimizer Released at VMworld MarketWatch (press release) CIO's, IT Managers and System Administrators of Global Fortune 1000 and Forbes 500 enterprises rely on Diskeeper Corporation's storage performance software to make their physical and virtual systems faster, more reliable, longer lived, ... See all stories on this topic »

Company 3 Opens New Location in Atlanta MarketWatch (press release) Company 3 is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., ( www.bydeluxe.com ) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. www.company3.com. See all stories on this topic »

SANY America Starts Operations at New Headquarters in Georgia Lift and Access This year, SANY Heavy Industry joined the Financial Times Global 500 list and theForbes World's Most Innovative Companies list. In July, the Wall Street Journal also reported that SANY has overtaken Caterpillar for excavator market share in China, ... See all stories on this topic » Lift and Access

NanoArt 2011 International Online Competition - TOP10 Artists - Part II Nanotechnology News ... Technology Review, the Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report and others, he became fascinated with the scientific images that were part of the stories he was reporting. Now with IBM's consulting unit,Global Business Services, Jack is continuing to explore ... See all stories on this topic »

CAA Saskatchewan selects Interactive Intelligence IP Business Communications ... Call Centre Clinic News (press release) The company is among Software Magazine's 2010 Top 500 Global Software and Services Suppliers, and Forbes Magazine's 2010 Best Small Companies in America. The company employs approximately 1000 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... See all stories on this topic »

MGM Grand Detroit Promotes Michael Urbin to Executive Chef dBusinessNews Detroit (press release) A Forbes Four Star and AAA Four Diamond Award-winning hotel, MGM Grand Detroit is the city's first and only downtown hotel, gaming, and entertainment destination built from the ground up. The hotel features 400 chic and stylish guest rooms, ... See all stories on this topic »

Pfizer's Xalkori and Abbott test show promise in personalized medicine ... Medical Marketing and Media Abbott told Forbes' Matthew Herper that the test would cost around $1500, with $250 going to Abbott and the rest to the lab. If testing were to become universal, that could mean around $30000 spent on tests for every patient that gets the drug, ... See all stories on this topic »

Ticket Summit(R) Announces Trade Show Roster MarketWatch (press release) This event attracts hundreds of global business leaders, entrepreneurs, and entertainment experts in the ticket community. Past attendees and sponsors include: Billboard, Blue Man Group, Broadway.com, eBay, Facebook, Forbes, Goldman Sachs, Google, ... See all stories on this topic »

Why elections matter—to the capitalists Party for Socialism and Liberation Even Forbes magazine—the self-described “capitalist tool”—ran a headline forecasting the “The Coming Global Class War.” Youth unemployment is no better here than in the countries that have recently experienced rebellion and revolution. ... See all stories on this topic » Party for Socialism and Liberation

Are Chinese Auction Giants Guardian and Poly Making Moves Into the Western Art ... ARTINFO Forbes reported in May that Poly is considering opening an office in New York later this year, citing a speech by managing director Li Da, who said that the house was looking to help build up its customer base — apparently outside of mainland China. ... See all stories on this topic » ARTINFO

From the editor Director magazine This month I interviewed Dee Forbes, executive vice president and managing director of Discovery Networks, Western Europe, who recalled the enormous pan-European restructure she undertook only six months into the role and talks about her pride that the ... See all stories on this topic »

Tech Stocks Continue To Slide Due To Global Economic ... - Forbes Latest News ». The Forbes Global 2000 are the biggest, most powerful listed companies in the world. These global giants usually reorder themselves at a glacial ... www.forbes.com/.../tech-stocks-continue-to-slide-due-to-globa...

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BLOOMBERG News, Aug 31, 2011

Bloomberg LP must defend Swatch analyst call case Reuters By Moira Herbst NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Bloomberg LP lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Swatch Group AG that accused the news service of secretly recording an earnings conference call with securities analysts and giving a transcript to clients. ... See all stories on this topic »

LATEST World News, Aug 31, 2011

Singapore Airlines retains top spot in global airline ranking Philippine Star SINGAPORE (Xinhua) -- Singapore Airlines retained its top place in a latest global airlines ranking, while Hong Kong International Airport overtook Singapore's Changi Airport to take the crown, local daily Business Times reported on Wednesday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Rebels say time running out for Gadhafi as crisis mounts in Tripoli - CNN.com, Aug 31, 2011

Moammar Gadhafi's family photos

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Opposition member: "I think this thug, this killer knows that he has no where to go"
• 60% of Tripoli is without water or sanitation, the U.N. secretary-general says
• Report: A teen says he saw Moammar Gadhafi on Friday in Tripoli
• Rebels set a Saturday deadline for Gadhafi loyalists to surrender

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan rebels expressed fresh optimism that Moammar Gadhafi's reign is about to crumble as a deadline looms for Gadhafi loyalists to disarm or face assault.

"I think this thug, this killer knows that he has nowhere to go," said Ali Tarhouni, finance and oil minister for the opposition's National Transitional Council.

