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财富

Fortune is an American business magazine published globally by Time Inc. and founded by Henry Luce in 1929. The magazine competes with Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek in the national business magazine category and distinguishes itself with long, in-depth feature articles. From its launch in 1930 to 1978, Fortune was published monthly. In January 1978, it began publishing every two weeks. In October 2009, citing declining advertisement revenue and circulation, Fortune began publishing every three weeks.
《财富》是由时代公司在全球出版发行的一本美国商业杂志,由亨利·卢斯创办于1929年。《财富》在全国商业杂志类的竞争对手有《福布斯》和《彭博商业周刊》,而《财富》以其文章篇幅较长、内容深刻著称。自1930年发行至1978年,《财富》都是每月出版一期。1978年1月起,它开始每两周发行一期。2009年10月,由于广告收入和发行量的下滑,它开始每三周发行一期。

Single copies of the first issue cost $1 ($13. 79 in 2013 prices) at a time when the Sunday New York Times was only 5¢ (69¢ in 2013 prices). By 1937, the number of subscribers had grown to 460,000 and the magazine turned half a million dollars in annual profit. Fortune was also noted for its photography, featuring the work of Margaret Bourke-White and others.
当《周末版纽约时报》第一期单本的成本仅为5美分(相当于2013年的69美分)时,《财富》的成本为1美元(相当于2013年的13.79美元)。到1937年,订阅者的数量增长到46万,每年盈利50万美元。《财富》杂志同样以它的摄影作品著称,尤其是玛格丽特·伯克-怀特和其他摄影师的作品。

Fortune regularly publishes ranked lists. In the human resources field, for example, it publishes a list of “Best Companies to Work For”. Lists include companies ranked in order of gross revenue and business profile: Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Fortune Global 500, and Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. The magazine is best known for the Fortune 500, a ranking of companies by revenue that it has published annually since 1955.
《财富》杂志定期发布排行榜,比如在人力资源领域它公布了一系列“值得为之工作的最好公司”的名单;还有根据公司的总收入和业务概况做出的榜单:如财富500强、财富1000强、全球财富500强、财富最具影响力女企业家等。该杂志最出名的就是它所公布的财富500强,即《财富》杂志自1955年发行以来每年根据各公司收入做出的企业排行榜。