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...entrepreneur thinks the discount bus industry can do a lot better. David Wong, a native of Nanjing, China, is literally taking the Chinatown out of his company. Instead of operating in traffic-clogged Chinatown, Wong chose Penn Station, a major Manhattan transportation hub, as the base for his Eastern Travel & Tour Inc. More important, inspired by David Neeleman, whose JetBlue shook up the airline industry, Wong hopes to remake the bus-trip experience into a paragon of customer service. Wong and his four partners, one Spanish and the rest Chinese, are emphasizing service. "I don't want to copy from...
...consulting companies,” she said. Tim H. Zhou ’07, an applied math and economics major from China, said he was considering internships at a number of the financial companies present. “It would be nice if, one day, I became an entrepreneur and took advantage of my connection to China and get involved in global business rather than something so specific,” he said. Saunders said putting diverse companies in close quarters can encourage students to experiment with different job options. “A student can have a conversation with...
...Harvard-affiliated institute’s 58-year history. The institute’s chief scientific officer, Barrett J. Rollins, said the donation will be used to research proteins and their functions at a soon-to-be-created center named for the donors, Jack Blais, an optical coating entrepreneur who has been a trustee of Dana-Farber since 2002, and his wife, Shelley. In addition to Friday’s donation, the couple has given $13.5 million to the institute since 2000. And this summer, the couple paid $15 million to obtain the naming rights for the New England Patriots?...
...With rural folk, yes. With the town folk, that's a different problem. As China moves to a majority urban society, [where people have access to] satellite TV, Internet, cell phones, the towns have to be governed differently. At the moment they are co-opting: you are a successful entrepreneur, you are a great artist, then join us. The Communist Party is a very broad church. You help drive China forward. Make it work better...