Forbes

Forbes lists China's First Lady Peng Liyuan among world's 100 most powerful women

23 May 2013

China's First Lady Peng Liyuan has made it onto Forbes' list of the world's most powerful women, a feat her predecessors have never achieved, but remains overshadowed by her entrepreneurial...

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How spreading the wealth around helps communities and legacies

10 Apr 2013

Looking at the latest Forbes rich lists for Asia it’s interesting to note that while multinationals are actively seeking young consumers to buy their products, a vast number of Asia’s richest are...

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Below the super-rich, Forbes counts 10.3m Chinese as wealthy

30 Mar 2013

Reports about China's uber-rich have become common, with Forbes magazine and the Hurun Report regularly compiling lists of the wealthiest and their relative fortunes. In September, for example,...

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Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal insulted by Forbes' low rank

7 Mar 2013

The prince, one of the most influential businessmen in the Middle East, insists the list undervalues him by US$9.6 billion. He has vowed to sever all ties with Forbes' reporters and accused them...

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China has second-most billionaires on Forbes' global rich list

6 Mar 2013

Twenty-six Chinese nationals joined Forbes magazine’s recently published Global Rich List this year, bringing the country's total number of billionaires on the list to 122.

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HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

2 Mar 2013

Matt Taibbi, the man who famously described Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity", has turned his attention to HSBC in the latest edition of Rolling Stone...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Li Ka-shing denies offering get-rich-quick tips online

Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing, has denied offering a set of get-rich-quick tips that have gone viral on the internet recently, saying the article carrying the tips purportedly made by him...

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Obama, Merkel top Forbes' list of world's most powerful people

The US president leads it, and then there's the Pope, and Angela Merkel, and Facebook's founder, and other global rainmakers on Forbes' ranking of the mightiest earthlings.

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China's top 100 rich-list fall in value

The global economic slowdown has reduced the collective wealth of the mainland's 100 richest people by 7 per cent to US$220 billion this year, Forbes has revealed.

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Beverage tycoon tops Forbes' China rich list

Beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou regained his position as China’s richest man this year, Forbes magazine said on Friday, but the global economic slump took its toll on other billionaires.

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DJR Digest: Some thoughts on future journalism, and some facts of China’s digital giants

If somebody say that graduates from journalism schools will be offered more opportunities in future job market, would you believe that?

Let me prove that to you, some time next month.

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The rich just got richer - up by 21% on last year

The gap between rich and poor may be widening as inflation wipes out the modest pay rises achieved by workers, but the city's wealthiest tycoons have no such worries - they all got richer last...

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