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Women, Invest in Yourselves

Women on Business

housing finance system since it was created more than 40 years ago (More about Mary at the end of this post). For me, pursuing my career in financial services has always factored into my new year’s resolutions. To succeed in industries like finance, tech or law enforcement, women must have determination and perpetual motivation.

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No, the Best Science Students Aren’t Becoming Financiers

Harvard Business Review

A lot of people are worried about the career choices of today’s most talented science and engineering students. ” The assumption is that massive finance salaries are luring graduates who would otherwise be making important scientific discoveries and leaving meaningful marks on society. And not just their parents.

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Connecting Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

Harvard Business Review

nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many come from families with incomes below the poverty line and suffer from lack of educational and career supports. They screened candidates for comfort with logic and numbers, and then brought them to class.

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

Museum-goers, looking at a Rothko or a Pollock , scratched their heads and wondered exactly what made these works so valuable — while the seemingly similar messes their children brought home from art class were just… messes. In 2012 it was $1.9 Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' I have my own version of this. In 2009 it was $1.3

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7 Policy Changes America Needs So People Can Work and Have Kids

Harvard Business Review

I recently published research from the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project , comparing Wharton’s Classes of 1992 and 2012. It’s worth noting that these percentages are essentially the same for both men and women, both in 1992 and in 2012. mean at the time — the average 2012 graduate planned to have only 1.7.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.