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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Founder
of The Body Shop Dies
Biography
of the British Entrepreneur Anita Roddick |
The
founder of The Body Shop cosmetics chain
passed away on the 10th of September, 2007.
Dame Anita Perella Roddick, DBE died at
the age of 64. She was taken to hospital
after suffering from a headache and soon
died of a major brain hemorrhage. The "Queen
of Green" passed away at the St Richard's
Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex with
her husband Gordon, and two daughters Sam
and Justine by her side.
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Most
Powerful Women in the World Review 2007
Review
of the Most Powerful Women in the World |
The
chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has
topped the Forbes list of 100 powerful women
for the second year in a row. Not only is
she in control of the large European country
of Germany, but she is also using her power
to tackle challenging issues. Merkel set
a challenging target to cut carbon emissions
in Europe and argued her case successfully
with G-8 leaders. The powerful German woman
has an approval rating in her home country
of 75%, even after raising taxes.
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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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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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Donald
Trump Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame
Donald
Trump on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Donald
Trump has achieved fame like no other property
developer before him and he has been rewarded
with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Trump's star was the 2,327th to be granted.
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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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Donald
Trump and Rosie O'Donnell Name Calling Controversy
Donald
Trump and Rosie O'Donnell Scandal |
Donald
Trump and Rosie O'Donnell had a very public
name calling battle after the talkshow host
Rosie criticized Trump for his decision
to give Tara Conner a second chance to keep
her Miss USA crown. Miss USA created a media
stir after going wild in New York and underage
drinking.
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Time
Magazine's Person of the Year 2006 is You!
Person
of the Year Review for 2006 |
Time
magazine has come to the conclusion that
You are the Person of the Year for 2006!
Not just any of you out there, but you that
have contributed or played a role in the
user generated content of the World Wide
Web. It's for the millions of people that
have used community websites like MySpace.com,
You Tube, Wikipedia, internet forums, and
other Web 2.0 sites. For the people that
are taking the power from the few and giving
it to the many by producing their own content
on the web!
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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
Most Powerful Woman Review 2006
Review
of the Most Powerful Women in the World |
Women
are now taking more charge of their life
and career, actively climbing the corporate
ladder like never before. Not content to
just sit at home and look after the kids
anymore (unless that's what they choose
to do), women are gaining positions of power
in large multinational corporations, foundations,
and important government positions.
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Warren
Buffett gives Billions to Bill Gates Foundation
Warren
Buffett Gives Billions Away to Bill Gates |
Warren
Buffett has made history by becoming the
most generous philanthropist of all time.
The famous investor and CEO of Berkshire
Hathaway has announced in June 2006 that
he will be giving away much of his $44 billion.
Buffett has decided to give the bulk of
generous gift to the foundation of his Bridge
partner and friend of 15 years, Bill Gates.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will
receive an extra $1.5 billion annually from
Buffett, doubling the total budget of the
foundation.
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Rupert
Murdoch's Web Property MySpace.com
Review
of the News Corporation Company MySpace.com |
MySpace.com
is a News Corporation owned company that
was purchased in July 2005 for $580 million
USD. The popular social networking website
was started just 2 years before being bought
by Murdoch, in July 2003. Tom Anderson and
Chris DeWolfe founded the site that targeted
musicians and bands, allowing them to interact
with fans and share their music online.
The site quickly became popular with teens
and the 20-something crowd, giving them
a place to meet, interact, and share information
online.
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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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Time
Magazine's Person of the Year 2005
Person
of the Year Review for 2005 |
Time
magazine has released what it considers
to be the "Person of the Year"
for 2005, or more accurately, the people
of the year for 2005. This year it is the
"good Samaritan" that have stole
the spotlight, with Bono the Irish pop singer
of the U2 group, Bill Gates of Microsoft,
and his wife Melinda Gates being chosen
for their charitable works.
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