James W. Michaels![Tecnorati Tag](//4.bp.blogspot.com/_ERGrznxTIwo/RsHl3PWM7HI/AAAAAAAAGR0/nGUfoVBwOro/s200/technorati.png)
, the former editor of Forbes magazine whose cantankerous manner and contrarian take on American business flavored the publication and fueled its growth during a career spanning four decades, has died, of
pneumonia![Tecnorati Tag](//4.bp.blogspot.com/_ERGrznxTIwo/RsHl3PWM7HI/AAAAAAAAGR0/nGUfoVBwOro/s200/technorati.png)
, in New York City. He was 86. Link to
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