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| Celebrity 100 Top Ten Wed, 16 May 2012 13:46:00 GMT A look at the men and women who top our list. |
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| Five Leadership Tips From Bruce Springsteen Thu, 10 May 2012 16:40:03 GMT Last night, I was at the Prudential Center in Newark NJ for the last show of the first leg of Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour. I’ve been to dozens of Springsteen shows over the years, stretching back to The River tour, and I’m shocked to find myself saying this: Last night might have been my best Bruce |
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| From Astronaut-Hero To Space-Trucker: The Human Spin on Space Commercialization Thu, 17 May 2012 10:31:41 GMT The cast of “Alien,” Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi blockbuster, may actually be more akin to future space-farers than our citizen heroes from NASA's Apollo era. After all, the film presents a view of space travel that is based as much on economics as wanderlust and this is arguably as it should be. |
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| The Virtues of Having Strange People Close By Thu, 17 May 2012 07:26:25 GMT |
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| Hey Blizzard and EA, Single Players are Grabbing Their Pitchforks and Coming For You Thu, 17 May 2012 07:25:45 GMT  |
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| Facebook: Facing the Facts Thu, 17 May 2012 02:20:08 GMT  |
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| New Report Finds That More Biking and Walking Does Not Increase Crash Rate Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:26 GMT A new report by the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) found that when the rate of walking and biking went up, the crash rate did not. |
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| Skechers to Pay $45 Million to Settle Advertising Charges Thu, 17 May 2012 00:30:19 GMT The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that Skechers USA agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges that it deceived consumers by “making unfounded claims that Shape-ups would help people lose weight, and strengthen and tone their buttocks, legs and abdominal muscles.” |
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| Will Adult Children Have to Pay Mom's Nursing Home Costs? Wed, 16 May 2012 23:27:32 GMT A Pennsylvania state appeals court has ruled that the adult son of a nursing home resident is responsible for her unpaid $93,000 bill. And the decision has some elder care lawyers wondering if this is just the beginning of a trend. |
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| Celebrity Entrepreneurs on the Rise? Wed, 16 May 2012 22:50:24 GMT Whereas once upon a time a celebrity lending his or her recognition to further a product was called a sell-out, today getting behind a product and using one’s fame to help it along is called entrepreneurship. And rightly so. The kind of active investment we’re seeing from celebrities like 50 Cent, Ashton Kutcher, Sean Combs and Leonardo DiCaprio is marked by market research, personal engagement in the product and an ownership stake. Sure, a lot of these glitzy moguls-in-the-making have business managers and research teams, but compare their entrepreneurial endeavors to what they could be doing – renting out their likenesses to underwear ads – and you’ve got to admit they are a little bit more engaged. |
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| Chrysler's Kumbaya King Wed, 16 May 2012 22:34:55 GMT This story originally appeared in the June 6, 2012, issue of Forbes magazine: |
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| Forbes Games: DRM Slows And Game Of Thrones Woes Wed, 16 May 2012 22:24:28 GMT Activision Blizzard's Diablo III hit stores on Tuesday, and fans of the video game franchise have already made the release a monster hit. But some new owners are steaming about connectivity issues that made it impossible for them to try out their purchase, and wondering why a single-player game needs to go online in the first place. |
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| Hollywood Power Player Ryan Seacrest Buys A-List Estate From Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi Wed, 16 May 2012 22:17:27 GMT Hollywood’s hardest-working businessman Ryan Seacrest, number 29 on Forbes' Celebrity 100, has officially swooped in on Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's former Beverly Hills digs for $37 million. DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi first listed the property for $49 million back in October 2011 before transitioning over to a more private Malibu pad formerly belonging to actor Brad Pitt. Hollywood sure does keep it in the family! |
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| Meet The Woman Behind Europe's New Lunchtime Dance Craze Wed, 16 May 2012 22:02:46 GMT Something extraordinary is happening in Sweden. |
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| Latest 'Prometheus' Viral Video: Be Careful What You Wish For Wed, 16 May 2012 20:47:15 GMT When Prometheus arrives in theaters June 8 (June 1 in the UK), fans will have been driven to a fever pitch. I know this, because I’m one of those fans, and I’m already frothing at the mouth. This latest video, which the producers have dubbed “Quiet Eye,” has made me want to reach into June with both hands and pull it forward. |
