Hong Kong and Singapore march ahead - FinanceAsia

Hong Kong and Singapore march ahead
FinanceAsia
Small countries with open economies rank highest in the firm's “globalisation index”, with Hong Kong and Singapore taking first and third positions — and wounded Ireland ranked second. “Ranked first and third respectively, it is no doubt that Hong ...

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The Boston Consulting Group Ranks No. 2 Among FORTUNE's Best Companies to Work ... - MarketWatch (press release)

The Boston Consulting Group Ranks No. 2 Among FORTUNE's Best Companies to Work ...
MarketWatch (press release)
It has also captured the top spot among small companies for the fifth time and become one of only two firms to be ranked in the top dozen for seven straight years. An emphasis on investment in its people, career flexibility and mobility, ...

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Ernst & Young LLP Recognized on FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Ernst & Young LLP Recognized on FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For ...
MarketWatch (press release)
23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ernst & Young LLP announced today that FORTUNE magazine ranked it among the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the 14th consecutive year. The firm ranks number 59 this year, climbing 18 spots from its 2011 ranking.

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Interviewing Andrew Marr about the Queen - The Economist (blog)

Interviewing Andrew Marr about the Queen
The Economist (blog)
Social mobility has gone backwards in the past 30 years, he argues, it has not advanced. In a moment of journalistic cheek, I felt I should ask him about his trenchant conclusion in the book that the Queen has been wise never to grant an interview.

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Sprint Wins 2012 Network Award for Global Wholesale Excellence from ATLANTIC-ACM - MarketWatch (press release)

Sprint Wins 2012 Network Award for Global Wholesale Excellence from ATLANTIC-ACM
MarketWatch (press release)
The 2012 ATLANTIC-ACM Global Wholesale Report Card surveys hundreds of customers ranking the global wholesale providers they work with worldwide. The global recognition builds on Sprint's previous Wholesale Carrier Excellence Network Award from ...

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Mis-Measuring Our Lives - America Magazine (subscription) (blog)

Mis-Measuring Our Lives
America Magazine (subscription) (blog)
(8) Income per Capita: Luxembourg ranked #1, the USA # 2. The USA ranking, however, is very misleading since the United States has very high inequaloity of wealth ratings, a higher poverty rate and a very low social mobility index as we will see.

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Hurtling backwards in time - DAWN.com


DAWN.com
Hurtling backwards in time
DAWN.com
This year's United Nation's Human Development Report recently announced that in a ranking of 187 countries, Pakistan has slipped fully 20 rungs down the ladder, from position 125 to 145, and from a medium development group to one with low development.

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