List
of World's Richest Billionaires 2011
World's
Billionaires Review 2011 |
The
Forbes business magazine has released their
annual billionaires list of the richest
people in the world for 2011. Mexico's Carlos
Slim Helu has held onto the number one position
for the second year running with his staggering
$74 billion fortune, an increase of $20.5
billionaire from last year!
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President
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2009
American
President Barack Obama Awarded Prize for
Peace |
Less
than nine months into his presidency, US
President Barack Obama has won the Nobel
Peace Prize for his efforts towards restoring
international relations around the world.
While some people agree that Obama has made
significant strides during his presidency,
some critics argue that the Nobel Prize
was not yet earned by the new President.
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Richest
Americans List 2009
400
Richest American People 2009 Review |
Forbes released its list for the richest
people in the US in 2009. For the fifth
time in almost thirty years of the annual
list, the net worth of the richest Americans
fell over the last year from $1.57 trillion
to $1.27 trillion, falling $3 billion from
2008.
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Philippines
Richest People 2009
List
of the Richest Filipino People in 2009 |
Like
most other countries around the world, the
Philippines were hit hard by the struggling
world economy in 2008 and 2009. Despite
worldwide hardships, however, Philippine's
ten richest people were able to hold on
to their wealth and even grow their net
worth. In fact, the total net worth of the
country's richest people rose from $14.2
billion in 2008 to $16.4 billion in 2009.
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100
Most Powerful Women in the World 2009
Review
of the Most Powerful Women in the World |
Recently
Forbes announced its annual list of the
one hundred most powerful women in the world.
Although the list occasionally includes
prominent celebrities, the criteria upon
which the list is based depends more on
influence rather than wealth or power.
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Richest
African Americans 2009
Wealthiest
Black Americans Review 2009 |
There
are twenty individuals named on this year's
Forbes Richest African Americans list spanning
a wide range of careers. Remarkably, all
twenty people are self-made millionaires
(or billionaires, in one case) and are involved
in everything from entertainment and athletics
to real estate, media, and construction.
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BRW
Richest Australians Review 2009
Australia's
Richest People Review 2009 |
Australia's
richest people have lost billions over the
past 12 months just like the rich around
the world. The list of 200 rich Aussies
plunged in value by about $25 billion with
the mining magnate Andrew Forrest and casino
mogul James Packer absorbing much of that
pain with a $7.03 billion loss for the former
and a $3 billion loss for the latter.
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Forbes
Richest Australians Review 2009
Australia's
Richest People Review 2009 |
Forbes
announced their list of the forty richest
businesspeople in Australia for 2009. The
top 40 richest Australians list from last
year (which included New Zealand) had a
total net worth of $61.5 billion which dropped
to $33.7 billion in 2009. Had this years
list included New Zealand, the top 40 would
have included a few Kiwis and would have
pushed the total net worth up to $40 billion.
Despite losses, this year's list had a minimum
net worth of $280 million and James Packer,
this year's richest Australian, topped the
list with $3.1 billion in net worth.
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List
of the Richest People in the World 2009
World's
Billionaires Review 2009 |
Americans
dominated the billionaire list this year,
carrying 45% of the list's slots and holding
44% of the wealth on the Forbes list. Economic
declines in the last part of 2008 are partially
to blame for the decline in both wealth
and number of billionaires on the March
list with some individuals losing 50% or
more of their net worth over the last 12
months. Overall, the collective net worth
of the richest people is estimated around
$2.4 trillion, a whole $2 trillion lower
than last year's list.
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Time
Magazine's Person of the Year 2008 is Barack
Obama
Person
of the Year Review 2008 |
Time
Magazine has chosen Barack Obama as the
Person of the Year for 2008. Runners up
were American Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Paulson, the French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin,
and Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou.
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China's
Richest People 2008
List
of the Richest Chinese People in 2008 |
China
had a booming industry in 2007 and its wealthy
residents amassed billions of dollars in
fortunes. 2008, however, has turned out
to be less than ideal for China's elite
and Forbes recent list of China's top 400
richest people reflects just how much the
global economy is affecting them. The estimated
combined net worth of China's 400 in 2008
was $173 billion, over $100 billion less
than the previous year. Losses and drops
in assets are blamed on the recent 60% drop
in mainland stocks combined with a 50% decline
in shares in Hong Kong.
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iPod
Index 2008
CommSec
iPod Index Review of World Currencies |
According
to the most recent CommSec iPod index, Australia
is the cheapest place in the world to buy
an iPod (as of October 2008), a reflection
on the recent fall of the Australian dollar
when measured against the U.S. Dollar. The
iPod index is not a direct measurement of
currency exchange rates, but is designed
to provide price comparisons of the same
goods when purchased in different countries
by foreign buyers. The price comparisons
are based on the iPod 8GB nano in the value
of U.S. Dollars.
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Barack
Obama Becomes President
Barack
Obama Wins 2008 Presidential Election |
Barack
Obama only needed 270 electoral votes to
win the 2008 U.S. Presidential election,
but he found enough supporters to earn him
over 340 votes in the electoral college.
