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Hillary Clinton vs. Sarah Palin: Admired
The Swampby Mark Silva These aren't groundswell numbers, fractions really: But by a mere percentage point, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton edges out former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as "most admired woman'' in the eyes of the American public. It's Clinton......Tags: George H.W. Bush, Billy Graham, Golf, Maya Angelou, Microsoft Corporation
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Will bogus bio unmake self-made leader of Abbott spinoff?
Richard Gonzalez, it turns out, is more of a self-made man than a lot of us knew. The Abbott Laboratories veteran of more than 30 years, who is pegged to serve as chief executive of the pharmaceutical company spinoff that the North Chicago-based medical...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Steve Jobs, Colleges and Universities, Media Industry, Microsoft Corporation
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Two words can equal profound results for success
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew." — St. Francis de Sales Ask me...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Donald Trump, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Psychology, Music Industry
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Rosenthal: What's the deal with Groupon?
"When a manager with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact," Warren Buffett likes to say when asked if a good chief executive can salvage a bad business....
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Companies and Corporations, Business, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Henry Ford
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Gates Foundation to award $100,000 for college apps
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a competition today that will award up to 30 grants of $50,000 to $100,000 to winners who come up with apps, websites or other online tools that help high schoolers -- especially low-income students --...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Microsoft Corporation, Education, Financial Aid
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Four Hoosiers make Forbes list of wealthiest Americans
The rich got quite a bit richer this past year, according to this year's rankings of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Forbes magazine released its annual list on Wednesday, and the combined net worth jumped 13 percent to $1.7 trillion in 2012, up from $1....
Tags: Time (magazine), Warren Buffett, Microsoft Corporation, Herbert Simon, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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Women finally fitted for green jackets at Augusta
What you need to understand about Augusta National Golf Course's decision to admit women for the first time is this: It was never about golf. For those who supported the 80-year-old home of the Masters, it was about the right of a private club to...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Companies and Corporations, Golf, Microsoft Corporation, Masters Tournament
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Video/Q&A: 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' star/co-writer Rashida Jones
Women break down in romantic comedies all the time. They just rarely do so to the point of looking unattractive, says Rashida Jones. “She always looks good, her hair looks good and her apartment’s pretty. It’s like, there’s things...
Tags: Celeste and Jesse Forever (movie), Quincy Jones, Emma Roberts, NBC (tv network), Cabbage
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Seeing behind the dollar signs
A rash of student athletes leaving college early to join the ranks of professional athletes is prompting increasing discussions about the decisions of those students. It's a particularly problematic issue for college basketball. The NFL has a rule that...Tags: National Basketball Association, Students, College Baseball, Microsoft Corporation, High School Sports
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Michael Kinsley: The Washington lobbying dance
My first day of work at Microsoft, 15 years ago, I wore a DOJ baseball cap that a friend had given me when she heard I was going to work in Redmond. DOJ stood for Department of Justice, which is where my friend worked. I wore the cap into the office on my...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, Microsoft Corporation, Employers, George W. Bush
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Stay with the fight
“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew.” — Saint Francis de Sales...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Music Industry, Real Estate Sellers, Philosophy, Marathon
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Rodriguez: A cultural civics lesson
Politics is making Americans dumb and mean. It's turning a generous, forward-thinking people into glib, defensive, narrow-minded bores.
Pundits tell us that the answer to all this nastiness — from the disgusting comments on message boards to the...Tags: History (tv network), England, Social Issues, University of Cambridge, Charity
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