Sentence examples for Forbes from inspiring English sources

Forbes ranks it as the second-largest private company in the country, after Cargill, and its consistent profitability has made David and Charles Koch—who, years ago, bought out two other brothers—among the richest men in America.

Paulson is renowned for betting against an overheated housing market before the financial crisis netted his fund $15bn and cemented his personal fortune, estimated by Forbes at $11.2bn.

However, the previous occasion when Forbes published the list, in 2008, he was left trailing by Rowling, who had brought in some $300m that year.

If the deal goes ahead, the students' new landlords will be Mikhail Fridman, Russia's second wealthiest man, worth an estimated £9.3bn; German Khan, said by Forbes magazine to be worth about £6bn; and Alexei Kuzmichev, with a fortune of about £4.5bn.

Inditex, whose founder Amancio Ortega is now Spain's richest person and the world's fifth-wealthiest according to the Forbes list of billionaires, was one of the pioneers of the fast fashion retailing model which sees new products flow into store every week to keep shoppers coming back for more.

The Twilight novelist heads a strong performance from young adult writers, with Percy Jackson writer Rick Riordan ($21m), Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney ($17m) and Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins ($10m) all appearing on the Forbes list for the first time.

Kristin Forbes, new arrival of the Bank of England's monetary policy meeting (MPC) instead opted for a Powerpoint presentation of edited highlights when addressing the 100 Women in Hedge Funds conference on Wednesday.

What we want to know is if Forbes, hot-foot from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, is a hawk or a dove.

Most body farms (official name: forensic taphonomy facilities) are in the US, in "extremely different and distinct" environments to those faced by Australian investigators, Forbes said.

"There's a gap in our understanding of the decomposition process in Australia," said Professor Shari Forbes, a chemist and professor of forensic medicine at the University of Technology, Sydney, who will run the facility.

Today, says Walter Forbes, CUC's chairman, the service can satisfy about 20% of a typical family's retail needs.