Forbes
Americannoun
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B(ertie) C(harles), 1880–1954, U.S. financial journalist, publisher, and financier.
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Esther, 1894?–1967, U.S. novelist.
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George William, 1869–1947, New Zealand statesman: prime minister 1930–35.
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Marc Ballon, a former Times, Forbes and Inc. Magazine reporter, teaches an advanced writing class at USC.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
"The number of words a child hears at these early ages is literally shaping their brain," says Forbes.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Forbes reported in December that United was basically trying to “dehub” American from Chicago.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
Since the Netflix debut of the documentary “The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel,” Forbes reports that “Can’t Stop” has been climbing the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Only thirty-seven members of last year’s Forbes 400, a list of the richest Americans, inherited their wealth, down from almost two hundred in the mid-1980s.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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