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Winter solstice 12-21
(GOOOGLE DOODLE)As the winter arrives, the sun's maximum elevation during the day, the elevation at noon, gets lower. This maximum elevation attains its lowest value at the winter solstice and after...
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Let Your Customers Streamline Your Business 12-21
Let Your Customers Streamline Your Businessby Ron Ashkenas Customers appreciate simplicity. In fact, a number of recent studies have shown that it’s key to their loyalty and satisfaction. CEB reported...
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Rahul Gandhi unleashes his more responsible self to woo industry 12-22
Rahul Gandhi unleashes his more responsible self to woo industryOutlines UPA's economic agenda in his address to India Inc at Ficci's annual general meetingRahul GandhiCongress Vice-President Rahul...
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Full text: Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Ficci AGMFollowing is full text of the address by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at the Ficci's 86th annual general meeting today: "Thank you, Madam President...
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In the New Economy, You Are the Product 12-14
In the New Economy, You Are the ProductHow much would you pay to secure your personal information from data farmers and marketers – and anyone that might be able to hack their servers? $100? $1,000?...
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Be a Minimally Invasive Manager 12-27
Be a Minimally Invasive ManagerSo much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. —Peter DruckerOne of the hardest things for entrepreneurs to learn is that most of...
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The Future Of Education Eliminates The Classroom, Because The World Is Your...
The Future Of Education Eliminates The Classroom, Because The World Is Your ClassMASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES MIGHT SEEM LIKE BEST WAY TO USE THE INTERNET TO OPEN UP EDUCATION, BUT YOU’RE THINKING TOO...
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Should Leaders Focus on Results, or on People? 12-27
Should Leaders Focus on Results, or on People?A lot of ink has been spilled on people’s opinions of what makes for a great leader. As a scientist, I like to turn to the data. In 2009, James Zenger...
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NASA's "Wreath nebula." 12-27
NASA's "Wreath nebula." NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission presents the "Wreath nebula." Though this isn't the nebula's official name (it's actually called Barnard 3, or IRAS...
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The Secret to Delighting Customers 12-27
The Secret to Delighting CustomersWhat motivates employees to go above and beyond the call of duty to provide a great customer experience? Disney tells a story about a little girl visiting a theme park...
View Article'We Are Creating Walmarts of Higher Education' 12-28
'We Are Creating Walmarts of Higher Education'As colleges feel pressure to graduate more students for less money, professors worry that the value of an education may be diminished.Universities in South...
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Finish the task right away 12-30
Finish the task right away Do not postpone what you can do today. A planned approach could help you reach your goal.At some point of time in our lives most of us would have put off for later a task...
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The Cambridge primary review's key findings. 12-30
The Cambridge primary review's key findings.There is a "pervasive anxiety" about the pressure on pupils at school and from the commercial world, but these concerns are often overstated and mask the...
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Why I Have Become Pessimistic About Indian I.T.12-30
Why I Have Become Pessimistic About Indian I.T.Vivek WadhwaWhen Wall Street Journal and Forbes published articles, a few years ago, predicting the demise of Indian IT, I responded in Business Week that...
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Building a High-Trust Culture,It Starts with Integrity 12-30
Building a High-Trust Culture, It Starts with IntegrityOver forty years in business, I've been involved with more than 100 companies, done thousands of deals, and worked alongside countless leaders...
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10 Extraordinary People and Their Lessons for Success 12-30
10 Extraordinary People and Their Lessons for Success From presidents to hip-hop producers to poets, the last page of every issue of Harvard Business Review is always an interview with someone who has...
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Family speaks out after mystery diner's good deed, encouraging note 12-30
Family speaks out after mystery diner's good deed, encouraging noteA family in Rowan County got an unexpected, and inspiring, note when they were out to dinner on Friday. A photo of the note is going...
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WHY WE MAKE RESOLUTIONS (AND WHY THEY FAIL) 01-04
WHY WE MAKE RESOLUTIONS (AND WHY THEY FAIL)POSTED BY MARIA KONNIKOVAIn “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” Dorian learns that after he spurned the girl who loved him, she died—presumably by her own hand. He...
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Google: Socially Awkward, but Upwardly Mobile 01-05
Google: Socially Awkward, but Upwardly MobileBy ROLFE WINKLER BloombergIt’s not news that Google missed social. But perhaps it’s news that the company now admits it, and that someone is taking...
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