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2 hrs ago | WNYC-AM New York

Agency Rebuilding WTC Vows Reforms After Scathing Audit

Top officials at the government agency rebuilding the World Trade Center are promising reforms after an audit called the organization "dysfunctional" and wasteful.

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Related Topix: Navigant Consulting, Transportation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

6 hrs ago | Times Herald-Record

Report slams Port Authority as 'dysfunctional'

The consultant hired to audit the Port Authority's operations has concluded that the all-consuming effort to rebuild the World Trade Center has left the bistate agency at risk, functionally and financially.

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Related Topix: Navigant Consulting, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors, Chris Christie

10 hrs ago | WTVR Richmond

Facebook afterglow lights up IPO markets

The excitement generated by Facebook's IPO filing rubbed off on companies listing on U.S. stock exchanges on Wednesday, with four of them seeing strong first-day gains.

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Related Topix: EPAM Systems, Startups, ChemoCentryx

15 hrs ago | Creative Mac

Strategic News Service Welcomes Accenture as FiRe 2012 Gold Partner

The sponsorship reflects both companies' commitment to creating a better world through connectivity and efficiency.

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Related Topix: Accenture, Laguna Beach, CA

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Express India

Specialty chemicals industry seen at $100 bn: McKinsey

New Delhi: The country's specialty chemicals industry has the potential to grow to USD 80-100 billion by 2020 from the present USD 22 billion, global consulting firm McKinsey said in a report.

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Related Topix: McKinsey, World News, India, McKinsey & Company

Silicon Alley Insider

How To Bounce Back Strong From Job Search Rejection

Bill Barnett led the Strategy Practice at McKinsey & Company and has taught career strategy to graduate students at Yale and Rice.

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Related Topix: McKinsey & Company, McKinsey

DVDCreation Reviews

Jenne Names Rick Coan as Senior Vice President of Finance

Jenne Inc., a leading value-added distributor of IP telephony, audio and video conferencing, data networking and security products, announced that it has named Rick Coan as its new senior vice president of finance.

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Related Topix: Akron, OH, CBIZ, Baldwin-Wallace College

Boston Herald

Boston's Longfellow Bridge getting $300M makeover

The famed Longfellow Bridge that spans the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge is getting a $300 million makeover.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Charles River Associates, Opinion

MacTech

Apple bucks declining computer trend in the UK, France

Computer shipments in Western Europe totaled 16.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 16% decline from the equivalent period in 2010, according to Gartner .

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Related Topix: Computers, Laptops/Notebooks, Gartner, PC

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Connecticut Post

Gartner Q4 profit rises but shares fall

Gartner Inc., a Stamford-based provider of research and analysis on the global technology industry, reported profit that rose 23 percent in the fourth quarter, but the results disappointed some analysts and the shares fell the most in three months.

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Related Topix: Gartner

Deseret News

Good stories authentically acted, in 'Chekhovek'

Also a prolific author of short stories, Chekhov gently satirized his often-flawed human subjects.

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Related Topix: Cohen Group, Arts, Theater

Star-Telegram.com

World Trade Center cost rises to $14.8B

The agency that is building the new World Trade Center is "dysfunctional" and has let costs get out of control on the $14.8 billion project, auditors said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Navigant Consulting, Transportation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Digital Game Developer

Frost & Sullivan Applauds Velocent for Its Comprehensive Range of...

The company's OneVu range of solutions provides an innovative approach to quality of experience , enabling mobile operators to accurately and cost-effectively monitor service quality.

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Related Topix: Frost and Sullivan

WKXW-FM Trenton

Audit: World Trade Center Cost Has Ballooned

An auditing firm says the cost of the World Trade Center has ballooned by nearly $4 billion over the last four years.

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Related Topix: Navigant Consulting, Transportation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors, Chris Christie

Voice of America

Harnessing the Mineral Wealth of Poor Countries

Developing countries with potential mineral riches have often fallen prey to corruption and mismanagement.

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Related Topix: Boston Consulting Group

The Motley Fool

Navigant Consulting Outruns Estimates Again

The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended Dec. 31 , Navigant Consulting beat expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

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Related Topix: Navigant Consulting

The Center for Public Integrity

Bain execs spent nearly $5 million on Romney's White House runs, records show

Current and former Bain employees and their relatives gave about $4.7 million to organizations supporting Mitt Romney's presidential aspirations, according to federal and state campaign records.

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Related Topix: Bain, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Startups, Bain Capital, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Newt Gingrich, Nikki Haley, US Governors

Mon Feb 06, 2012

AME Info

Bankdhofar announces partnership with Boston Consulting Group to develop strategic plan

BankDhofar has partnered with a leading global management consulting firm, the Boston Consulting Group , to develop its strategy for the future.

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Related Topix: Boston Consulting Group

Xinhuanet

Chinese snap up luxury products

Chinese people will buy more than half their acquisition of luxury goods on the mainland in 2014 rather than overseas, as is the case now, business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan said in its latest survey.

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Related Topix: Frost and Sullivan, Bain & Company, Bain, Travel, China Travel

Freshnews

Alabama Attorneys: Now Pay Your Annual Client Security Fund Assessment Online

Attorneys practicing in the state of Alabama can now go online to pay their annual client security fund assessments with the Alabama State Bar.

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Related Topix: Computers, NIC

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