http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Forbes_Media_LLCFind stories, videos, and photos about Forbes Media LLC from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:06:21 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Forbes_Media_LLC14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Forbes Media LLC from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/china.designer.buffet/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/china.designer.buffet/index.html#cnnSTCTextDayang Trands, a little-known Chinese company that began making clothing for peasants and now makes suits and separates for a slew of Western brands, is getting a lot of attention from one famous client.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:13:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news/companies/Hershey_Ferrero_Cadbury.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news/companies/Hershey_Ferrero_Cadbury.reut/index.htmChocolate makers Hershey Co. and Ferrero SpA are considering a joint bid for Cadbury that could help the British confectioner fend off a hostile takeover by Kraft Foods Inc.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/16/paul.allen.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/16/paul.allen.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTextMicrosoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, more than 25 years after he was treated for Hodgkin's disease, a spokesman at his company Vulcan Inc. told CNN on Monday.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:34:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/11/11/team.values.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/11/11/team.values.ap/index.htmlFor the fourth straight year, the Toronto Maple Leafs are the NHL's most valuable team, according to Forbes magazine's annual survey.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/china.billionaires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/china.billionaires/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina ranks second only to the United States in the number of billionaires, according to an annual report of the 1,000 richest people in the country.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/28/forbes.dead.celebrities/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/28/forbes.dead.celebrities/index.html#cnnSTCTextForbes magazine's ninth annual list of top-earning dead celebrities was unveiled Wednesday, and surprise, surprise: Neither Michael Jackson nor Elvis Presley held court at the top.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/madoff.investor.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/madoff.investor.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextA major investor in convicted swindler Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme drowned in his swimming pool in Florida after a heart attack, his attorney said Monday. The medical examiner's office confirmed the report.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:16:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/05/news/international/Reinhard_Mohn_Bertelsmann.cnnw/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/05/news/international/Reinhard_Mohn_Bertelsmann.cnnw/index.htmReinhard Mohn, who turned his family's religious publishing company into Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's largest media conglomerates, died Saturday, the firm announced Sunday.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:34:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/economy/richest_americans/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/economy/richest_americans/index.htmThe recession has taken its toll on the nation's super rich, whose collective net worth fell for only the fifth time in 28 years, according to a survey released Wednesday.Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/26/new.york.maloney.husband/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/26/new.york.maloney.husband/index.html#cnnSTCTextClifton Maloney -- the 71-year-old husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York -- died apparently from natural causes in Tibet during a mountain-climbing trip, a spokesman for the congresswoman told CNN Saturday.Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/06/gelila.puck/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/06/gelila.puck/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Ethiopian born designer has an eye for style. She launched a line of high-end handbags in 2006 and a year later married celebrated chef Wolfgang Puck. Together the couple live in LA and have made Forbes magazine's list of "Married celebrity entrepreneurs". While loving the California lifestyle, she still has strong connections to Ethiopia, putting much of her energy into her charity work there.Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/08/pickens.wind.farm/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/07/08/pickens.wind.farm/index.html#cnnSTCTextBillionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens is shelving plans to build the world's largest wind farm.Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:15:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20288229,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20288229,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe 13-year-old now earns her age every week for chores including feeding the family's insatiable catMon, 29 Jun 2009 18:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/25/cowell.business/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/25/cowell.business/index.html#cnnSTCTextSimon Cowell, the acid-tongued producer of "American Idol" and "Britain's Got Talent," is in talks with billionaire Philip Green about a new business venture, his representative said Thursday.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/12/jada.pinkett.smith/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/12/jada.pinkett.smith/index.html#cnnSTCTextBefore Jada Pinkett Smith took the role of producer and star of TNT's "HawthoRNe," she made sure her family was fine with her being away from her mother and wife duties during filming.Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/italy.berlusconi.quake.victims/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/italy.berlusconi.quake.victims/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescue workers believe they may have located an earthquake survivor on Friday, four days after the quake struck the region and killed 287 people, representatives of the L'Aquila fire department said Friday.Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/stanford.interview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/stanford.interview/index.html#cnnSTCTextAllen Stanford, the Texan billionaire accused of a $9.2 billion fraud by U.S. regulators has denied any wrongdoing in a tearful interview in which he threatened to punch his questioner in the mouth.Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/19/mexico.drug.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/19/mexico.drug.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Mexican military has arrested the son of a top drug cartel lieutenant, the government said Thursday.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/13/mexico.forbes.list/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/13/mexico.forbes.list/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat do software mogul Bill Gates and banking investor Warren Buffett have in common with wanted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera?Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/09/germany.bmw.heiress.blackmail/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/09/germany.bmw.heiress.blackmail/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe gigolo former lover of Germany's richest woman has been jailed for six years after confessing to blackmailing her and other women out of millions of dollars, a court official said Monday.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/02/26/bundchen.brady.married/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/02/26/bundchen.brady.married/index.html#cnnSTCTextBrazilian model Gisele Bundchen married National Football League star Tom Brady Thursday in an "intimate" sunset ceremony, US Weekly magazine reported on its Web site.Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:34:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/02/26/brady.marriage/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/02/26/brady.marriage/index.htmlBrazilian model Gisele Bundchen married National Football League star Tom Brady Thursday in an "intimate" sunset ceremony, US Weekly magazine reported on its Web site.Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:51:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20259388,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20259388,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe on-again, off-again couple tied the knot on Valentine's Day in the City of LoveTue, 17 Feb 2009 19:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/facebook.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/facebook.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Web site started by a student as a way of staying in touch with friends celebrated its fifth birthday Wednesday as a billion-dollar business and a global phenomenon.Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/09/common.universal.mind.control/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/09/common.universal.mind.control/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe rapper Common wants to take hip-hop in a new direction, he says, and he has an unsuspecting ally -- President-elect Barack Obama.Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/ta.nilekani/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/ta.nilekani/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe's been called the Bill Gates of India, the man who has made India synonymous with IT and outsourcing, and is consistently cited as one of the world's best technology and business brains.Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/india.dabbawala/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/india.dabbawala/index.html#cnnSTCTextEvery day the fate of 200,000 Mumbai residents' lunches lie in the hands, and on the heads, of the city's lunch delivery men, the dabbawalas.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/11/05/aa.first.time.fines/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/11/05/aa.first.time.fines/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhether you are a newly licensed driver, a veteran behind the wheel or a lucky person who's avoided tickets all your years, the fear that you will be pulled over for a first-time infraction probably haunts you. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/04/germany.bmw.heiress.blackmail/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/04/germany.bmw.heiress.blackmail/index.html#cnnSTCTextGermany's richest woman has said a former lover has threatened to release pictures of them together if she does not pay him millions of euros (dollars), according to her spokesman.Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:03:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/06/news/companies/boyd_tontine.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/06/news/companies/boyd_tontine.fortune/index.htmSeptember was the worst month on record for hedge fund performance, but for one legendary player what's going on in the markets now must seem like its coming straight from the gates of hell.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:11:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/28/news/economy/Buffett.bailout/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/28/news/economy/Buffett.bailout/index.htmLegendary investor Warren Buffett warned Congressional leaders Saturday night of "the biggest financial meltdown in American history" if they did not act to secure the financial system.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:40:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/17/magazines/fortune/siklos_la.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/17/magazines/fortune/siklos_la.fortune/index.htmA few months back, Fortune asked me to move from New York to Los Angeles, and I readily said yes. From the canyons of Sixth Avenue in New York, the Hollywood studios seemed like just one tentacle of the information conglomerates, and one that was increasingly less central to their futures. And yet, whenever I came to LA, I was impressed and slightly bemused by the sense that the denizens of "the industry" there still believed that the media universe orbited around their stars - their mostly distant corporate overlords be damned. In one important respect they are right: Regardless of the relative profitability of film and TV programming, it remains the principal engine that drives the dream factory of popular culture.Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/11/queen.rania/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/11/queen.rania/index.html#cnnSTCTextBeautiful and intelligent, and balancing a modern outlook with a deep concern for her people, Jordan's Queen Rania seems in many ways to represent the optimistic face of the Middle East's future.Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/03/us.passport.files/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/03/us.passport.files/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department inspector general Thursday blasted the security of U.S. passport files, saying the repeated access of over 100 celebrities' files had gone undetected and unpunished.Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/12/celebrity.power/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/12/celebrity.power/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been ranked the world's most powerful celebrity for the second year running by Forbes magazine.Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:31:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1816412,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1816412,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA former UBS executive has pleaded guilty in a U.S. tax case that is part of a wide-ranging probe into whether the Swiss banking giant helped wealthy clients hide assets and evade taxesThu, 19 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/29/hottest.royal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/29/hottest.royal/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey're young, fabulously wealthy and have blue blood coursing through their veins. Meet the "20 Hottest Young Royals" in the world, compiled by influential fortune tracker, Forbes magazine.Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:47:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20206050,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20206050,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe stars gets measured and ranked by Forbes for their money and fameThu, 12 Jun 2008 17:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/04/09/ta.jackiechanbio/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/04/09/ta.jackiechanbio/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe's thrown himself off more buildings than he can remember and broken more bones than an actor has any right to and still be alive and working today, but at 54 years old, Jackie Chan's days of taking spectacular tumbles may be coming to an end. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:40:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20184717,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20184717,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnMichael Jordan and Neil Diamond each paid $150 million to divorce their wivesTue, 18 Mar 2008 04:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/06/money.forbes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/06/money.forbes/index.html#cnnSTCTextForbes' list of the world's wealthy has named Warren Buffett the richest person on the planet, surpassing his friend and philanthropic partner Bill Gates who had held the title for 13 consecutive years.Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:06:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20182326,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20182326,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnMark Zuckerberg, 23, emerges on Forbes magazine's list of world's richestThu, 06 Mar 2008 00:06:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/chris_mannix/02/07/grizzlies/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/chris_mannix/02/07/grizzlies/index.htmlThe Memphis Grizzlies have a plan. It's a secret plan. It's so secret, I'm not sure they even know what it is yet.Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:09:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176658,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176658,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAvril Lavigne apparently is as affected as much as anybody by the downturn in the housing market.Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:02:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/www.brandpakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/www.brandpakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat happens when a country is in the news for all the wrong reasons? Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/19/copperfield.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/19/copperfield.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities are investigating a Seattle woman's allegation that she was sexually assaulted by illusionist David Copperfield, two law enforcement sources told CNN on Friday.Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:57:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20153177,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20153177,00.htmlMagician David Copperfield has been linked to an FBI investigation, authorities confirmed Thursday.Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/19/copperfield.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/19/copperfield.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextFBI agents have raided a Las Vegas warehouse owned by illusionist David Copperfield, but just what led to the search is shrouded in mystery.Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:43:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/03/magazines/fortune/sloan_michaelsobit.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/10/03/magazines/fortune/sloan_michaelsobit.fortune/index.htmI've finally gotten the last word in my 28-year joust with my former boss, James Walker Michaels, but not the way I wanted to.Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20061483,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20061483,00.htmlHaving spent nearly $3 million for her Manhattan penthouse five years ago, Gisele Bündchen is now looking to more than triple her money.Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:33:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/24/news/international/dell_gome.ap/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/24/news/international/dell_gome.ap/index.htmDell Inc. announced a deal Monday to launch a retail presence in China by selling computers through the country's biggest chain of electronics stores as it struggles to capture a bigger share of the booming market.Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:01:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/09/13/franchise.values.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/09/13/franchise.values.ap/index.htmlThe Dallas Cowboys wrested the title of the NFL's most valuable franchise from the rival Redskins, knocking Washington off the top of the list for the first time in eight years, according to Forbes magazine's annual survey.Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:05:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/technology/google_runway.ap/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/technology/google_runway.ap/index.htmGoogle Inc. co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are reportedly paying $1.3 million a year so their Boeing 767 plane can take off, land and park at a NASA-managed airport located just a few minutes away from the Internet search leader's Silicon Valley headquarters.Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/02/france.lagarde.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/02/france.lagarde.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextShe's French. She's female. And she is causing quite a stir.Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/31/forbes.women.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/31/forbes.women.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextGermany's Chancellor Angela Merkel tops Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the second year in a row, while Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice slipped to fourth from second last year.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:56:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052502,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20052502,00.htmlHotel mogul Leona Helmsley, who earned the nickname the "Queen of Mean" for the high-handed way she treated employees, died Monday of heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., said her publicist. She was 87.Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:52:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051085,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051085,00.htmlMatt Damon can't escape the huge publicity blitz for his new movie The Bourne Ultimatum - it's literally all over his home.Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:44:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047102,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047102,00.htmlGisele Bundchen not only has Tom Brady as a boyfriend, she's got money in the bank.Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:52:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20043114,00.htmlhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20043114,00.htmlKelly Rowan, who played resident party planner and family matriarch Kirsten "Kiki" Cohen on The O.C., is engaged to Canadian billionaire David Thomson, Rowan's rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:33:00 EDT