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Closing the Income Inequality Gap
A widening gap between haves and have-nots is shrinking the American middle class and making it to
ugher than ever to move up the economic ladder. The U.S. problem reflects a worldwide concentration of wealth.
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Smart on Science: How Today's Patients Are Driving Cures
Though the needs and preferences of consumers dictate the course of almost every other industry, h
ealth care is one of the last major sectors to benefit from user-centered design. But the sands are shifting.
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Trick of the Trade: Pouring Liquidity Back Into Fixed Income
The alarm has sounded in the fixed-income markets, with the Bank for International Settlements bei
ng the latest major authority to warn about the lack of liquidity.
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Peak Oil and Green Energy: Both Fossils?
With oil prices in the tank, the consumer dollar goes further. Indeed, the implications of oil's s
lide extend to the entire world economy, and many of these impacts favor the United States.
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Global Consumers: Riding the Wave of the World's Growing Middle Class
The world's middle class is expected to burgeon from less than 2 billion consumers today to nearly
5 billion by 2030, reflecting rapid growth in developing nations.
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Will Foreign Hands and Better Corporate Governance Lift the Japanese Economy?
Japan's fiscal stimulus and monetary easing policies has boosted stock prices and increased export
s with the Nikkei reaching a fresh 15-year high. However, the country's largest economic challenges remain demography and poor corporate governance.
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Can Hollywood Speak Chinese?
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The Intangibles of Building a Great Hedge Fund: People as an Asset Class
What is the secret to building a great hedge fund? In this highly concentrated industry, 90 percen
t of assets under management are controlled by only 11 percent of the funds.
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Trash or Treasure? Finding Value in Distressed-Debt Investing
With moderate growth and interest rates still low, there have been few pockets of opportunity for
distressed-debt investors in the U.S.
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Power Shifts in Global Energy
As 2015 began, the United States had become a premier global oil producer, bringing the ideal of e
nergy independence closer to reality.
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