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Sep 2, 2011

FORBES News, Sep 02, 2011


What does Marsh, AlexForbes union mean for jobs?
Moneyweb.co.za
JOHANNESBURG – Alexander Forbes and global risk adviser Marsh said only a minimal number of jobs would be affected by the merger of the companies risk-services businesses. Late on Wednesday the two companies announced that Marsh was buying Alexander ...
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Free Trade Debate With Forbes Magazine, Round One
Huffington Post
Without them, America is going to be increasingly shut out of the most lucrative and job-creating industries in the global economy. We are going to be the new Portugal. Can a developed nation hang onto key industries in the face of cheap-labor foreign ...
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Who Got Rich This Week: Sellers of Books, Clothes, Food and Air (Yes, Air)
Forbes
Today, I'm an award-winning freelance writer who has written for the AP, Barron's, Esquire, Forbes, Fortune, Inc., Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and many other outlets. I am also lead Analyst and Editor of Cabot Global Energy Investor, ...
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The Real Way to Increase Infrastructure Jobs
Forbes
My articles on finance, economics, and foreign policy have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Forbes, among others. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those ...
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Maggie Forbes stepping down as Andrew Carnegie Free Library director
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By October of that year, a global credit crisis had sent financial markets into a downward spiral. Although foundations contributed $375000, the community was $400000 short of its goal. Still, after two successful benefits, an appeal to the community ...
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The Political Obsession With Redirecting Private Capital
Forbes
... on global warming and climate change issues and at ParkPrivatization.com on trends in recreation privatization. I have written a novel called "BMOC" and several books and videos on climate change. The author is a Forbes contributor. ...
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Glazer Family Scores With Manchester United By Leveraging Its Powerful Brand
Forbes
Besides being an Executive Editor at Forbes I also have a gig as co-host and Managing Editor ofForbes SportsMoney on the YES Network with my buddy Bob Lorenz, an awesome anchor and an even better man. My brother in arms is Kurt Badenhausen, ...
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TPI: Sourcing Strategies Still in Flux Across Industries
MarketWatch (press release)
... the Global 2000, sourcing strategies continue to shift in response to volatile business conditions. The TPI Momentum® 2011 Market Trends & Insights Vertical Industries Report, which documents sourcing trends in the Forbes® vertical categories, ...
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Warren Buffett: Billionaire investor
Washington Post
Warren Buffett, sometimes called the "Oracle of Omaha," is the third-richest man in the world, with a fortune that Forbes magazine estimates is worth about $50 billion. He leads Berkshire Hathaway, a holdings company valued at about $211 billion in ...
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Julius Malema's hearing cuts to the heart of the ANC's internal conflict
The Guardian (blog)
South Africa has four dollar billionaires on Forbes's rich list and a growing class of "black diamonds'' whose wealth is not, as was promised, trickling down. Malema knows his ANC history well enough to quote Nelson Mandela calling for the ...
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Investing Giant Ron Baron's 7 Biggest Fund Holdings
Seeking Alpha
Baron is personally worth $1.4 billion, according to Forbes, and ranks #879 on Forbes' list of billionaires. His firm manages $18.5 billion. He's currently bullish on the stock market. Just a week ago on CNBC, Baron said he believed the market was set ...
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Fresh Advice and Insight for New and Returning College Students
Huffington Post (blog)
Alongside this position, I regularly blog on international affairs and social change for The Huffington Post and Forbes and frequently interview global leaders, such as the White House's Valerie Jarrett on the advancement of women and girls, ...
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Lone Eagles a growing trend in Woodland Park
Our Colorado News
A Lone Eagle — according to Forbes.com — is an entrepreneur, freelancer, professional or knowledge worker who can work and live anywhere. Lone Eagle businesses tend to be Web-based and relatively invisible. Technically, if the business has no ...
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Keste Launches Center of Excellence
MarketWatch (press release)
With solution centers in the Unites States and India, Keste has international experience developing efficient and cost-effective solutions for Fortune 500 and Forbes Global 2000 clients by leveraging Oracle technology and applications. ...
