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Many motivational books exhort readers to "sell yourself" to bosses and colleagues. This one counsels you to do so with self-awareness, finding a style that suits your strengths and weaknesses. The authors describe five models for would-be persuaders: driver (Intel ceo Andy Grove), commander (J.P. Morgan), promoter (Andrew Carnegie), chess player (John D. Rockefeller) and advocate (Sam Walton...
...steady cash flow of decades' worth of tolls. There are 71 projects worth $104 billion being considered for private development by state and local governments, according to the publication Public Works Financing. The proposals are feeding a new pack of investment funds from the likes of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and the Carlyle Group--as well as controversy over how roads should be paid...
...accelerate from an average 4.6% rate this year to 5% in 2008. Higher food costs continue to be a worry. As Chinese grow richer, they are eating more meat, which pushes up demand for grains such as soy and corn, says Jing Ulrich, head of China equities at JP Morgan in Hong Kong. Although Ulrich expects food prices to stabilize by year's end as the pork supply recovers, she says inflationary pressures resulting from rising meat consumption, the country's shrinking farmland and water shortages will persist...
...Crimson with 10 kills and a .267 hitting percentage. Sophomore libero Katherine Kocurek recorded 17 digs, and sophomore setter Lily Durwood posted 25 assists on the night.Yale was led by sophomore Alexis Crusey, a 6’2 outside hitter, who recorded 22 kills. Kelly Ozurovich and Taylor Morgan kicked in 17 and 15 digs, respectively, for the Bulldogs.Harvard finished the night with 27 errors, but did hold the lead three times during the match. “When our ball control was on, we could play with them point for point,” Weiss said...
...Morgan is only one of the many losers in Harvard’s historically complicated, secretive, and highly selective tenure process, one that has often been criticized for favoring an aging faculty and shutting out promising junior professors, women, and minorities. Recently, the University has taken steps to address the problem, but the question of whether Harvard really is on its way to striking the balance between transparency, accountability, and confidentiality is yet to be answered...