Business News
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Chief Economist on Talent and the Economy
New York, N.Y. I recently spoke off-the-record with one of Wall Street's chief economists. "It will take a long time to get back to where we were," he said, agreeing with…
Goldman Sachs Helps 10,000 Women, Including Andeisha Farid
New York, N.Y. In March 2008, Goldman Sachs announced a significant new initiative called 10,000 Women that has two goals: To increase the number of underserved women rec…
C.E.O. Brooke Partridge Helps Lead Technology Thought in Developing World
New York, N.Y. Despite our best efforts to meet in Barcelona, at the GSM World Congress , with 49,000 participants spread between 1,300 vendors, C.E.O. Brooke Partridge a…
Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM
C ash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the earthquake in Haiti, Hai…
The Impact of Cell Phones on Psychology, Community, Culture, Arts & Economics
New York, N.Y. To harness power, one must first acknowledge power. To some people, the ubiquitous cell phone is still 'just' a phone. To others, it is so much more. It is…