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Fewer Americans join the ranks of the self-employed
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
Forbes.com estimates that 15 of the 32 owners of National Football League teams, including the Cleveland Browns' Randy Lerner, are billionaires. But Mr. Lerner stands out in one way from the others. “With the exception of (Mr.) Lerner, heir to the MBNA ...
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Steven J. Hefter
Registered Rep.
He joined the private banking arm of Goldman Sachs and immediately targeted one of Chicago's wealthiest individuals, a middle-aged real estate magnate on the Forbes 400 list. Though he had no referrals and no connection, he picked up the phone, ...
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Electrolux(R) Nimble(TM) Conquers Twists and Turns With Swivel Steering and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... AEG-Electrolux, BEAM, Eureka and Frigidaire. In 2010, Forbes Magazine named Electrolux one of the top five global companies in consumer durables and one of 130 Global High Performers. For more information go to www.electrolux.com/press .
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MLB skeptical of $1.2-billion Dodgers bid
Los Angeles Times
Forbes magazine estimates the Dodgers' worth at $800 million. McCourt also could cite the offer in Bankruptcy Court, according to the industry consultant, to counter MLB claims that he has irreparably mismanaged the team. ...
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Reviving Woodward: 'The heart of downtown' Detroit is no longer the automotive ...
MLive.com
Nate Forbes, managing partner for Southfield-based Forbes Co., which owns and manages Somerset, told MLive Detroit that the temporary stores have exceeded expectations and really showed what must happen to continue turning around the city....
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Not time for forced pensions
BusinessLIVE
John Anderson, head of institutional strategy at Alexander Forbes is of the view it should be reconsidered given the chances of a double dip recession. He believes forced contributions should rather be phased in over time. SA's economy got over its ...
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Symposium: Natural gas rich resource for state, region
Northern Colorado Business Report
Panelists included Frans Westenbrink, Woodward; Forbes Guthrie, Stewart Environmental; Ed VanDyne, VanDyne SuperTurbo; Bill Ward, Ward Petroleum; and Andrew Casper, Colorado Oil and Gas Association. Westenbrink said the world's expanding population and ...
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Slim's $2.75 Billion Offering Marks End to Overseas Drought: Mexico Credit
Bloomberg
Slim was named the world's richest man for a second year in a row by Forbes magazine in March. Before America Movil's sales, Mexican issuance had totaled $737 million in August, according to Bloomberg data. The previous corporate offering was by Grupo ...
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Our demand for metals could cost us the earth
The Guardian
A rich and powerful Forbes-listed airline magnate, Lucio Tan, in partnership with a UK mining giant Toledo Nickel, wants to mine one of Asia's last significant old growth forests (thus reducing significant carbon sequestration potential) to take ...
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The Guardian
5 Gold Stocks With Significant Upside From Here
Seeking Alpha
PK) and Yamana Gold (AUY), announced an agreement by which it would obtain an exclusive option to purchase a 100 percent interest in Argentina's Agua Rica project, as discussed in this Forbesarticle. Investors seemed to like the news, as Thursday's ...
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DSK vs. NAFISAT: The Review
Vanguard
According to her Forbes profile, “Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made headlines when she left the World Bank in July, where she was a managing director and the second-in-command, to become the finance minister of Nigeria. While it shocked some supporters who saw ...
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Planting a better future
United Church Observer
Yet in 2008, Detroit took the top spot in Forbes's inaugural list of the most miserable cities in America; at the time, it had the highest rate of violent crimes and the second-highest unemployment rate in the United States, as the recession hit and ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Sep 02, 2011

IMF just as baffled as we are
Financial Standard
"Then the answer was unprecedented monetary accommodation, direct support for the financialsector and a dose of fiscal stimulus. Now monetary policy is more constrained, banking problems will again have to be addressed, and the crisis has left behind ...
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EUROZONE Debt Crisis News, Sep 02, 2011


Factbox: Coming events in the euro zone debt crisis
Reuters
The debt-choked country sold three- and six-month T-bills to roll over 2.48 billion euros of previous issues in August. -- September 9 - PDMA to announce amount for auction of six-month T-bills to be auctioned September 13 as a previous issue of 2.0 ...
