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MFG of South Dakota: Trying To Do Some Good in the World

N2Growth Blog

At that time, the company cited changes in market conditions and proposed revisions to tax policies impacting the wind energy industry in the United States as the reasons to shutter its South Dakota operation. The company was to close by February 15, 2018. That said, sustainable energy is good for all of us as citizens of the world.

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Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World’s Biggest Companies

Harvard Business Review

” With Iger’s contract ending in 2018, the company said its board “will broaden the scope of its succession planning process to identify and evaluate a robust slate of candidates for consideration.” Other industries with relatively high rates of outsider CEO hires include health care, utilities, and energy.

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Using Big Data to Make Wiser Medical Decisions

Harvard Business Review

I’d like to discuss three BIDMC big-data applications that required both technical expertise and leadership — and that have helped our patients, including my family and me. I have a Withings BP cuff linked to my iPhone 6 via Bluetooth Low Energy. Patient-Generated Health Data. To find out, we needed data.

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Doing Business in a Post-Fidel Cuba

Harvard Business Review

At the last Congress, in 2011, Raul Castro had announced plans to introduce new market reforms and attract foreign investment. mid-term elections in November 2018? Does the new Cuban leader , who takes over in February 2018, accelerate economic reforms? An economic crossroads. Do the Democrats add Senate seats in the U.S.