ANALYSIS: No silver lining in Gold Circle junkets for health insurance salesmen

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Insurers fight rules to limit admin costs while spending lavishly on junkets for salesmen

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… In fact, Stephen Hemsley, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, is number one on Forbes magazine’s 2011 list of top paid corporate chief executives.Under the he …"

Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… pkins in France and toilet paper in Wisconsin.According to the most recent Forbes magazine rankings, Koch had $100 billion in revenues in 2009 — on a par …"

"… ied for fifth place, each with a net worth of $21.5 billion, in the latest Forbes rankings of the wealthiest Americans. Included in the deal to extend the B …"

During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… tend its regular Prozac patent for six months by testing it on children.As Forbes magazine put it: “Barr Pharmaceuticals wrested Lilly's Prozac patent awa …"

Advertisement

Analysis — ‘Reframing’ the debate to make insurers look poor

By Wendell Potter

While the country was struggling to emerge from a recession, and more and more of us were struggling with no medical coverage, the big for-p

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… hink tank Pacific Research Institute, attempted in a February 24 column in Forbes magazine to suggest that insurers spend so much of their revenues paying c …"

Club 100: Over 100 Americans gave more than $100,000 to state political parties

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, November 21, 2002 — Political party organizations will never do business quite the same way again. ...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… -face meeting with the presidential nominee at a fundraiser.According to a Forbes magazine story in April 2002, Samara’s own investors have been the sourc …"

"… ionHis sale of Slim Fast Foods to Unilever last year rocketed him onto the Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest people in America. He had also recently sold hi …"

"… maceutical company Thompson Medical for a reported profit of $200 million. Forbes estimates his net worth at $1.8 billion. A long-time Democratic giver, Abr …"

"… e top 40 wealthiest people in Los Angeles County, and was listed as one of Forbes 400 richest people in America in 2001. He donated to the California Republ …"

Vice president's quarters draws fund-raisers' bucks

By Russ Tisinger

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1999 — A man's home might be his castle, but for Al Gore, the vice president’s official residence is more than that

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… godfather” of class-action lawsuits. Despite his reputation, he told Forbes magazine in 1988 that he would not pursue lawsuits against the tobacco ind …"

Advertisement

McCain tax bill would save corporate contributors millions

WASHINGTON, D.C. February 11, 2000 — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has talked at length about tax cuts that would benefit lowe

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… deal was a Cuban-American named Ibrahim Morales who invested, according to Forbes magazine, only $30,000 of his own money, or nearly one ten-thousandth of t …"

Group to spend $10 million against candidates not hawkish on free market

By Marianne Holt and Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2000 — A group of Wall Street investors, media executives and fiscal policy experts have created a new political group

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… ing issue ads.The Club has already run double-sided advertising inserts in Forbes and National Review seeking members who want to “change the balance of p …"

Part II: A troubled model for reform in Mexico

By Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab

A troubled model for reform in Mexico

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… d’s wealthiest person, worth an estimated $54 billion, according to Forbes magazine. As a telecommunications and retail tycoon, Slim’s unrival …"

Steve Forbes, cattle farmer

WASHINGTON, D.C. January 25, 2000 — Steve Forbes' signature line in his 2000 campaign is, "Steve Forbes: He wants you to win." But who's the

Excerpts from this story referencing "Forbes":

"… t tax forms filed by Americans for Hope, Government, and Opportunity. …"

"… d Opportunity. …"

"… "Steve Forbes: He wants you to win." But who's the "you" in his slogan?Of Forbes’ top ten career patrons, six are Wall Street investment bankers, who ear …"

"… e speculating in the stock market. All that income would be tax-free under Forbes’ flat-tax proposal.Heirs to large fortunes, on the other hand, would see …"

Pages