Barack Obama Drops to No. 3 Spot On 7th Annual List, First Time a Sitting U.S. President
Has Not Made the Top 2 Spots;
Plus Cover Story Features Jack Ma: Alibaba and the 40,000 Thieves
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Forbes Corporate Communications,
Forbes Staff
Forget about the 1%. The men and women who are featured on Forbes’ annual ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People are the 0.00000001% –the global elite whose actions move the planet. These heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs truly run the world.
To compile the list, we considered hundreds of read »
David M. Ewalt,
Contributor
Last week, the US drew a line in South China Sea, containing China’s territorial ambitions, for now. In spite of strong words, China doesn’t seem to be prepared to challenge the US either militarily or diplomatically.
But things may change in the future. On the diplomatic front, at least.
Loaded with foreign read »
Panos Mourdoukoutas,
Contributor
Volkswagen revealed its first loss in 15 years on Wednesday, but attempts to persuade investors at a subsequent press conference that the dieselgate crisis was under control left investors unconvinced.
It didn’t help that new CEO Matthias Mueller left before the end of the meeting, although his excuse was a date with German read »
Neil Winton,
Contributor
It was announced on Friday that the Nobel Peace Prize would go to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.” The world’s first immediate reaction seemed to be, “Who?”
Historians and bookies alike were placing read »
Christopher B. Nelson,
Contributor
Oh, the poor Russians, snarls Vaira Vike Frieberga, ex-president of Latvia. “Why should we worry about their need to feel respected? What about our needs to feel respected!”
And the crowd goes wild.
This, of course, was a crowd of Ukrainians and at least one State Department official — Victoria Nuland to be read »
Kenneth Rapoza,
Contributor
Kenneth Rapoza,
Contributor
Tesla Motors launched its Model X SUV this week and eager buyers were already in line to snatch up the first new offering from the car dealer in two years. You had to be prepared to wait, however: the highly anticipated SUV had a waiting list of 20,000 prospective buyers when it launched. The success of this next chapter for Tesla seems to read »
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes Staff
