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...from it. Rottenberg's principled stance has enabled Endeavor to excel in a new kind of charitable role, that of "venture catalyst." She and entrepreneur Peter Kellner co-founded Endeavor four years ago to nurture entrepreneurs in Latin America's emerging markets. That doesn't mean simply writing checks with lots of zeros. In fact, the organization gives no direct funding to the regional airline, the gourmet-cookie company and the 62 other firms it fosters in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Rather, it provides M.B.A.s as consultants and organizes management workshops and research missions to places where the money...
...knee-jerk response, so how can already rich and universally-adored actors feel they have the right to regard music as their sideline? Valid as that complaint may be, a survey of three upcoming records by movie stars reveals that every once in a while celebrity dabblers can excel at making pop precisely because they're showmen first and musicians second...
...mornings, Fred, a government cartographer, works the office graveyard shift, which means he and his wife Debbie, a claims adjuster, hardly see each other. The family rarely eats dinner together, and the parents are constantly exhausted. Says Debbie: "I have my schedule down to the hour on an Excel work sheet...
...kilowatt-hour (kw-h). That compares with a recent average of 7.6[cents] a kw-h charged by Texas utilities. Using a similar calculation in late March of this year, the Public Utility Commission in Colorado chose wind over gas to power a new generating station built by Excel in Lamar. Brian Evans of Renewable Energy Systems expects that wind power could explode to supply 20% of America's electricity within 20 years. Exults Hal Harvey, president of the Energy Foundation, based in San Francisco: "We've found the holy grail: wind is now cheaper than any fossil fuel-based...
...part, Bates said he was attracted to Harvard because it offers “the opportunity to excel at the highest level athletically and intellectually...