Forbes magazine recently released a list of powerful people that include legitimate leaders in business, politics, and religion but also included criminals. Criminals such as Joaquin Guzman head of Mexico's largest and oldest drug cartel, which has Mexican officals upset.

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.

Armenia is the best country for business in CIS, according to Forbes data, "Azatutyun" radio-station reported.

Prince William may be loosing his hair but he's still number one to those who matter. The heir to the heir of the British throne has been voted the Hottest Young Royal in the world by Forbes.com.

After 13 years on top of the list of the world's richest people, Forbes says that Bill Gates has slipped down in the list. The honor now belongs to Warren Buffett.

According to Forbes business magazine, Bill Gates has been replaced as the richest man in the world by the American investor Warren Buffett.

Financial magazine Forbes has published a list of the highest-paid TV celebrities, with daytime talk show host Oprah Winfrey leading the way by earning an $US260 million ($295 million) between June 2006 and June 2007.

"Forbes" (China), the most renowned business magazine in the world, officially released the list of "2007 China's Most Valued School of Business", in which BIMBA of Peking University ranking the first place for three consecutive years in the part-time program.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall - especially in the world of celebrity divorce. Basketball great Michael Jordan, singer-songwriter Neil Diamond and Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg have topped a new Forbes magazine list of the 10 most costly divorce settlements of the stars.

Hyperion, the global leader in Business Performance Management (BPM) software, joins 33 of its own customers on a new list of America's 100 most trustworthy companies recently published online by Forbes magazine.

A Moscow court today ruled that "Forbes" magazine has defamed Russia's richest woman and ordered it to pay her more than $4,000 in compensation.