Forbes has some prints some very influential business lists throughout the year. Coming up in November 2nd issue of Forbes is the Forbes list of “200 Best Small Companies in America.”
I’m not sure the list represents the typical small business, since many are much smaller than the businesses on the Forbes list. Looking at the criteria, I’m not sure most would consider most of the businesses on this list “small.”
Is your small business listed on the Forbes’ list of 200 Best Small Companies in America?

So what does it take to make the list?
Forbes’ list of 200 Best Small Companies in …read more

This month, Forbes Magazine released their list of billionaires , and the country of Mexico is not happy with one of the people included.
Number 701 on the list, at an estimated $1 billion, is Joaqun “El Chapo” Guzman. Guzman is Mexico’s most notorious drug lords. He’s allegedly responsibly for some of the most violent crimes in the country and is Mexico’s most-wanted fugitive.
Both Mexico’s president and attorney general have spoken out against the magazine listing him. Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora says that Forbes is “comparing the deplorable activity of a criminal wanted in Mexico and abroad with that …read more

I’ve grown up in the Midwest, what the rest of the United States calls “flyover country.” So it pained me to see the latest list by Forbes.com. The editors there put together a feature story on the United States’ fastest-dying cities. Of course, the Midwest — and Ohio, specifically — dominated the list.

Construction crews there are now building the world’s most expensive and largest home. Mukesh and Nita Ambani expect early next year to move into the 27-story skyscraper. The project is expected to cost $2 billion.

Most others, though, are not so lucky. Forbes.com recently ran a story by Elisabeth Eaves that reported what we all instinctively know: Traffic is getting worse in our major cities.

According to the story, if you’re trying to sell a home in San Jose, Calif., you’re in luck. Forbes ranks it as the best city in which to sell residential real estate. The biggest reason? New home construction in the city dropped 63 percent in 2007.

I hate myself for writing this, but it’s too hard to resist. Forbes Magazine, which has a love affair with the list, recently compiled another lone: its list of the biggest real estate losses taken by celebrities.

The country’s wealthiest people live in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Forbes Magazine, one publication that truly loves its lists, recently released another one guaranteed to get people talking. This one highlights the 10 most expensive cities for renters.

Last week, the magazine published a report on what it calls the country’s 15 “blue chip” neighborhoods. Housing values in these most desirable of neighborhoods not only held held steady during the housing downturn, they actually increased.