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Blood is not specific about where they will invest but theorizes, for instance, that BP might have an edge over other oil companies, thanks to its interest in green technologies; Costco would be a better long-term bet than Wal-Mart because it keeps its workers happier. He and Gore even see potential for making money fighting international scourges like AIDS and malaria. "There are risks associated with these issues," says Blood, "but they are also opportunities if businesses can think about them...
...Japan. He longs for his father's era, the heyday of Japan Inc., when young adults were whisked directly from college into a womblike corporate career, where they would be sheltered by a paternalistic business culture for life. "People like me who aren't particularly talented at anything are happier with the old system of lifetime employment and seniority-based salaries," he says. "The supposed 'chances and opportunities' that a competitive economy offers is for those who are already steps ahead." Ijiri later found work as a security guard, hardly the future he once envisioned for himself...
...fellow jihadi, one better versed in religious doctrine, to help with the final spiritual preparation. Marwan says he was asked to mentor a friend intent on martyrdom earlier this year. He expects his final weeks to be a period of euphoria rather than penance. "My friend was happier than I had ever seen him," Marwan says. "He felt he was close to the end of his journey to heaven." (The friend, he says, blew himself up two months ago at a checkpoint manned by Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi, capital of the turbulent Anbar province, and six were killed. "We made...
...think that universities and other employees and employees should make life easier so that they have happier workers with families,” Goldin says...
...couple hope that love has made them happier. “I have become a much healthier person in so many different aspects since falling in love. My [grades] became better each semester,” she says. “Whether it’s causation or correlation, regardless, love and academic or professional success are not mutually exclusive.”—A.M.L...