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The Personal Strength of Initiative - We Head for the Hills

Building Personal Strength

During the summer of 2005, as we watched reports of Katrina on TV, we wondered whether a hurricane that strong could hit our community. The heated-up real estate bubble seemed ready to burst at any time. Copyright 2010. The curbside pile of debris in front of our home was seven feet tall and 75 feet long. Coates, Ph.D.,

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The Salary Gap Between Stingy and Generous Companies Is Growing

Harvard Business Review

The increasing inequality between companies is sharpest in finance, insurance, and real estate, followed by communications. The compensation measure includes all labor compensation reported to the IRS, including bonuses and stock options. And it is most pronounced for the highest paid workers. Making the top 0.1%

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, J.P Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010.

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Morning Advantage: Gender Wars, Chinese Style

Harvard Business Review

China’s one-child policy has changed the expectations of professional women, according to this excellent Wharton report based on extensive interviews. On the one hand, says real estate executive As Li Hong, “When I come home, my husband expects me to take care of household duties and raise our son, even if I make more than he does."

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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese solar stocks had soared based on market expectations that demand in China for alternative energy will increase given the Chinese government's increasing solar capacity targets. In 1990, there were 227 million houses in China — by 2010, there were 371 million. trillion to $6.2

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

Here’s a quick look at what I found: Rohit Bhargava, marketer, professor and author of Likeonomics , recently issued his report: 15 Marketing Trends In 2013 And How Your Business Can Use Them. In a 2010 survey, a record 36% of women ages 25-29 had attained a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of men of the same age. million in 2011.

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