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Forbes staff
The hottest movie stars, musicians, athletes.


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Features

Can Bethenny Crack A Billion?
Meghan Casserly
Bethenny Frankel is the 'It' girl of reality TV. With the $100 million sale of her Skinnygirl drinks she's now one of Hollywood's leading entrepreneurs.

Jon Huntsman On Giving Away $1.2 Billion
David Whelan
A 1992 cancer diagnosis turned the chemicals mogul into one of the world's most generous philanthropists.

Air Freshener
Todd Woody
Engineers at Alcoa have invented a way to make a building clean up after itself.

  Fact and Comment


GOP Prez Wannabes: Be Bold on the Biggies

Steve Forbes
There are three critical issues that GOP presidential candidates need to get right: the dollar, taxes and means testing for Social Security and Medicare.

Current Events



Debt: A Moral Issue

Paul Johnson
When public men had better principles.

Digital Rules


Internet Guru: Google Evangelist Vint Cerf

Rich Karlgaard
An interview with the co-inventor of the Internet.


Departments
A Brief Word
Thoughts





Entrepreneurs

Smooth Talker
Tom Van Riper
Ken Gutman found a ripe niche in the increasingly crowded field of professional negotiating.





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Technology

Skype Me
Eric Savitz
Think Microsoft's biggest deal ever is a mistake? Think again.





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Money & Investing

Find The Fees
Emily Lambert
For many workers, investing in a company 401(k) is not the slam dunk it's made out to be.

Prospering Inside The Fretting Zone
Ken Fisher
In the age of CNBC and Twitter you can't get investors to stop being myopic.

Wrinkles Worth Having
Jim Oberweis
A good business can trump a great business.

Four Rules to Score Variable Annuities Win
William Baldwin
Put your bonds, not stocks, in the annuity.





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The Celebrity 100

Act Three for Gwyneth Paltrow
Clare O'Connor
You know the actress and singer. Now for Gwyneth Paltrow...the lifestyle guru?

Jason Bateman And Will Arnett: Mad Men?
Dorothy Pomerantz
With their new video ad business Dumbdumb, comedians Jason Bateman and Will Arnett are trying to make commercials fun again.

LeBron James: Shown The Money
Kurt Badenhausen
Traitor? It hasn't hurt LeBron James' fortune.

Jon Bon Jovi: Still Rockin, and Making A Killing
Zack O'Malley Greenburg
Over the past 12 months Bon Jovi earned more than Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry--combined. How did that happen?

Mars Attacks!
Zack O'Malley Greenburg
Bruno Mars hasn't yet made The Celeb 100 List. But watch his trajectory.

Joel McHale Is A Very Busy Man
Dorothy Pomerantz
Joel McHale is on the rise thanks to two TV shows, a slew of upcoming movies and, oh yes, a standup comedy career.

Roberto Orci And Alex Kurtzman: Hollywood's Secret Weapons
Dorothy Pomerantz
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are the quiet force behind $3 billion in box office.





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Capital Flows

Actually, We're Not All In This Together
Edward H. Crane
If there is one thing that identifies American expectionalism it is a fierce individualism.





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Forbes Focus

Call Me, We'll Tango
Quentin Hardy
The free video calling service is growing faster than Skype did.

Looking For Work
Deborah L. Jacobs
Trust and estate lawyers are having a career crisis (shhhh).

From Hoops To Oops?
Monte Burke
Thirty-five years ago two brothers negotiated the greatest sports deal of all time. Then they invested with Bernie Madoff.

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Forbes Life

The Nose Knows
Hannah Elliott
The rise of the celebrity perfumer.

Time Will Tell
Paige Reddinger
For Father's Day: five watches with a backstory.



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