Most of these sorts of "lists" are things like the richest people, that sort of thing. Those lists can use quantitative stats like income and wealth, but Forbes has announced their annual list of America's safest cities. In this case, things are a little harder to quantify.

For the second year in a row, Bill Gates tops the exclusive 2009 Forbes 400, the yearly list of the richest people in America. However, it's the first time in seven years that the rich got poorer. Not in the sense of the average guy getting by, but they didn't gain income as is usually the case. Bill Gates lost $7 billion since September 2008 and now has a net worth of $50 billion.

The Princeton Review recently released its college rankings, but the focus on that set of rankings is, as always, on party schools. This is only Forbes second-annual ranking list, and the Forbes College Rankings 2009 lists a definite non-party school at the top: West Point.

The famous business magazine has released its annual Forbes Billionaires 2009 list, which is shrinking and naturally, reflecting the falling global economy.

Here it is the 2008 world's most powerful celebrities list put together by none other than Forbes. This impressive top celebrity list that leads Oprah Winfrey is compiled using several measures above and beyond the amount of green these stars are pulling in. Factored in with earnings are media metrics such as Google hits, press, television and radio mentions as well as the number of top consumer magazine covers the stars snag.

Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, the nation's leading business magazine, will speak at Philadelphia University’s 124th Commencement Sunday, May 18 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. At the ceremony, Forbes will be awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters.

The number of billionaires in Russia is the double of USA, according to Forbes list of billionaires.

AT&T (NYSE:T) today announced the extension of a Web site hosting contract with Forbes.com, one of the world's premier sources of business news and analysis. The contract is an extension of the enterprise hosting services that AT&T has been providing to Forbes.com during the past two years.

Abramovich Still Number One in New Forbes Russia Rich List.