Mar 04, 2013
Meet Your Local Billionaires, 2013 Edition
Forbes released its annual list of the world’s billionaires, and guess what? You’re not on it! Well, maybe you are. And, if so, please send cash ASAP.
After analyzing crime data compiled by the FBI, Forbes magazine reports that D.C. no longer ranks among the most violent major cities in the United States.
Sep 26, 2012
The Real, Real Reason Washington Is Boring
Seriously, just stop it. You’re killing us.
Sep 21, 2012
H Street is Hip for Hipsters, Say Capitalists
H Street is hip for hipsters, says Forbes magazine.
May 18, 2012
D.C.: Second-Best City for Tech Jobs
According to Forbes, the Washington Metro region is second only to the other Washington (Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue) on the magazine’s rankings of the cities that are best for tech jobs.
After a Forbes writer raised Marion Barry’s history with drug abuse, did the councilmember respond with a salty barb or a reference to a top-tier business school. We think it’s the former.
Mar 08, 2012
Meet Your Local Billionaires
Forbes released yesterday its annual list of the world’s billionaires. Of the 1,226 names on the list worth a collective $4.6 trillion—both all-time records, by the way—14 of them live in the greater Washington area.
Jun 16, 2010
Forbes on Ins and Outs of D.C. Migration
From this Forbes data visualization on county-to-county migration within the U.S., it would appear that in 2008, the District metro area was a net importer of northerners and a net exporter to the south. You may not be able to tell it from the image I downsized to fit the page, but look on the map proper and you will see a thin but unmistakable red ray — like a bright band on a…