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| Justin Bieber: Budding Venture Capitalist Wed, 16 May 2012 19:30:00 GMT The pop star is putting his money into tech startups like Spotify. |
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| Skechers Proves We Need Clinical Trials Of Running Shoes Wed, 16 May 2012 19:10:08 GMT Skechers will pay $40 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that its adds deceived consumers about the health benefits of "Shape-Ups" shoes. |
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| You Could Make More Money Than An NFL All-Pro Wed, 16 May 2012 18:57:38 GMT Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jason Peters are both expected to miss a lot of time next season due to Achilles heel injuries. But because those injuries were sustained during non-football activities, both players are at risk of losing their entire 2012 salaries. |
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| How Private Practice Star Kate Walsh Owns Her Billionaire Boyfriend Wed, 16 May 2012 18:56:30 GMT A few years back when actress Kate Walsh broke up with her boyfriend, she had a universal human experience: she missed her lover—his smile, his laugh, his smell. |
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| Mitt Romney's Personal Property Ups and Downs Wed, 16 May 2012 18:26:30 GMT Mitt and Ann Romney have made big changes in their real estate holdings since 2008. For starters, the couple sold their longtime family home in Belmont, Mass. They had bought the colonial, which sat on 2.5 acres and was located just a few doors down from Belmont Hill School, the private day school attended by all five of their sons, for $1.25 million in 1989, five years after Romney helped found Bain Capital. The 7-bedroom colonial, which has a pool and tennis court, was sold for $3.5 million in 2009. All the kids long gone and out on their own, Mitt and Ann downsized, paying $895,000 a year later for a two-bedroom townhouse condominium in Belmont. |
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| The Romneys' Homes Wed, 16 May 2012 18:26:30 GMT |
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| The New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant To See (And Some You Already Did) Wed, 16 May 2012 18:08:12 GMT People often tell me that they love the covers of The New Yorker. They offer this to me because I’m a New Yorker cartoonist. I adore my job, but no matter what job you have and no matter how much you love it, there is always another ring to try to catch. For many if not most cartoonists, the next hurdle is to have a cover. The New Yorker covers are magical and carry a certain mystery, and if you are a New Yorker cartoonist, having a drawing on the cover is a rather large feather in your cap. |
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| Things Tom Cruise Could Teach Manny Pacquiao Wed, 16 May 2012 17:14:56 GMT Tom Cruise is number 9 on Forbes Celebrity 100 List this week, and Manny Pacquiao is number thirty-three. They have little in common, except their height, celebrity, and more endorsement power than most mortals can imagine. However, a little incident here in Los Angeles, where Pacquaio lives and trains, reminds me of the controversy ignited by Cruise in 2005. |
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| Oscar Winner Jean Dujardin Returns to Cannes Next Week For Spy Thriller Wed, 16 May 2012 17:14:37 GMT A year ago, no one outside of France had heard of Jean Dujardin. But the French knew him very well, especially from TV. After the big Cannes screening of "The Artist," we all said, "Who is he?" The French told us, "Oh, we know him. He's been around." Typical French blase. |
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| Star Wars And Disney Boosting 3D Printing Industry Craze Wed, 16 May 2012 17:06:17 GMT Han Solo would have wanted you to share the carbon freezing experience with him. That’s just the kind of guy he was. You can now, thanks to Disney, Star Wars, and its D-Tech 3D Printing technology. During the special Star Wars Weekend series at Disney World, fans of the movie can experience the “carbon freeze me” technology. |
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| On The Inside Of Big Innovation Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:35 GMT When Forbes first asked me to contribute, they told me they wanted insight and opinions from the inside of a high-tech, high-growth company. What’s it really like to be in the throws of it all? I’ve told a few stories, shared a few opinions. But for my next few articles, I’ll be taking a slightly different angle. |
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| Biggest Spending Sports TV Advertisers Give Shareholders Little To Cheer About Wed, 16 May 2012 16:56:12 GMT Sports television advertising is hot but the biggest spenders haven't done much for their shareholders. |
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| Celebrity 100: The Time I Interviewed Roger Federer (#31) at a Borders in Cincinnati Wed, 16 May 2012 16:54:45 GMT The Forbes Celebrity 100 ranks Roger Federer as the 31st most powerful celebrity on the planet, and fourth most powerful athlete in the world, trailing only Tiger Woods (12), LeBron James (15), and Kobe Bryant. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.