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Goldman Sachs Looms As Rajat Gupta Fraud Trial Begins

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Insider Trading, Video, Rajat Gupta, Raj Rajaratnam, Gupta-Trial, McKinsey & Company, Conspiracy, Galleon Group, Securities Fraud, Business News

Goldman Sachs haunts the insider trading case against one of the Wall Street bank's former directors, Rajat K. Gupta. As Gupta's federal fraud trial o...

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WATCH: The Top Social Entrepreneurs Saving The World

Huffington Post | Jessica Prois | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Social Innovation, Social Change, Social Entrepreneurs, McKinsey & Company, Jeff Skoll, Skoll World Forum, McKinsey and Society, Social Innovators, Linktv, Video, Tom Freston, Social Entrepreneurship, ViewChange: Unleashing Innovation, One, Lynn Taliento, Slidepollajax, Impact News

From teeny-tiny sleeping bags ending infant mortality to soccer balls that produce electricity, a new documentary shows how fresh solutions to old pro...

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New Online Documentary Features Social Innovators To Watch (Round 2)

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Spring Into Action, Fenix International, McKinsey & Company, Skoll World Forum, Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Husk Power Systems, Social Innovators, Slidepollajax, BioLiteMcKinsey and Society, Impact News

This story is part of HuffPost Impact's "Spring Into Action" series. Beginning March 20, the first day of Spring, we're highlighting fresh, innovative...

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Can A Rat Change The World? The Unusual Players In Social Innovation

Caty Borum Chattoo | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Huffington Post Impact, Video, Social Innovation, Global Development, Social Entrepreneurship, Link TV, McKinsey & Company, Viewchange, Global Poverty, viewchange.org, Impact News

Electric soccer balls, life-saving sleeping bags, and water on wheels...business as usual? Well, it depends on who you ask.

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New Online Documentary Highlights Top Social Innovators To Watch

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Spring Into Action, Water, McKinsey & Company, Clean Water, Skoll World Forum, Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Slidepollajax, McKinsey and Society, Social Innovators, Impact News

This story is part of HuffPost Impact's "Spring Into Action" series. Beginning March 20, the first day of Spring, we're highlighting fresh, innovative...

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Insurance Industry Reaps Massive Profits From Delay

HuffingtonPost.com | Mollie Reilly | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Corruption, Insurance, Russ Roberts, Insurance Claims, Insurance Claim Delays, Allstate, McKinsey & Company, Regulation, Insurance Regulation, Naic, State Farm, Jay Feinman, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Unlike many other businesses, the insurance industry is bound by law to act in good faith with its customers. Because of their protectiv...

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VOTE: Top 11 Social Innovators Saving The World In 2011

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Peepoople, Wello, Video, Social Innovation, Fenix International, Edesia, Biolite, The sOccket, McKinsey & Company, Frogtek, Husk Power Systems, The Praekelt Foundation, Apopo, Embrace, Impact, Impact News

McKinsey & Company's Social Innovation Video Contest highlights innovators who are confronting the world's greatest challenges and gives participants ...

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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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Teacher Pay: U.S. Ranks 22nd Out Of 27 Countries

Jack Jennings | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: McKinsey & Company, Teacher Pay, Student Achievement, Oecd, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Education News

If teachers are so important, why don't our schools attract and keep the best teachers? A major reason is that we aren't willing to pay excellent teachers what they deserve.

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Kippah Your Head Covering Outta My Office

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: McKinsey & Company, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, Larry David Kippah, Jewish Head Covering, Pop Culture Yarmulke, Larry David Yarmulkes, Curb Your Enthusiasm Kippah, Judaism, Jewish Humor, Religion News

Kippah. Yarmulke. Beanie. Skullcap. You can call it whatever you want, but the Jewish head covering has been in the news and in pop culture a lot lately.

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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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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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The Imperative of Investing in Women in the Workforce

Ben Kerschberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venture Capital, Macroeconomics, Women, McKinsey & Company, Technology, New York Times, Business, Silicon Valley, Consero, Ben Kerschberg, Business News

Whether in the developing world or the billion dollar hills of Sand Hill Road, companies that invest in the success of women in the workforce will enjoy long-term benefits to both their top and bottom lines.

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Lions, Cheetahs and More: The Potential for Doing Business in Africa

Vijaya Ramachandran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McKinsey & Company, Business, Africa, Nigeria, Infrastructure, Africa Economy, South Africa, World News

Throughout Africa, government policies to improve macroeconomic conditions, end conflict, and create better business environments have had a significant impact in the region.

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Expect No Less Than Explosive Change From Social Enterprises

Rachael Chong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Enterprise, Green Investing, Social Venture, Social Entrepreneurship, Greenwashing, Social Investing, McKinsey & Company, Catchafire, Impact News

Scott Schwaitzberg and I attended Investors' Circle Spring Fair this past April. I was selected to pitch Catchafire at the event, and Scott joined me ...

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Ex-McKinsey Director Fined $2.8 MIllion In Galleon Settlement

nytimes.com | Michael J. De La Merced | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Galleon Group, Galleon Scandal, McKinsey & Company, Raj Rajaratnam, Securities and Exchange Commission, Anil Kumar, Business News

A former executive at McKinsey & Company agreed Monday to pay $2.8 million to settle civil charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, af...

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What Did We Learn from Insider Trading at Galleon?

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Raj Rajaratnam, Sec, Galleon, Insider Trading, Hedge Funds, McKinsey & Company, Anil Kumar, Ibm, Chiesi, Octopussy, Business News

What did we learn from insider trading at Galleon? First, hiring hookers is safer--no jail time--than flirting with with former beauty queens who consult hedge funds. Right, Eliot?

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My In-Depth Audio Interview with Paul Jansen of McKinsey & Company

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McKinsey & Company, Peter Diamandis, Incentive Prizes, Xprize, X Prize, Business News

I recently had an in-depth interview with Paul Jansen of McKinsey & Company on the origins of X PRIZE and discussed my passion and understanding of how incentive prizes work.

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