Tarhouni said he expects Gadhafi's four-decade rule to fall apart within a week.

"I really have no problem with waiting another week," he said Tuesday. "I've waited 42 years."

But Gadhafi's whereabouts are still unconfirmed, 11 days after opposition forces stormed the capital and later captured his Tripoli compound.

Rebels now have their sights set on the remaining bastions in Libya under Gadhafi's control, including his hometown of Sirte.

The rebel government issued an ultimatum Tuesday for tribal leaders in towns under the control of loyalists: Surrender or face attack on Saturday, after Eid al-Fitr festivities end.

19 year old Libyan executioner

Burned Gadhafi family nanny gets care

Gadhafi's 19-year-old female executioner

'Bad time to be a black man in Libya'

While battles rage on between pro-Gadhafi and rebel forces, a humanitarian crisis in Tripoli mounts.

Sixty percent of Tripoli was without water or sanitation, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.

"I cannot overstate the urgency of this moment," he said. "Time is of the essence."

Ban said he hoped to have U.N. personnel on the ground "as quickly as possible."

The European Union said pro-Gadhafi forces closed water-pumping stations while fleeing the capital. The resulting disruption of the water supply in Tripoli is "a major issue," an EU spokeswoman said, adding that security concerns along the road to the stations made it impossible to predict when the flow could be restored.

The U.N. children's agency was gathering 5 million liters (1.3 million gallons) of water to ship to Tripoli.

And the United Nations' World Food Programme was sending 600 tons of food commodities -- wheat flour, pasta, vegetable oil and tomato paste -- for the Red Cross to distribute in Tripoli.

Elsewhere in the capital, a former Gadhafi family nanny has emerged as the marred face of brutality in the country.

Shwygar Mullah said Aline Gadhafi, the wife of Gadhafi's son Hannibal, poured boiling water on her.

Mullah said Aline lost her temper when her daughter wouldn't stop crying and Mullah refused to beat the child.

Mullah's scalp and face are now a grotesque mosaic of red wounds and scabs. Her chest, torso and legs are all mottled with scars -- some old, some still red, raw and weeping. As she spoke, clear liquid oozed from an open wound on her head.

"She took me to a bathroom. She tied my hands behind my back, and tied my feet. She taped my mouth, and she started pouring the boiling water on my head like this," Mullah said, imitating the vessel of scalding hot water being poured over her head.

Mullah is now being treated at a Tripoli hospital after a guard secretly brought her in.

Gadhafi town falls to rebels

Captives executed in Libya

Sadistic brutality in Libya

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• Libya
• Libyan Conflict
• Moammar Gadhafi
• Arab Spring

While rebels continue searching for Moammar Gadhafi, a clue came from a 17-year-old who told Sky News he saw Gadhafi on Friday in a Tripoli compound belonging to Gadhafi's son Khamis. The teen said he had been working for the previous month as a guard for Khamis Gadhafi.

The ruler arrived and spoke with his son for 10 to 15 minutes, said the teen, Abdu Salam Ataher-Ali.

Friday's visit by Moammar Gadhafi came as rebels were seizing control of the capital and Gadhafi loyalists were preparing to flee, the teenager told a translator during an interview in a rebel compound.

During the visit, the leader's daughter, Aisha, arrived at the compound, where she and her father got into a convoy of vehicles and drove off, the teen told the translator. "He said one of the high-ranking soldiers come to us and we asked him, 'Where is Gadhafi going?' and he said, 'To Sabha,'" the teen said.

Sabha is a city in southwestern Libya and one of the loyalist strongholds.

Khamis Gadhafi then got into an armored Toyota Land Cruiser and drove toward the town of Bani Walid, the teen said. Bani Walid is a city in the Misrata district in the north. An armored Land Cruiser was among a number of vehicles that were destroyed later by NATO bombs along the road northward.

It was not clear whether Khamis died in that attack, though residents in Tripoli celebrated word that he was dead. A rebel commander said Khamis Gadhafi was buried in the area.

The teen said he had been persuaded to join Khamis Gadhafi's group when he was told that foreign forces were attacking the country, Sky News reported. CNN has not been able to verify the Sky News report.

A rebel military commander claimed Tuesday that at least 50,000 people have been killed in the Libyan conflict.

The number was calculated by adding death tolls reported in battle zones and accounts from agencies such as the Red Cross, said Hisham Abu Hajer, the Tripoli Brigades coordinator. But he did not divulge the data underlying the total and CNN cannot independently verify it.

After months of carnage on both sides of the battle lines, rebels say a peaceful resolution is possible.

Tarhouni, the TNC minister, said one of Gadhafi's sons -- he did not disclose who -- is trying to negotiate.

But "there is really nothing to negotiate," he said. "What we offered -- and are still offering -- is that (if) they surrender, they will be safe, they will be brought to court under international supervision, and that's basically the deal on the table. Take it or leave it."

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