Mckinsey

Prosecutors Use Email, Wiretaps To Link Gupta With Insider Trading

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Video, Mckinsey, Gupta Trial, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, Hedge Funds, Reuters, Fbi, Business News

* U.S. prosecutors paint jurors a picture of 2008 events * Fourth day of ex-Goldman director's insider-trading trial * R...

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Goldman Director Starts Insider Trading Trial Today

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Mckinsey, Video, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, Hedge Funds, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Galleon, Ap, Securities Fraud, P&G, Business News

NEW YORK (AP) — The July 29, 2008, phone call between two titans of Wall Street began with the old friends exchanging mild pleasantries, but then qu...

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The eBook Publishing Revolution Has Just Begun

John F. Ince | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Y Combinator, Mckinsey, Self Publishing, Publishing, Stanford, Ebooks, Books News

Strategic questions need to be answered. Does a eBook publisher focus on marketing, or content creation, or formatting?

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A Call For Social Innovators To Present Ideas

JustMeans.com | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Mckinsey, Social Innovation, Social Innovation Practice, Impact News

McKinsey's Social Sector Office has formed a group called Social Innovation Practice, which brings innovation, philanthropy and social entrepreneurshi...

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Before Scandal, Ex-Goldman Sachs Director Was Role Model For Middle-Class India

Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Rajat Gupta Scandal, Goldman Sachs, India, Mckinsey, Video, Insider Trading, Rajat Gupta, Raj Rajaratnam, McKinsey & Company, India Middle Class, Financial Scandal, Business News

NEW Delhi (Annie Bannerjee) -- Before Indra Nooyi became CEO of PepsiCo Inc or Vikram Pandit took the reins at Citigroup Inc there was Rajat Gupt...

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Primary Care Docs to Insurers: Go Away

Wendell Potter | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: McKinsey & Company, Health Care Reform, Mckinsey, Doctors, Health Care, Primary Care, Business News

No other country in the developed world allows insurance companies to control its health care system like the U.S. does, and the fact that we do is one big reason why America spends so much more on health care than anyone else on the planet.

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Would You Trust Management Consultants With the World's Rainforests? Our Governments Have -- Disastrously

Johann Hari | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Mckinsey, Guinea, Rainforest, David Cameron, Amazon Rainforest, Congo, Rainforest Destruction, Deforestation, Greenpeace, Management Consulting, Green News

Management consultants have now been, in effect, tasked with setting the future of the world's rainforests -- and they are facing accusations that they are using our money to draw up plans that will result in their more rapid destruction.

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"Not Intended as a Predictive Economic Analysis"

Ron Pollack | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Mckinsey, Health Care, President Obama, Obama Care, Congressional Budget Office, Politics News

It seems when it comes to discussing health care, Sen. Johnson and Mr. Holtz-Eakin are taking a page from the conservative playbook: Cite a misleading and inaccurate study, share it far and wide in the media, and try to scare the American people.

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Got Health Insurance Through Your Employer? Maybe Not for Long (But Not Because of Reform)

Wendell Potter | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Small Business, Mckinsey, Economic Policy Institute, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, McKinsey & Company, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Employee Benefits Research Institute, Gallup, Health Care, Business News

The employer-based health insurance system has been crumbling for several years. And, with or without the Affordable Care Act, it's very possibly on its last legs.

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Internet's GDP Contribution Greater Than Energy, Agriculture, Mining: Study

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: The Internet, Industrial Revolution, Internet Economic Growth, Internet, Mckinsey, Internet Gdp, Economic Impact Internet, McKinsey Global Institute, Internet Industrial Revolution, Technology News

The Internet is causing economic growth across the world that exceeds the pace of the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s. According to a new repor...

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Jury Hears Details Of Intel Leak In Insider Trading Case

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rajiv Goel, Mckinsey, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Intel, Business News

NEW YORK (By Jonathan Stempel and Grant McCool) - A former Intel Corp executive testified that he shared company secrets with his friend, hedge fu...

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Ex-Goldman Director Sues SEC For Not Providing Jury Trial

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rajat Gupta, Goldman Sachs, Sec, Mckinsey, Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Fund Managers, Warren Buffett, Galleon Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, Dodd-Frank Bill, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) director accused of leaking confidential boardroo...

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Rajaratnam Paid For Tips, Man Testifies

Reuters | Grant McCool and Basil Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mckinsey, Raj Rajaratnam, Michael Milken, Insider Trading Trial, Sri Lanka, Tips, Galleon, Anil Kumar, FBI Wiretaps, Tipping, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A disgraced former McKinsey & Co partner told jurors he leaked secrets about the elite consulting firm's clients in exchange ...

