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Morning Advantage: Can Markets Cure Cancer?

Harvard Business Review

"With proper financial engineering, I am absolutely convinced we can solve cancer," MIT professor Andrew Lo says. Investors will not only have the potential for a decent rate of return but can be secure in the knowledge that they’re "part of the social mission to cure.". So how do you pay for it?

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American CEOs Should Stop Complaining About Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

In 1998, Mo was running a highly profitable and stable engineering firm serving European mobile operators. He knows Rwandans and Ivorians will not tolerate a prolonged return to instability now that they have seen sustained growth and food security are within reach. Mo Ibrahim, founding CEO of Celtel.