In the upcoming issue of Forbes magazine we detail the wonderfully inspiring, only-in-America success story of Pejman Nozad. He came to the United States from Iran at age 23 with little English and $700 in his pocket. Nearly two decades later he is one of Silicon Valley?s great deal-makers, connecting entrepreneurs to top venture capitalists ...

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Nokia hopes to jolt the personal electronics industry with a new patent for a haptic tattoo that transmits a perceivable impulse through a person's skin when he or she gets a phone call, text message or email alert.

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Moms aren't the only ones asking for more flexibility in the workplace these days. Men, Gen Y, and Baby Boomers are making the same demand. But what works for one doesn't work all and what works for the business matters, too. As I've said, we need to redesign the way business works, and you'd think ...

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A study released by Forbes , "Diversity & Inclusion: Unlocking Global Potential???Global Diversity Rankings by Country, Sector and Occupation," ranks and measures diversity of workforces. Gender and age in particular determined the rankings of diversity by industry sector. The Forbes study measured diversity by gender, age and geography. The only countries to track employment by ...

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Q is for Qualified Dividends. Qualified dividends sound fancy but they?re really just ordinary dividends that, if they meet certain criteria, are taxed at lower tax rates. In order to be taxed at the qualified dividend rate, the dividend must be paid between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2012, by a U.S. corporation, by ...

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General Mills (GIS) announced that earnings fell by 0. 2% though sales were 13% higher.

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This story appears in the April 9, 2012 issue of Forbes Magazine. Photo by??Shawn G. Henry. By In the palm trees sway in the warm winter's breeze, and the sun shines a reliable 40% of the year. It's an odd location for a startup that tries to predict weather extremes. But in an office on ...

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Approximately one mile from the airport sits Kuhio Park Terrace, one of the few remaining public housing high-rise west of the Rockies. Formerly referred to as Kill People Tonight, or just KPT, the area has been home to low-income families living in two 16 story high-rise towers and fourteen low-rise buildings. The corroded trash chutes, ...

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Word of new business at Beijing Orient Landscape, the interior design and??landscape architecture company run by one of the world's wealthiest women, wasn't enough to help the stock today. Beijing Orient in an announcement unveiled contracts with the city of Donggang in Liaoning Province worth about $175 million that involve "greenifying" the city. Chairman He ...

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? The organization responsible for making the Tea Party a national force has thrown in the towel in its fight against Mitt Romney. ? Veteran Times political writer Ralph Z. Hallow reports that ?while it will not give an explicit endorsement,? FreedomWorks has decided that ?the time has come for Republicans to unite around the ...

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