New 'Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare' Revealed Ahead Of Schedule
The new ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ game revealed ahead of time. read »
Erik Kain, ContributorThe new ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ game revealed ahead of time. read »
Erik Kain, ContributorBetting on Wicked Strong Could Win Big, Help Boston Bombing Victims, May Even Give You A Tax Write-off. What’s Not to Like? read »
Robert W. Wood, ContributorIn my last posting, I questioned if the recent Chinese efforts to meet the Uyghurs’ deep concerns about their live conditions and their cultural future could or not be sufficient. But in almost no time, an answer comes, a tragic one: from a Turkmen’s perspective, Beijing’s accommodating drive cannot be acceptable. On the 30th of April, at 19:10, read »
Eric Meyer, ContributorWhen it comes to corporate philanthropy, corporate and employee donors expect more from charities these days. And in a digital era defined by greater transparency, charities face new challenges and opportunities with their corporate partners – all of this according to a new study on employee giving.
The Snapshot 2014 report from read »
Ryan Scott, ContributorToday my detailed study of the Libyan Investment Authority was published in Euromoney. The article features an interview with Abdulmagid Breish, the chairman and acting CEO of the US$66 billion sovereign fund, and also looks in detail at the behaviour of Goldman Sachs in Gaddafi-era Libya.
Earlier this year the Libyan Investment read »
Chris Wright, ContributorThis could be the summer of the surprise hit. read »
Dorothy Pomerantz, Forbes StaffWhen a great idea from an innovator or intrapreneur inside a corporation, nonprofit or government fails to reach its potential, there can be soul searching or worse. Failing gracefully is an important skill for entrepreneurial minded employees, but if those failures were avoidable, why not skip the messiness? Here are five intrapreneurial read »
Ashoka, ContributorThe NBA pushed forward with plans to terminate Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, while another report states that the disgraced owner is battling cancer. read »
Maury Brown, ContributorVietnam’s Ho Tram Strip and its world-class casino resort on a tempting beach faces rough sailing. read »
Muhammad Cohen, ContributorPaul Ramsay, Australia’s gentleman billionaire, has died at the age of 78 after suffering a heart attack on his private yacht while on holiday in Spain.
Worth an estimated $3 billion Ramsay was Australia’s 9th richest person with the bulk of his fortune tied up in the company he founded exactly 50 years ago, Ramsay Health Care. read »
Tim Treadgold, ContributorHigh productivity at work doesn’t have to be complicated.
You don’t need to attend all day courses teaching elaborate systems or spend months reading time management books.
In my many years of experience mentoring executives and entrepreneurs, I’ve found doing just one simple thing can dramatically improve anyone’s output: read »
Siimon Reynolds, ContributorAcer is pumping out new tablet announcements and a market research report calls cross-town rival Asustek the world’s No. 4 brand of the tiny, touch-screen computers. The two flagship Taiwanese PC developers suddenly look like serious contenders in the world’s still growing tablet PC market. But both will eventually get filed away to a lonely read »
Ralph Jennings, ContributorToward the end of 2013 and into the first quarter of 2014, tech companies went public in a rush, the flurry peaking with Castlight Health, a healthcare IT company that listed on the New York Stock Exchange in mid-March with a market capitalization of $1.4 billion, or over 100x its $13 million in revenue.
But the read »
Alex Konrad, Forbes StaffBy Genevieve Flaven
It all ended with an anti-pollution mask!
At the Shanghai Fashion week last month, a pollution mask printed with black and white geometric patterns was given to the audience after the show of the menswear brand Blackgateone. A disturbing little gift imagined by Blackgateone’s artistic read »
Heng Shao, Forbes StaffChef Emeril Lagasse speaks to a room of back of house and front of house staff members with the same enthusiasm he has when he’s kicking it up a notch on television. The pep talk ends with a group huddle. And, with about 20 hands in, Lagasse thanks the Lord and wishes the team a great night, as if preparing to lead them to Super Bowl read »
Adriana Lopez, ContributorSystem builder Falcon Northwest and Nvidia have teamed up to auction off a one-of-a-kind gaming PC on eBay, with 100 percent of the proceeds being donated to charity. read »
Jason Evangelho, ContributorSuning Commerce Group, China’s largest bricks-and-mortar appliance retail chain, has reported a first-quarter loss of 433 million yuan, or $70 million.
Sales in Jan.-March declined dropped by 16% from a year earlier 22.9 billion yuan, or $3.7 billion, the company said on Wednesday. E-commerce sales—an area where the company has read »
Russell Flannery, Forbes StaffCash outflows for bank loan funds totaled $664 million in the week ended April 30, with 90% of that sum, or $600 million, coming from the mutual fund segment, according to Lipper.
This marks the largest outflow since $684 million for the week ended Aug. 31, 2011. It’s also the third consecutive cash outflow, and this week’s tally is more read »
Joy Ferguson, NoneEarlier this year, the widely anticipated Box IPO was considered to be a slam dunk, right?
But nothing is ever guaranteed in the tech world. Over the past few months, the cloud stocks have plunged — and the pain has been especially harsh on recent IPOs like Rally Software (RALY) and Textura (TXTR).
If anything, Box’s read »
Tom Taulli, Contributor