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ENTERTAINMENT News, Sep 02, 2011


10 Best Young Black Actors
Screen Junkies
One of the stars of the acclaimed TV hit “House,” Epps has been a staple of movies and TV for years, having established himself as a highly talented character actor. He's recently moved into music after producing and directing videos for a few acts. ...
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Dan Trachtenberg's 'Portal' catches gamer love, Hollywood buzz
Los Angeles Times
(Courtesy Dan Trachtenberg) Video game fans love to debate whether their favorite game could be turned into a movie, but Dan Trachtenberg went out and did it. The 30-year-old commercial director and aspiring feature filmmaker made “Portal: No Escape,” ...
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Inside Revolution Studios' Library: Where Joe Roth Went Wrong
Reuters
The studio was, in many ways, the victim of shifting tastes in movies. As the head of Walt Disney Studios in the nineties, Roth thrived by matching big name actors such as Bruce Willis and Nicolas Cage with star driven projects like “The Sixth Sense” ...
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Dermot Mulroney Stars In "The Family Tree"
Examiner.com
The Rated R picture, distributed by Entertainment One US, will also be available via multiple platforms including digital stream, home video, video on demand and TV. I caught up with one of the stars of the movie, actor Dermot Mulroney who's no ...
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Final Destination 3 Blu-ray review
Den Of Geek
With Final Destination 5 currently in cinemas, Entertainment in Video have seized the opportunity to release some of the other franchise instalments on Blu-ray. While I'm not the biggest fan of the series, I do have a fondness for the first two films, ...
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Bow Wow Talks: 'Madea' DVD Release, Lil Wayne's Jay-Z Diss, New Series With ...
Huffington Post
Growing up in the entertainment industry can be detrimental for some young stars. For 24-year-old Bow Wow (born Shad Gregory Moss), who landed his first glimpse of stardom at 6 years old by appearing at the beginning of Snoop Dogg's classic 1993 video ...
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Timeless Reels: Classic Films on DVD | Collection Development, September 1, 2011
Library Journal
Image Entertainment, www.image-entertainment.com. 1949. DVD ISBN 9786305081036. $24.98 ($9.48). A father and son track down a stolen bicycle needed for his work. De Sica used nonprofessional actors; he received an honorary Oscar (there was no ...
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Kevin Smith, Burned Out?
Daily Beast
It's reportedly a sweeping two-part opus, à la Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, for which Smith aims to reenlist every actor ever to appear in his previous films. The decision to step away from his day job of the last 17 years, however, has puzzled some ...
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Daily Beast
Director Evan Glodell explains how he made 'Bellflower' for $17000 while on ...
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
“I had a friend in high school who badly wanted to make movies and would recruit me as an actor. It was always so much fun. I decided, I'm going to go to Hollywood and make movies, which is a thought I'd never had before.” So Glodell moved to Ventura ...
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WATCH: Original 'American Pie' Cast Returns in 'Reunion' Trailer
The Female Fan
In addition to father figure Eugene Levy -- the only actor who's appeared in the three previous featurefilms and the cornucopia of straight-to-video sequels -- the eight returning Pie kids include Jason Biggs (Jim), Seann William Scott (Stifler), ...
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The Hyper-Real BUNRAKU's Josh Hartnett and Kevin McKidd Speak
Twitch
Twitch: When shooting such a stylized movie, what kind of challenges did that present you with as an actor? KM: The biggest challenge was physical. I'm not a dancer and I'm certainly not a martial artist. Guy Moshe wanted all of the actors to basically ...
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Contest: Show Me the Rally Monkey
OCRegister
Angels entertainment manager Peter Bull, center, stands flanked by video operations associate producer Danny Pitts, left, and video operations producer Dave Tsuruda while holding up Rally Monkeys at Angel Stadium Wednesday. Click through the photos to ...
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Kellan Lutz: Stylish & Shirtless For GQ Australia
Access Hollywood
The actor, who is next up on the big screen playing a young Poseidon in “Immortals,” struck a series of shirtless and stylish poses for the mag's September 2011 issue – pics they shared with Access Hollywood. Beyond his model-perfect poses, ...
