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Move From Family Business to B-School
class of 2014 had worked for, or planned to work for, their family-owned company. Business schools strive to compose a cohort of diverse personalities and backgrounds to guarantee lively discussions, so depending on your role in the company and the type of business itself, your experiences would likely add a unique perspective to the class. [Decide ...
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German Brewers Fear Fracking Could Damage Centuries-Old Industry
In a truly horrifying prospect for beer drinkers of all stripes, German producers are warning the controversial oil and gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing - known commonly as fracking - could ruin the nation's iconic brewing industry by contaminating water used in ...
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As UN marks Buddhist holiday Ban says spiritual ideals can help tackle global challenges
marking Vesak Day, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha. 'Now more than ever, we need the spirit of non-violence to help inspire peace and quell conflict,' Mr. Ban said. 'This year's observance, falling at a time of widespread strife and misery, is an occasion to examine how Buddhist teachings can inform our response to prevailing ...
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In pictures Business picks up for UAE property model makers
Mr Bterrani’s company makes architectural scale models of new property developments, which are then displayed at exhibitions such as ...
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Contractor builds second business to retain talented workers
Can-Tech Construction Ltd. to be synonymous with quality. To deliver on that promise, he had to depend on the tradespeople who were doing the work. But Mr. Fraser knew he could not afford to retain a skilled and reliable work force on a yearly payroll because of the cyclical nature of the construction ...
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Google’s ad business targeted in new U.S. antitrust probe
U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc., the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday.The source said that it was unlikely that the Federal Trade Commission had sent out civil investigative demands in relation to the probe, which would be the sign of a ...
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BSkyB and Virgin Media Business strike backhaul capacity deal
Alternative British broadband provider BSkyB has reached a deal with Virgin Media Business for backhaul network capacity, the latter has announced. With the five-year contract between the two companies said to be worth more ...
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Japanese World Championship Team Impresses on Day One of Japan Open
KANAGAWA, Japan, May 24. THE first day of the Japan open long course competition saw members of the country's world championship swim team impress in their first races since being added to the world team roster.With a world-leading 58.84 to her credit from the world championship trials in April, Aya Terakawa cruised to the win in the women's 100 back today with a 59.50. Sayaka Akase ...
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Business Stock market fared well in 201213
Economic Survey 2013 , the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) 20 Share Index rose 29 per cent to 4,133 from 3,205 in December 2011, while market capitalisation increased by 46.5 per cent to Sh1.27 trillion, up from Sh868 billion recorded in a similar period the previous year. Total net foreign portfolio inflow improved with total inflow rising to Sh9.4 billion in the fourth-quarter, up from Sh5.2 ...
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Business Expensive credit slows Vision 2030 drivers
While the sectors posted positive growth, they grew at slower rates compared with growth rates witnessed in 2011. The slowed growth was attributed to a mix of factors including high cost of credit, high cost of production and election jitters among business owners who adopted a wait and see attitude and withheld investments. When launched in 2008, ...
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Business New tourism Secretary outlines ministrys recovery plans
Tourism Act of 2012 and a new national tourism strategy that will look into funding to revitalise tourism. Phyllis Kandie, Cabinet Secretary for East African Affairs, Commerce ...
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German business confidence sees unexpected rise
German business confidence rebounded this month in an unexpectedly strong showing that sends a hopeful signal for more robust growth in Europe's biggest economy. The closely watched Ifo think tank's confidence index rose to 105.7 points for May from 104.4 last month. The improvement followed two consecutive declines and beat economists' expectations of a very slight increase to ...
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German Business Morale Improves For First Time In 3 Months
Sentiment among German companies strengthened in May for the first time since February due to an improvement in current conditions, indicating that ...
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Co-Operative Bank to stop corporate lending
Britain's Co-operative Bank is to stop lending to new corporate customers as it seeks to repair a major hole in its finances - dealing a blow to efforts to ease the borrowing squeeze on small businesses. The move comes after credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded the Co-op to junk status, forcing it to issue a statement that it did not need to be rescued by the UK taxpayer. It is ...
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Muse Will Play at World War Z Premiere
which will be equal parts full-scale concert and film premiere The film features 14 minutes of Muse's music, mostly the song "Isolated System" from the trio's latest ...
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Are Covert Operations Underway In The Global Currency Wars
Recently, for example, Japan, Switzerland and New Zealand have openly intervened to weaken their currencies and several other countries have expressed a desire for some degree of currency weakness. In this report, Butler summarizes the goals and methods of foreign exchange intervention and places today's policies in their historical context; but moreover he discusses the evidence of where ...
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Is This Google X’s Plan to Wire the World
were flummoxed by Schmidt's prediction. There are many parts of the world without reliable telecommunications infrastructure. How do you wire parts of Africa--or the Indonesian archipelago? In my conversations with Astro Teller, Google X's excellently named director of moonshots, for this ...
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Cubans Russians Lead in Last Stop for World Diving Series
Mexico, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The last stop in the Diving World Series begins today and ends on Sunday at the Pan American Aquatics Complex in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Russian and Cuban duos in the lead for top honors in the male synchronized platform. In the two-day event the first four duos in each branch will compete, while also training for the next world championship, from July 19 to ...
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Blitzbokke lose skipper for World Cup
Springbok Sevens captain Frankie Horne will miss the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow next month because of injury. The most experienced Springboks Sevens player ever injured a shoulder during the last round of the Sevens World Series in London and will undergo an operation to fix the damage next week.He has a fractured bone in his shoulder and also suffered ligament damage.Horne made ...
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Personal finance expert Suze Orman speaks at UF
GAINESVILE, Fla. -- Graduates of the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine will receive one final lesson before they get their diplomas.Personal finance guru Suze Orman will give advice on debt and money management during her commencement speech on Saturday.Orman, who lives in Boca Raton, also has a personal reason for speaking: Her niece is one of the 87 students ...
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World Lung Foundation Warns U.S. Budget Cuts Will Slow The Fight Against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
World Lung Foundation (WLF) today warned that the sequestration of the United States Federal Budget will have the unintended consequence of slowing efforts to control and ...
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Veerappa Moily gets award for making Bangalore a global IT hub
Technology News: Bangkok: Indian Union Minister Veerappa Moily was presented with a "Global Citizen Award" by a university in Bangkok for his role in transforming Bangalore as a global IT hub during his tenure as Karnataka Chief ...
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Pittsburgh Panel Will Promote Diversity in Business
That bothers a group of business executives and public officials, dubbed the Corporate Equity & Inclusion Roundtable, who said Thursday they will work to boost the metro region's dubious standing near the bottom of rankings that gauge minority employment and demographic representation. "We're way, way behind, and it's been getting worse over time," said ...
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360IT Partners Nabs Small Business of Year Award
The 18-year-old business, 360IT Partners, provides computer help to shipbuilders, retailers, funeral homes and other clients, said its president, Martin Joseph. "We're passionate about delivering support to our customers, coming up with IT solutions for them and leveraging those relationships with our customers, who we feel are our friends as well," Joseph said. In the ...
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Russia to finance construction of hospitalsschools in Dniester Reg
In the plans is the construction of new buildings of the republic's maternity centre, the central clinic, the tuberculosis treatment clinic in Bendery and a new tuberculosis treatment centre in Rybnita. Agreements were also signed to build schools in Tiraspol. Bendery, Rybnita and the village of Tashlyk and new kindergartens in Rybnita and ...
North America Feature
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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