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BOOKS
Dallas :: WI :: USA | about 12 hours ago
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Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Jim Pawlak reviews business books for The Dallas Morning News. You Are What You Choose Scott De Marchi and James Hamilton (Portfolio, $23.95) Backed by results of 30,000-plus tests, the authors break new...
Tags: Jim Pawlak, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Robert Nardelli, Jack Welch, Risk, Social psychology, Altruism, Pawlak, Entertainment Culture
Dealing with a decision you hate
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility That big issue—the one you've tiptoed around—has finally hit the agenda...Inertia and gimmicks will only feed the problem, but sweeping action will create new ones...Maybe they gave you a forum—or a curt "it's settled" and move on. "Why do they keep me...
Tags: strategy, India, Mumbai, Risk, Control theory, Decision theory
Tackling systemic risk is no job for the status quo
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility A buoyant stock market and glimmers of recovery are dispelling many of the more dire scenarios for the economy. Despite the intensity of the financial storm that has just passed, there appears to be a waning resolve to address the larger lessons learnt...
Tags: systemic risk, existing regulate, Federal Reserve, status quo, United Kingdom, London, PROGRES, Too Big to Fail, Basel II Accord, Subprime mortgage crisis solutions debate, Financial crises, Risk, Business Finance
The Only Way to Earn 50% Annual Returns
Shanghai :: China | 2 days ago
Credibility The market was rising, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns still existed, and we were blissfully unaware of the potential danger of weather balloons. At that time -- perhaps overcome with confidence -- my colleague Joe Magyer and I penned an article asking...
Tags: Yongye International, China, annual returns, Shanghai, Mathematical finance, Diversification, Econometrics, Risk, Business Finance, Investment, Finance, Actuarial science
GREATER HORN OF AFRICA: Preparing to mitigate negative impact of El Niño
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago
Credibility World Bank. "Drought and floods affect directly or indirectly millions of people each year, in particular the poor who are the most vulnerable." Greater Horn of Africa is prone to extreme climate events such as drought and floods, which often have severe...
Tags: East Africa, Horn of Africa, negative impact, El Niño, disaster risk, risk reduction, Moses Gitari, Kenya, Nairobi, Climate change, Effects of global warming, El Niￃﾱo-Southern Oscillation, International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Disaster, Disaster preparedness, International organizations, Risk, Disaster Accident, Environment
'Parents watch your kids'
Cape Town :: South Africa | 5 days ago
Credibility The admission followed the recovery of the body of an eight-year-old Mitchells Plain boy at the weekend. Moegamat Yunis Desai was missing for almost two weeks before his body was discovered. Meyer said the murder was a grizzly reminder of the vulnerability...
Tags: Ivan Meyer, South Africa, Cape Town, Risk, Vulnerability, Scourge, Social Issues, Education
Swine flu claims 5th victim in Delaware
Wilmington :: DE :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility A 60-year-old New Castle County man became the fifth person in Delaware to die from complications related to swine flu. The man, who had several underlying health conditions, was hospitalized on Oct. 26 and died Monday morning. Three of the five people...
Tags: health, risk, swine flu, New Castle County, Delaware, county man, underlying health, Kent County, Dr. Karyl Rattay, health conditions, Wilmington, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic, Swine influenza, Influenza vaccine, Influenza, Pandemics, Vaccines, Health in the United States, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
“Wall Street continues to risk because US govt. encourages it”
Lon :: Burkina Faso | 5 days ago
Credibility They essentially handed them money for the mistakes,” Panzner said. ”In a sense it is a bit like an economic incentive theory 101 – you give people money for doing something, they keep doing it,” he added.
Tags: wall street, Burkina Faso, Lon, Risk, Politics, Incentive, Microeconomics, Motivation
Everyday Leaders
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility On a cold wintry day in January 2009, US Airways flight 1549 taxied down the runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport. The flight, bound for Charlotte, N.C., was a familiar flight for Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. Within a matter of minutes after...
Tags: everyday leaders, Doug Dickerson Salem-News, Sullenberger, Charleston, Leadership, Everyday, Risk, Chesley Sullenberger, the United States, US Airways Flight
YOUTH RESOURCES: Teens can learn decision-making skills
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Recently, internationally renowned psychologist JoAnn Deak visited Evansville and explained the most recent research regarding human brain development. Most interesting to me was her discussion regarding the important decade of brain development that...
Tags: JoAnn Deak, Evansville, Neuropsychological assessment, Skill, Risk, Critical thinking, Decision making, Decision theory
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