Appliances For Everyone
Ron Gluckman
No niche seems too small for China’s Haier Group. That’s made it the world’s largest white goods brand.

The Barcelona Boom: The Story Behind The World’s Hottest Soccer Team
Agustino Fontevecchia
FC Barcelona is the hottest soccer club in the world despite Spain’s financial crisis. Plus: soccer’s highest-paid stars.

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Companies, People, Ideas

High Ambitions, Rough Seas
Russell Flannery
Maritime tumult won’t deter billionaire Zhang Zhirong from his aim of building a Chinese ”Hyundai Heavy.”

How to Create the Next Silicon Valley
Frederick E. Allen
Two venture capitalists think they’ve unlocked the formula that can sprout startup hubs in dozens of places around the world.

How Star Wars’ George Lucas Lost Out To A California Subdivision
Victoria Barret
Millionaire Nimbys, 1; Billionaire Filmmaker, 0

Global 2000

The World’s Leading Companies
Edited by Scott DeCarlo
A comprehensive report on the best performing of the world’s biggest companies.

Mexican (Legit) Loan Shark Ricardo Salinas Is Making Billions The Old-Fashioned Way
Erin Carlyle
Ricardo Salinas Pliego makes his billions the old-fashioned way: by charging high interest rates.

Inside Amazon’s Idea Machine: How Bezos Decodes The Customer
George Anders
The no-frills billionaire coddles his 164 million customers.


Apple’s Secret Plan For Its Cash Stash
Connie Guglielmo
Tim Cook’s company is outfitting factories in Asia that will be beholden to one customer: Apple.

Two Years After The Spill, BP Has A Secret: It’s Booming
Christopher Helman
Two years after the Well From Hell, Bob Dudley has steered BP to one of the great corporate survival stories.

Red Banks Rising: Will China Become The World’s Banker?
Nathan Vardi
China’s big four banks now rank among the world’s largest. Is this the world’s next Wall Street?

A Regional Look At The Forbes Global 2000
Scott DeCarlo
The Asia-Pacific region leads the way with 733 companies on our roster.

Heroes Of Philanthropy

Helping Others To Help Themselves
Sonya Angraini
An Indonesian foundation funded by tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo focuses on people in the poorest communities.

Investing

Time To Buy Disk Drive Stocks
Eric Savitz
The cheapest stocks in the universe.

Beware: A Chinese Recession Is Coming
A. Gary Shilling
It’s time for new stimulus in Beijing but in Europe austerity will mean depression and chaos.

Google’s Paranoid Governance
Eric Jackson
Innovation will suffer.

Korea’s 40 Richest

Kim Jung-Ju’s Gaming Bonanza
John Koppisch and Andrew Salmon, with Kim Hee-Joung and Forbes Korea
Nexon’s Kim Jung-Ju hits the jackpot on the Tokyo market.

South Korea’s 40 Richest
Edited by John Koppisch and Andrew Salmon
Korea’s Richest are worth $66 billion, with Lee Kun-Hee leading the way at $10.8 billion.