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Rajat Gupta, Wall Street, Greed and India

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rajat Gupt, Goldman Sachs, Mckinsey, Insider Trading, Warren Buffett, Securities and Exchange Commission, Galleon Hedge Fund, Galleon Insider Trading, Business News

It is for many of us a huge disappointment to see Rajat Gupta involved in one of the dumbest things one could do on Wall Street.

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Ex-Goldman Sachs Board Member Accused Of Insider Trading

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Procter and Gamble, Insider Trading, Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta, Rajat Gupta Goldman Sachs, Robert Khuzami, Gupta Rajat, Goldman Sachs, Mckinsey, Rajat Gupta Insider Trading, Gupta Goldman, Rajat Gupta Insider, Sec, Galleon Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, Video, Business News

Goldman Sachs former director Rajat K. Gupta has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission, for allegedly giving a h...

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How Blended Learning Will Change the World

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Learning, Mckinsey, Unfpa, Learn Capital, China, Tom Friedman, World Bank, Education News

Nearly half of the world's population is under the age of 25; that means more than 3 billion people. Over 500 million youth live on less than $2 per d...

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The Best and Brightest Will Never Teach

Robert Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mckinsey, Education, Teachers, Education News

I remember my first teacher contract. It was 1994 in LAUSD. The union had just negotiated me a 10 percent raise even though I never taught a day in my life.

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The Next Rise of Silicon Valley or Why I Quit My Job to Solve Facebook's Death Problem

Rudy Adler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Start-Ups, Y Combinator, Jimmy Wales, Facebook, Death, 1000memories, Old Spice, Web 2.0, Social Media, Mckinsey, Ron Conway, Wieden Kennedy, Technology, Silicon Valley, Technology News

This year, 1.5 million Facebook users will pass away but their Facebook profiles will live on. This is a growing problem and people are naturally asking: can major social media sites handle their dead?

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Pearls of Wisdom for Chelsea on Her Big Day

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crate and Barrel, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton Wedding, White House, Chelsea Clinton, Mckinsey, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, NBC Page, Oprah Winfrey, John Belushi, Grand Central, Hillary Clinton, Versace, Westchester County, Weddings, Comedy News

No one is more surprised than me that an invitation to Chelsea Clinton's wedding has yet to appear in my mailbox. Actually, no one is surprised but me. Nevertheless, I'm still surprised.

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The U.S. Cities Most Vulnerable To Having Their Jobs Shipped Overseas: Richard Florida

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jacksonville, Offshoring, Alan Blinder, Sioux Falls, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Martin Prosperity Institute, San Antonio, Jobs, Omaha, Atlanta, South Dakota, Kansas City, Outsourcing, Mckinsey, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Cities, Dallas, Business News

Traditionally, the United States has worried about the offshoring of manufacturing jobs. But concern is mounting that as the rest of the world becomes...

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Can Women Over 50 Look Great In Jeans?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Skoll World Forum, Jeans, Television, Mckinsey, Aging, Style, New Radicals, Design, Careers, Julia Moulden, Beyonce, Healthy Living News

Last week's column got lots of comments. Readers weighed in on a range of topics, but one simple question really stirred the pot, "Can I still wear jeans after 50?"

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McKinsey and IFC Add Cost Curve Analysis to Water Debate

Jane Wales | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Philanthropy Forum, Mckinsey, Charting Our Water Future, World Bank, 2030 Water Resources Group, International Finance Corporation, Water Scarcity, Human Health, Sanitation, Impact News

Global Water policies need change. Water is quickly becoming more and more scarce around the world and nonprofits and and philanthropists are committed to revolutionizing the way we use water.

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What is Your Employment Brand Telling Prospective Employees?

Jon Younger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Branding, Mba, Mckinsey, Job Candidates, Exxonmobil, Employment, Business News

The problem with an employment contract is that it doesn't answer the fundamental question of why employees choose your company rather than another. This is the question answered by an "employment brand."

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Anil Kumar's Guilty Galleon Plea: Ex-McKinsey Director Cops To Securities Fraud Charges

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mckinsey, Raj Rajaratnam, Hedge Funds, Hedge Fund, Sec, Galleon Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, Anil Kumar, Galleon Guilty Plea, Galleon Deal, Securities Fraud, Galleon Insider Trading, Business News

NEW YORK — A former director of a global management consulting firm pleaded guilty Thursday to securities fraud charges, admitting making $2.6 m...

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Why B-Schools Don't Change

Pablo Triana | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mckinsey, Business School Reform, Goldman Sachs, Business School, Mbas, Banking, Business School Jobs, Credit Crisis, Business Ethics, B-School, B-School Professors, Business News

The dirty little secret of B-schools is that, even if they wanted to, they may not be able to unshackle themselves from practical irrelevance.

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