Best Cities For Minority Entrepreneurs
As the American economy struggles to recover, its greatest advantage lies with its diverse population.
Joel Kotkin, Contributor
As the American economy struggles to recover, its greatest advantage lies with its diverse population.
Joel Kotkin, Contributor
Beth Greenfield, Contributor
Mia Saini, Forbes Staff
Audi has produced its most environmentally vehicle ever -- a bicycle. Audi and Renovo Hardwood Bicycles have partnered up to release a handmade bicycle collection called the duo. It's being touted as a work of art and a mode of transportation. The monocoque frame is made of hardwood and is exceptionally light weight. Hard wood is more shock absorbent. The materials are recyclable and biodegradable. The duo comes in three models — city, sport and road. read »
The leading online travel agency, Expedia draws almost 41% of its business from outside of the U.S. Expedia had started to rely heavily on the growth opportunities internationally, particularly in Asia Pacific similar to peers Priceline and Kayak. read »
With Hong Kong's wealth continuing to skyrocket, it's no surprise its luxury hotels are soaring too. This month's FORBES World Billionaire list revealed that Hong Kong had added 11 new tycoons for a total of 36 billionaires (lead, as always, by business superman, Li Ka-shing). This week the town debuted a new Ritz-Carlton, now the highest hotel in the world. read »
The government has a problem with your new, high-mileage, low-pollution car: you aren't paying enough in gas taxes to keep up the federal highway system. Recently, at Congress's behest, the Congressional Budget Office studied another way to raise money; charge drivers per mile driven, rather than (or in addition to) taxing your gas. read »
File this one under – oh, for godsakes, really? read »
So I’m working on a story for Forbes about an Atlantic salmon fishing trip I took last summer with, among others, Yvon Chouinard (the Patagonia founder), Bill Taylor (the president of the Atlantic Salmon Federation), Tom Montgomery (the photographer) and Charles Conn (the former Internet start-up wunderkind who is now an advisor to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation). read »
Creating the new customer experience at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
They came from New York and Uruguay, from Amsterdam and Hong Kong, their eyes wide and wallets thick, draped in diamonds and in denim, seeking treasures and surprises, and found both. As the 24th European Fine Art Fair reached its last weekend, crowds were still pouring in to the 30,000 square-meter exhibition hall, milling through 260 galleries that, together, proved once again that the art market remains solid and the passion of collectors is only growing by the day. read »