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DVD Review: The Beaver, Super Hybrid, The Death of Andy Kaufman, Blitz and Prom
Shockya.com
Porter's budding romance with the equally troubled Nora (Jennifer Lawrence) actually works quite well — a credit to both the young actors — but feels a bit like it's from another movie, or at least a way to while away time and stall the forcing of ...
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Live-Action Korean City Hunter's N. American DVD Slated
Anime News Network
The distributor YA Entertainment plans to release the Korean live-action series adaptation of Tsukasa Hojo 's City Hunter detective action comedy manga on DVD in the United States and Canada this November. Actor Lee Min-Ho stars as Ryo Saeba, ...
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Theater Listings for Sept. 2 — 8
New York Times
'Black Angels Over Tuskegee' The tear-jerker story of these trailblazing African-American pilots (2:30). Actors Temple Theater, 339 West 47th Street, Clinton, (212) 239-6200, telecharge.com. Blue Man Group Conceptual art as entertainment (1:45). ...
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Global Showbiz Briefs: Japan, Canada, Vietnam
Deadline.com
Barry Pepper won for lead actor for his role as Bobby Kennedy and Diana Hardcastle won supporting actress for her role as matriarch Rose Kennedy. The Pillars of the Earth was named the top TV movie or mini. The Jason Priestly comedy Call Me Fitz won ...
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Basketball Coach Pat Summitt has Early-Onset Dementia … and the News Left Me ...
City Watch
When she reunited with Avalon in later years to do more beach movies, she fell frequently on the set. Avalon always helped her up, but entertainment reporters caught the action and told her if she didn't reveal what was going on, they would do it for ...
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The Art and Design of Gears of War
Grantland
He typed back: "incredible. can't stop playing. like an action movie. co-op astounding." I headed out to buy a copy but, no matter where I went in Rome, Gears of War was sold out. I ordered a copy from Amazon UK and, due to the seeming lethargy of ...
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Grantland
Film4 FrightFest: 'Panic Button'
Cine-Vue
Each member of this relatively small group of actors deal with their roles admirably, thanks primarily to a tight script that's delivered naturally, never feeling over the top or needlessly over dramatic. Sadly though this cautionary tale about how ...
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Cine-Vue
Morton Grove Community Calendar for Sept. 8, 2011
Morton Grove Champion
Movies, Munchies and More for Seniors, a weekly program that provides entertainment and education, plus light refreshments every Tuesday, at 11:30 am Hear interesting speakers, see featurefilms and documentaries, enjoy live music, and meet fascinating ...
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Netflix subscribers face dilemma as prices climb
BusinessWeek
If you're among the customers who want to keep just one of Netflix's entertainment options, assess what you like to watch on the service and how you watch it. Internet streaming is more convenient because there's no waiting for video to be delivered by ...
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US porn filming suspended over new HIV scare
Yahoo! News UK
By Michael Thurston | AFP – Thu, Sep 1, 2011 File photo of a man passing an adultvideo store in New York. US porn movie makers … US porn movie makers have suspended filming after an actor reportedly tested HIV positive, reigniting a dispute over the ...
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Yahoo! News UK
Joe Manganiello Interview: Actor Talks 'True Blood' Finale, Male ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
He's a classically trained actor who studied drama at Carnegie Mellon, he's done more Shakespeare than fans would suspect, and he's been getting nude in front of audiences long before he was cast as Alcide. "When I was in .... 'True Blood' Season Four Episode Seven Clips: 'Cold Grey Light Of Dawn' Previews (VIDEOS). Season four of ... Interview: Joe Manganiello for True Blood Season 4 - People -News ... The Joe ... True Blood - Joe Manganiello Interview [VIDEO] | Spoiler TV ...
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CHINESE Fashion News, Sep 02, 2011


Crystal Renn Gets Her Eyes Stretched For Japanese Vogue (VIDEO, POLL)
Huffington Post
Watch the behind-the-scenes video below and go to Dello Russo's blog to see the pictures -- do the eyes strike you as problematic? What do you think of Crystal Renn's faux-Asian eyes? Racist and inappropriate -- when will fashion editors learn? ...
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