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Thomas A. Stewart: The U.S. Middle Market Has Found a Higher Gear

Thomas A Stewart National Center For The Middle Market
October 29, 2014
U.S. unemployment has at long last fallen below 6 percent. Gross domestic product growth has recovered following a stumble early in the year. The economy seems to have settled into a decent growth rate — better than desultory but worse than ideal.
 
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Roberto Crotti and Cecilia Serin: Being Sustainable Makes You More Competitive — Not Less

Cecilia Serin World Economic Forum
Roberto Crotti World Economic Forum
October 27, 2014
For the last three years, the World Economic Forum has been working on better analysing and measuring how sustainability relates to national competitiveness.
 
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John Murphy: Are India and China Ready to Lead on Trade?

John Murphy U S Chamber Of Commerce
October 15, 2014
India and China are giants on the world stage, with a combined population of 2.6 billion — more than one-third of humanity. Adjusted for purchasing power, their combined economic output tops $20 trillion, well ahead of America’s $17 trillion.
 
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Dane Linn: Evolution at Work

Dane Linn Business Roundtable
August 21, 2014
As the old saying goes, everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. So it seems, sometimes, when it comes to the very real and persistent skills gap that drags down our entire economy. For those unaware of the term, the skills gap refers to the split between the kinds of skills that employers are looking for in their workers and those that job candidates actually possess.
 
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Empowering Low-Income Youth to Code

July 24, 2014

For low-income teens in Oakland, California, success across the bay in Silicon Valley seems impossibly far when gang violence and tussles with the police are daily happenings at home.

Silicon Valley is home to the some of the world’s top coders and developers, whose apps—like ride-sharing and travel deal platforms—often aren’t relevant to low-opportunity teens from the inner city. How can these teens get a shot at participating in the ever-growing app economy?


Empower them to code on their own.

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More Robots = More Jobs

Michael C Anderson Manufacturing Engineering Media
June 13, 2014
A busload of visitors walked into one of the highly automated factories in the compound of FANUC Corp. at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Oshinomura, Yamanashi, Japan. It was the first day of a five-day Open House event in mid-April: By the end of the fifth day, over 4,000 customers will have made the trek here to see the company’s latest innovations in robots, CNCs and robomachines.
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10 Things You Think You Already Know But Didn’t

May 21, 2014
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Beyond the Pacific Ocean to Malaysia

May 21, 2014
Between our shared passion for mutual economic and societal growth, President Barack Obama’s visit to Malaysia in April was nothing short of a milestone.
His visit did offer him a chance to immerse himself to the local culture as he sampled goreng pisang (banana fritters) and visited famous attractions such as the National Mosque and Jalan Bukit Bintang.
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Women Making Slow Gains in the Oil and Gas Industry

March 25, 2014
Sheryl Sandberg’s Leanin.org recently created a series of images with Getty to introduce more realistic portrayals of women in the 21st century.  They break gender stereotypes and make a strong statement challenging the make-up of traditionally “male” roles such as engineering and physics.
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Report: Energy Boom Igniting US Urban Manufacturing Through 2020

March 24, 2014
Cheap energy will power a jobs surge in U.S. manufacturing through the year 2020, with 72 percent of those jobs going to metropolitan areas, according to a new report.
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