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...main indices measure consumer confidence in the U.S., where consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of the economy. One is a monthly report by the Conference Board, a nonprofit supported by business executives. The University of Michigan publishes a similar monthly survey. During the summer, despite high gas prices and swings in the real estate market, consumer confidence edged upward to hover at a fairly strong level, considering the mounting bad economic signs. The Conference Board put its consumer confidence rating at 59.8 for September, a slight improvement from 58.5 in August. Compare that with the index's nearly...
...Grossman said. “And I began to wonder if I could use my managerial and organizational leadership skills to build social value in addition to economic value.”Grossman decided to sell the company he had inherited from his father and enter the nonprofit sector. He volunteered for a few years and did pro bono consulting for the Rockefeller Foundation. But Grossman said he found his calling when he was selected in 1991 to be the chief executive of Outward Bound USA.“It truly was a phenomenal experience, and during my time...
...issue has been consistently overshadowed, especially amid the financial crisis that has erupted in recent weeks. "If Bill Gates is throwing in the towel, there's no hope for the rest of us to get education on the agenda," says Arnold Fege, advocacy director for the Washington-based nonprofit Public Education Network...
...them meeting Emperor Hirohito of Japan.) But there was more to Oz than the inky-fingered trade. In 1976, after holding a variety of titles at the top of the masthead, he left journalism, becoming the founding chairman of the Citizens Committee for New York City, a pioneering nonprofit that encouraged voluntary efforts, and then became the city's first deputy mayor for economic development. He later served as dean of Columbia University's graduate school of journalism...
Lafrance, 32, produces "site-specific" dances that explore our relationship with public spaces--and that require months of bureaucratic arm twisting. Sens Production, the nonprofit group she helped found in 2000, raises funds and secures the sites. "We've had to fight a lot of fights," she says...