Hints and tips:
...Critics note that many of today’s most successful digital entrepreneurs, such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, are college dropouts. “But everybody isn’t a Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates,” says Prof Rajan....
...Mark Jordan, spokesman for the English Chess Federation, says: “Given the choice between a draughty church hall or playing on the internet, lots of people choose to stay home.”...
...Ross Tieman asked senior accountants to share their insight: Simon Collins, chairman, KPMG “We should try to restore confidence....
...When Mark Zuckerberg and his buddies first posted their ‘Facemash’ social media programme on Harvard University’s computer system almost nine years ago, they could never have imagined the extent of its future...
...Mark Hudson, director of finance at Novae Group, a quoted insurer active on the Lloyd’s market, has just completed the F-Ten programme with Mr Durant as mentor....
...This is another feature that marks out all the winners....
...Mark Okes-Voysey, PwC’s head of advisory in the region, notes Russia and its former satellites are very different from Asia, where he previously worked....
...Mark Protherough, executive director of learning and professional development at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) concurs: “Accountancy is not recession-proof,” he says...
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...Jean Tirole, head of the newly created Toulouse School of Economics, has realised his dream of a pioneering, privately sponsored graduate school that marks a path for the future of French higher education...
...Mark Sterling, managing partner of Allen & Overy’s global restructuring and insolvency practice, is probably one of the most-admired lawyers sorting out the world’s troubled companies....
...Mark Sterling, head of restructuring at lawyers Allen & Overy, who cut his expert teeth in the 1989-1993 downturn, argues that today’s troubles have yet to match the five-year Asian financial crisis that...
...It seems strange to learn that the winner of this year’s Marks & Spencer Sieff Award has a fascination with polar exploration....
...The race for speed, says Mark Akass, BT Global’s chief technology officer, is “like turning up the pressure in a hose”....
...Equities, you can “mark-to-market” – that is to the market price – at the end of the day....
...Unified Communications manager Mark Deakin says you can use standard tools to build an emergency alert system, though he recommends seeking advice on risks and system design....
...Yet as Mark Hilton, a technical manager with consultancy Enviros points out, small and medium-sized businesses account for more than 99 per cent of the UK corporate population and 51 per cent of turnover...
...What marks L’Oréal apart?...
...They are ready to spend time observing, to mark out the right terrain, as in a game of Go. (A Korean strategy game) And not to get down in dossiers others will settle for them....
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