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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2022 -- Michael D. Smith officially started last week as the new Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps. Nominated by President Biden in June...

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New AmeriCorps CEO Has Long Service History

The event will be webcast live from this page. Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies for a Smart Women, Smart Power conversation with businesswoman and philanthropist Jean Case, CEO of the Case Impact Network and Chairman of the Board of National Geographic. She will discuss her work on redefining capitalism and making it more inclusive as well as why she is so committed to ensuring the next generation has the tools they need to invest in good. Jean has a long and diver...

‘Aspen Ideas: RE$ET’ features economists, business leaders, entrepreneurs and others from Main Street America Staff report The Aspen Institute will host two days of online programming on the current state and future of the American economy next week. Dubbed “Aspen Ideas: RE$ET,” the free participatory event will run Monday and Tuesday, featuring leading economists, business leaders, entrepreneurs and voices from main streets across the U.S. In the wake of a pandemic-induced recession th...

Jeff Bezos uses "regret minimization framework" to help him make tough decisions.  Its the idea that we should live our lives minimizing regrets.  To implement this strategy in your own life, its important not to be afraid of failure.  An oft-cited interview with Jeff Bezos gives us some insight into how the Amazon CEO, and soon-to-be executive chairman when he steps down in Q3, makes big decisions.  In the interview, which was conducted by the Academy of Achievement, Bezos discusses his "r...

 E-Mail (Boston)--There have been great advances in treating melanoma over the past five years, however, even with these treatments many patients quickly develop drug resistance and die from their disease. A new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has discovered that a drug (YK-4-279) that was previously created to target one specific type of protein has much broader use against a family of proteins that act to promote melanoma. "We find that this drug inhibited melanoma fro...

Pablo Santaeufemia of Bridge for Billions: “Entrepreneurship and business systems” …We need to first accept and then analyse our rigged systems to detect inefficiencies and rooted discrimination. Most of our systems today, pick any: our educational systems, social security systems, electrification systems, taxation systems… All were designed by a generation that no longer lives or for a world that no longer exists. Hence, it is […] The Thrive Global Community welcomes voices from many...

Boutique Washington, D.C. office building sold for $58.5M WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 6, 2021 -JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has closed the $58.5 million leasehold sale of 1717 Rhode Island, a 157,050-square-foot boutique office building in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, BentallGreenOak. Tritower Financial Group purchased the asset. 1717 Rhode Island provides a first-class amenity package that includes private terraces on the u...

Print this article The prospective impact of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines on public and economic health is virtually incalculable. But the fact that two private pharmaceutical firms are the agents of discovery and production of such a profoundly important public good should not be taken for granted. Two publicly traded companies, putting their own funds at risk, will, we hope, deliver social benefits worth trillions in return for profits in the low billions. This flies in the face ...