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140217_GlobalCities.jpg Anonymous's blog Global cities, like globalization, are something new under the sun. These cities–their corporations, their universities, their media and museums and restaurants–run the global economy, set the global agenda, s ...


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Leadership supporters at Directors’ Circle or higher and their guests are invited to join Lord King for dinner following the program, “ Mervyn King on the Global Financial Crisis.” Your registration includes admission to the public program.Members: $160.00 ...


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levy graph.jpg Anonymous's blog The big news of the morning was that the US economy created 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5 percent. Both numbers were better than expected (not outside the margin of error, which is ...


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  Global cities are driving today’s global economy. Some, such as New York and London are global financial centers. Los Angeles stands at the peak of the global entertainment industry. Hong Kong and Singapore loom over global trading. São Paulo, Seoul, and ...


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As global markets shift, so should the way that you do business. The Emerging Markets Summit gathers professionals from Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, China, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and North Africa for four regionally focused confer ...


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Central America is rebuilding, and laying the foundation for a free and prosperous future, according to Felix Maradiaga, the 2015 Gus Hart Fellow. Long associated with violence, poverty, and corruption—and most recently, the migration of some 70,000 women ...



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nyc.jpg Anonymous's blog Last week, the battle to gain trade promotion authority (TPA) began in earnest in Washington. It was interesting to note that an opening salvo came about a week earlier when the White House published a list of mayors speaking ...


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Global cities drive political, social, and economic policies and solve critical world challenges. The following two panels are part of the Chicago Forum on Global Cities. This three-day forum, hosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Financ ...


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reid_mcconnell_WoC.jpg Anonymous's blog After the President’s trade policy was blocked in the US Senate yesterday, there was a divide among analysts over just how serious a setback the vote was. I took a dire view, arguing both that it was difficult ...