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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In 2025, Forbes named him to its “30 Under 30” list with his record label Drumatized.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
Cursor is best known for spurring the rise of “vibe coding,” and, according to Forbes, it recently topped $4 billion in annualized revenue.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
The good news, according to Forbes, is that a plunge in stocks driven, for example, by disappointment in AI would effectively write down the IOUs the U.S. issued to foreigners to finance its deficits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
In his report, Forbes said there were "clear unambiguous warning signs" at the Beacons slipway and the exits to Conwy and Delaney Marinas.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
I once wrote to a significant minority of the Forbes 400, a list of the four hundred richest Americans, asking for $25,000 in support for a project I was working on at the time.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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