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José Piñera Echenique: Robbing the State of Its Piggy Bank
Chile owes a debt of gratitude to the Piñera family. This debt may not always be universally acknowledged but most Chileans would readily agree that the Piñeras have played a key role in the country’s politics and economics over the
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Warren Buffett: Common Sense Billionaire – Please Tax Me More
The wizard, oracle or sage from Omaha: The world’s richest inhabitant, Warren Buffett (83), has been awarded a great many honours and names. However, Great Storyteller is the one that possibly describes him best. Mr Buffett has a way with
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Manal al-Sharif: Empowering Women with the Roar of an Engine
Ms Manal al-Sharif was filmed in the commission of a crime as she was driving down the road. In fact, her driving of a motor vehicle constituted the offense. Ms Al-Sharif was driving in Saudi Arabia. The video of the
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Lars Peter Hansen: Professor Pleads for Acknowledgment of Knowledge Gap
Professor Lars Hansen is the first to admit that even in economic science, certainties are few and far in between. In fact, the Nobel laureate has dedicated a large part of his life in academia to the study of uncertainties
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Lowell McAdam – A Nimble Behemoth Enters the Golden Age of Innovation
Big numbers don’t scare Lowell McAdam. The Verizon CEO, sitting atop the largest US telecom provider, in September raised almost effortlessly $47bn through a record-shattering bond issue. The funds enabled Verizon to eject British Vodafone from its wireless operator through
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Sugata Mitra: The Return of the Autodidact – Learning to Trust Students
Professor Sugata Mitra wants anarchy. This professor of educational technology at Newcastle University is hard at work dismantling what he sees as the most robust, yet outmoded, legacy of British rule in his native India – its educational system still
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Stephen Colbert: Laughing All the Way to the Top – Comedian Airs Truth through Jest
Powerful, Authoritative, Patriot, Honourable, Independent, Courageous, Originalist, Strong, Kingmaker, All-Beef, Influential, Sponsored, Star-Spangled, National Treasure, Self-Evident, Ameriwill!, Principled, Indivisible, Constitutional, Chiselled, Passionate, Worthy, Fearless, Confident, Tallish, Bold, Invincible, High-Fructose, Sanctified. Welcome to the Colbert Report. Aired four times a week,
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Carlos Slim: Timing Is Everything – Seizing the Moment to Build a Fortune
Estimates of the exact size of his fortune vary, but Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim is up there with the multiple mega rich. Forbes, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal busily add up the billions and rank the founder of
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Sir Alex Ferguson: The Formula of Success as Told by an Endearing Control-Freak
Becoming the most successful and admired manager in the history of British football is no mean feat by any standard. Sir Alexander Ferguson (71) instilled the players of Manchester United with his trademark winning mentality and went on to propel
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Dick Costolo: Capitalizing the Lure of Future Profits
You have got to be doing something right if your losses surge to almost $65 million, while your corporation’s stock shoots up 73% on the first day of trading. Perhaps it’s all a joke, albeit a rather expensive one; after
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