Forbes just released its latest list of the world’s 100 Most Powerful Women, and Queen Rania, the Palestinian wife of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, ranks in the middle. That’s ahead of J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, Margaret Chan, the director-general of the World Health Organization, and Lubna Olayan, the only other Arab woman on the read »
Zina Moukheiber, Contributor
With the 35th America’s Cup preliminaries well underway, new Official Timing Partner, BREMONT unveils the America’s Cup watches and the Team Oracle USA watches. The exciting, British-made watches are chronometers, chronographs and GMTs that reflect yacht racing at its finest. Here we bring you the first-ever look at the watches. read »
Roberta Naas, Contributor
This year’s Forbes Women’s Summit brought together 300 of the most interesting and inspiring women that I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting. Women from such a diverse array of backgrounds that you might think they didn’t have much in common. Yet, somehow, there is an underlying and unifying intelligence that transcends background read »
Ellen Grasso, Forbes Staff
As The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels get ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, the group continues on a different path than many of its luxury competitors by sticking closely to ownership in the hotels it manages. read »
Doug Gollan, Contributor
WIth FATCA and the U.S. settlement deal for Swiss banks, global transparency is here. And the penalty exposure for unreported offshore accounts is huge, both civil and criminal. With more banks on the IRS 50% penalty list within the OVDP, even a 50% deal is still vastly better than the bigger penalties and prosecution that are possible. read »
Robert W. Wood, Contributor
Jamie Oliver is instituting his own sugar tax, even if the UK government won’t. It’s a bold move read »
Robert W. Wood, Contributor
Given the size of their populations, many people generally assume that the world’s largest employers are Chinese or Indian. However, according to research published by the World Economic Forum, the US Department of Defense boasts a workforce of 3.2 million people, making it the largest global employer. The Chinese military, the People’s read »
Niall McCarthy, Contributor
Not many people get to be chief executive of a multi-billion dollar mining company. Fewer get to do it twice.
But that’s what Tom Albanese is doing as he rebuilds a career that hit the rocks when he was running Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian mining giant, and which he is now reviving in the top job at India’s emerging mining leader, read »
Tim Treadgold, Contributor
On a warm day with a cloudless sky above and an open road ahead, chasing the sun to the horizon in an open-top car is a truly singular automotive experience. read »
Jim Gorzelany, Contributor
Elizabeth Holmes, the world’s youngest female billionaire, and Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim have set up a partnership to bring to Mexico the benefits of Holmes’ innovative blood testing. read »
Dolia Estevez, Contributor