Conventional swing states like Ohio and
Florida voted early in Obama's favor and
he even managed to win over historically
republican states like Virginia and Indiana.
His lead came early on Tuesday, November
4, and within a few short hours of poll
closings, Obama solidified his place as
the 44th President of the United States
and the first African-American to sit in
the Oval Office.
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American
Rich List 2008
400
Richest American People 2008 Review |
On
September 17, 2008 Forbes once again announced
its list of the top 400 richest Americans.
While past years have shown dramatic increases
in the combined net wealth of these individuals,
2008 proved quiet different with a the net
worth rising only 2% from 2007 to $1.57
trillion. In order to make the list this
year, individuals needed to have at least
$1.3 billion in assets, the same as in 2007.
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Review
of the Economist Magazine's Big Mac Index
2008
Big
Mac Index 2008 Review |
The
Economist magazine recently published their
lighthearted look at world currencies with
the 2008 Big Mac Index. World currencies
are measured against the cost of a single
Big Mac from McDonald's fast food restaurants
in each country. Ideally there would be
a wide range of products used to measure
the value of a currency, but that wouldn't
be nearly as interesting as using just a
Big Mac.
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The
New Yorker Cover Controversy
Barack
Obama and his Wife on the Cover of the New
Yorker |
The
New Yorker magazine has created a political
storm with the publication of a cartoon
cover that depicts the Democratic candidate
and possible American president Barack Obama
looking like Osama Bin Laden next to his
wife Michelle Obama with a machine gun strapped
to her back and looking very militant.
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Warren
Buffett Lunch Auction
Lunch
with Warren Buffett Auction for Charity |
Warren
Buffett has put himself up for auction again
this year. Bidding has now finished on the
online auction website eBay for lunch with
Warren Buffett at the Smith and Wollensky
steakhouse restaurant in New York. The winning
bidder and seven friends will get to dine
with the Berkshire Hathaway CEO. The winning
bid for lunch with Warren Buffett in 2008
was an impressive $2.1 million paid by Zhao
Danyang of the Pureheart China Growth Investment
Fund.
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World's
Top Brands 2008
Review
of the World's Top Brands 2008 |
BrandZ
has released their third annual list of
the top 100 most powerful brands in the
world, with the Internet search engine Google
coming in at number one. The dollar value
of the Google brand has increased by 30%
to an estimated $86.1 billion according
to the BrandZ Top 100 list.
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Warren
Buffett Becomes the Richest Man in the World
2008
Billionaire
Investor Warren Buffett Becomes World's
Richest Man |
Warren
Buffett has become the richest man in the
world according to the Forbes business magazine
which ranks the billionaires of the world
each year. The famous stock market investor
has long been denied the number position
by his friend and bridge playing partner
Bill Gates.
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Virgin
Atlantic's Biofuel Flight
Richard
Branson's Virgin Atlantic Historic Biofuel
Flight |
Richard
Branson's Virgin
Atlantic has flown a 747 jumbo jet from
London's Heathrow airport to Amsterdam using
a small percentage of biofuels to power
the Boeing plane. The Boeing 747 had three
of its four fuel tanks filled with normal
jet fuel, while the fourth tank was filled
with 80% jet fuel and 20% coconut and babassu
palm oil. So the flight was far from being
an environmentally friendly experience,
but it was the first flight of its kind
by a commercial airline.
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Richest
40 Hong Kong People 2008
Richest
40 People in Hong Kong 08 Review |
The
former British colony of Hong Kong which
was returned to the communist China in 1997
is now home to some of the richest people
in Asia and the world. The inaugural Forbes
list of Hong Kong's 40 richest people is
a list of billionaires, with mere multimillionaires
nowhere to be seen. Like many places around
the world it is no longer enough to be a
multimillionaire, as you now have to be
a billionaire to be at the top of the money
heap.
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Fifteen
Richest Fictional People in 2007
Richest
Fictional Characters Review |
Both
Carlos Slim and Scrooge McDuck have had
extremely profitable years in 2007. The
former because of the surging share price
of his massive share holdings and the latter
because of the surging price of gold. The
wealthy duck has hoarded all of his ever
growing pile of gold coins and bullion and
now has an estimated net worth of $28.8
billion. His strategy of buying and hoarding
has paid off, with an almost threefold increase
in wealth over the past year, and the title
of the richest fictional character from
the Forbes business magazine.
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World's
Best Brands Review 2007
Review
of the Best Global Brands for 2007 |
For
the seventh consecutive year the number
one brand in the world is the brown fizzy
soft drink of Coca-Cola. The global giant
is slowing though as the company is spending
a lot of time focusing on the healthier
beverages that people are continuing to
choose over the classic Coke beverage.
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Review
of the Economist's Big Mac Index 2007
Big
Mac Index 2007 Review |
The
Economist magazine released their annual
"Big Mac Index" for 2007. It's
their lighthearted look at a subject that
most people find dry and tasteless. I'm
talking about purchasing-power parity or
PPP, not the Big Macs (which may or may
not be tasteless and dry). They look at
world currencies and how fairly valued they
are compared to the currency of different
countries.
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Is
Carlos Slim Helu the Richest Man in the
World?
Carlos
Slim Helu has been Ranked as the Richest
Man in the World |
Carlos
Slim Helu has steadily been creeping up
the ranks of the richest people in the world
over the past few years. When the Forbes
magazine put out their annual rich list
in 2007, they had Carlos Slim ranked as
the third richest man in the world, with
Warren Buffett second and Bill Gates first.
A Mexican reporter has now put Carlos Slim
in the number one position as the richest
man in the world.
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Richest
Australians Review 2007
Australia's
Richest People Review 2007 |
Like
most rich lists around the world, the Australian
rich list has significantly increased over
the past year. The number of billionaires
have increased and it is now much harder
to be listed as it takes a minimum of $180
million to get on the BRW Rich 200.
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Rupert
Murdoch Targets Global Warming with News
Corporation Energy Initiative
Rupert
Murdoch Fights Climate Change and Becomes
Carbon Neutral |
In
2007 at the age of 76, Rupert Murdoch has
showed that he is still open to change.
The media mogul released an ambitious plan
to to tackle the problems of global warming
by making his global corporation carbon
neutral. He told 47,000 employees that they
will not only cut their energy use, but
that the word on climate change will also
be put out through his many media outlets.
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Richest
People in the World 2007
World's
Billionaires Review 2007 |
The
Forbes billionaires list continues to grow
in number, with a record 946 billionaires
counted around the world in 2007. The top
five positions are pretty much the same
as last year, but there have been an impressive
178 newcomers to the list. The combined
value of the entire billionaires list rose
by $900 billion to $3.5 trillion with an
average of $3.6 billion each.
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World's
Most Expensive Homes 2007
Top
Ten Most Expensive Homes in the World for
2007 |
Forbes
has scoured the world again to find the
most expensive homes in 2007. They are spread
throughout all corners of the globe, including
Turkey, France, and the United Kingdom,
but the majority of the top ten is dominated
with American mansions. A UK home takes
the number one position on the list, but
six of the top ten are American.
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Top
Ten Business Stories in America 2006
Top
Business and Finance News for 2006 |
The
business and finance department at msnbc.com
has looked back over the top business stories
for the year of 2006 and have come up with
their top ten stories. It was an event filled
year for the economy last year, so there
was a lot of headlines to choose from.
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Review
of the Top Ten Most Expensive Cars in the
World for 2006
Most
Expensive Cars in the World 2006 |
We
live in a time where gas prices force many
families to think twice about driving to
the local store, but high fuel costs shouldn't
concern the buyers of the cars below. The
Forbes business magazine has put together
a list of the top ten most expensive cars
in the world. The luxury cars are all street
legal, even if they look more comfortable
on a race track.
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Richest
People in China 2006
Richest
Chinese People 2006 Review |
With
China now embracing the ways of the West,
entrepreneurs are cashing in on a new type
of consumer that wants all the things that
the wealthier western countries like the
United States take for granted. Luxury goods,
real estate, home appliances, and cars are
now consumed like never before in the country
that has an economy growing at ten percent
each year.
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Nobel
Peace Prize Winner for 2006
Muhammad
Yunus and Grameen Bank Wine Nobel Peace
Prize |
The
Nobel Peace Prize has a long list of distinguished
laureates that include leaders of countries,
activists for human rights, and founders
of beneficial organizations. Bankers and
banks have never been thought of as peacemakers
until now. The Bangladeshi banker Muhammad
Yunus and his Grameen Bank have been awarded
equal share in the Nobel Peace Prize for
2006.
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World's
Largest 2000 Public Companies Review 2006
World's
Largest Companies for 2006 |
Forbes
has released what it believes to be the
2000 largest public companies in the world
for 2006. The Forbes global 2000 differs
slightly from the Fortune 500 companies
list as it measures more than just the profits
and the size of each company on the list.
Those listed are ranked according to their
assets, market value, profits, and sales.
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Forbes
CEO Salary Compensation Review 2006
Chief
Executive Officers Salary Review for 2006 |
This
year the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
of the top 500 American companies earned
a total of $5.4 billion or had an average
salary of $10.9 million. There was also
an average of $5.6 million in exercised
stock options for each boss. Leading CEO's
only had a small wage rise of just 6%, which
is unimpressive when compared to the massive
54% wage rise in 2004!
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Read CEO Pay Article |
Top
Fortune 500 Corporations for 2006
Fortune
500 Companies Review for 2006 |
Fortune
magazine has released it's annual list of
the largest corporations in the United States
by revenue. The Fortune 500 list now has
a new leading company at the top after Wal-Mart
held the position for the previous 4 years.
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Top
50 Management Thinkers for 2005
Management
Thinkers Review for 2005 |
Suntop
Media has released what it considers to
be the top 50 business management leaders
for 2005. The Biannual Thinkers 50 list
has named Michael Porter of Harvard Business
School’s Institute for Strategy and
Competitiveness as the most influential
living management thinker of 2005.
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