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    Paul Malloy

    Why longer municipal strategies make sense now

    I’m Vanguard’s head of municipal investing and I still see room to run.

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    October 4, 2025

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    BioNTech and Moderna have shown the growing power of ‘fractal’ over scale; here are three keys to making it work for you
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    BioNTech and Moderna have shown the growing power of ‘fractal’ over scale; here are three keys to making it work for you

    By Arindam Bhattacharya and Hans-Paul Buerkner
    December 6, 2021
    How Germany’s ‘traffic light coalition’ intends to tackle challenges in a post-Merkel world
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    How Germany’s ‘traffic light coalition’ intends to tackle challenges in a post-Merkel world

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    December 6, 2021
    The soft stuff is the hard stuff: Leaders must show vulnerability in uncertain times
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    The soft stuff is the hard stuff: Leaders must show vulnerability in uncertain times

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    December 5, 2021
    Microsoft’s Nadella, Google’s Pichai, and now Twitter’s Agrawal: Why Indian-born leaders dominate American tech’s top ranks
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    Microsoft’s Nadella, Google’s Pichai, and now Twitter’s Agrawal: Why Indian-born leaders dominate American tech’s top ranks

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    December 3, 2021
    The chair imperative: a new mandate for leading in a new world
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    The chair imperative: a new mandate for leading in a new world

    By Alice Breeden and Bonnie Gwin
    December 3, 2021
    Here’s how infrastructure spending can really supercharge the switch to EVs
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    Here’s how infrastructure spending can really supercharge the switch to EVs

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    December 3, 2021
    For Chinese regulators, cryptocurrencies are a new technology that threatens to empower the average Chinese citizen.
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    Beijing and Washington grapple with crypto in their own unique fashion

    By Christopher O'Brien and Chris Boone
    December 3, 2021
    Conquering the metaverse: 3 ways that businesses can find real customers in virtual worlds
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    Conquering the metaverse: 3 ways that businesses can find real customers in virtual worlds

    By François Candelon, Karen Lellouche Tordjman and Ariane Lafolie
    December 3, 2021
    Curtains for conglomerates: Will smaller companies drive bigger returns?
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    Curtains for conglomerates: Will smaller companies drive bigger returns?

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    December 2, 2021
    Incumbent banks can still catch up—they just need to understand tomorrow’s customer
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    Incumbent banks can still catch up—they just need to understand tomorrow’s customer

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    December 2, 2021
    If we want the pandemic to end, CEOs need to do what governments won’t—including getting tougher and smarter about vaccines
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    If we want the pandemic to end, CEOs need to do what governments won’t—including getting tougher and smarter about vaccines

    By Mark Dybul and Serhat Gümrükçü
    December 1, 2021
    Democrats’ war on arbitration only benefits trial lawyers
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    Democrats’ war on arbitration only benefits trial lawyers

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    December 1, 2021
    Why the U.K. doesn’t have its own Oprah
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    Why the U.K. doesn’t have its own Oprah

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    December 1, 2021
    The ‘fake it moment’ that led to the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes—and could lead to yours
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    The ‘fake it moment’ that led to the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes—and could lead to yours

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    November 30, 2021
    3 strategies managers need to know to keep diverse talent from walking out the door
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    3 strategies managers need to know to keep diverse talent from walking out the door

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    November 29, 2021
    The most important meeting yet for global pandemic response—and drugmakers
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    The most important meeting yet for global pandemic response—and drugmakers

    By Nicole Hassoun and Kaushik Basu
    November 29, 2021
    Rise of the (fast food) robots: How labor shortages are accelerating automation
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    Rise of the (fast food) robots: How labor shortages are accelerating automation

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    November 29, 2021
    Retailers need technology more than ever to win brand loyalty this holiday season
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    Retailers need technology more than ever to win brand loyalty this holiday season

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    November 26, 2021
    NFTs gave my pictures of Tupac’s first record release party a second life
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    NFTs gave my pictures of Tupac’s first record release party a second life

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    November 26, 2021
    To avoid the superbug pandemic, we must fix the business model for new antibiotics
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    To avoid the superbug pandemic, we must fix the business model for new antibiotics

    By Michelle McMurry-Heath and Henry Skinner
    November 25, 2021
    Everyone benefits when you let employees follow philanthropic passions
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    Everyone benefits when you let employees follow philanthropic passions

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    November 25, 2021
    Hospitals are drowning. Biden’s vaccine mandate is our life raft
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    Hospitals are drowning. Biden’s vaccine mandate is our life raft

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    November 24, 2021
    Great leaders show gratitude beyond Thanksgiving
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    Great leaders show gratitude beyond Thanksgiving

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    November 24, 2021
    We can’t walk blindly into the metaverse
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    We can’t walk blindly into the metaverse

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    November 24, 2021
    Social media and universal appeal: How Korean culture grew from a regional to a global powerhouse
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    Social media and universal appeal: How Korean culture grew from a regional to a global powerhouse

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    November 24, 2021
    How Amazon reset its image after a bitter unionization battle
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    How Amazon reset its image after a bitter unionization battle

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    November 23, 2021
    The SEC wants to know if your corporate employer is investing in you
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    The SEC wants to know if your corporate employer is investing in you

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    November 23, 2021
    Beating COVID will require a 5-part strategy—including mandatory boosters and a drug we don’t have yet
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    Beating COVID will require a 5-part strategy—including mandatory boosters and a drug we don’t have yet

    By Mark Dybul and Serhat Gümrükçü
    November 22, 2021
    College campuses should learn the power of design from corporate America
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    College campuses should learn the power of design from corporate America

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    November 22, 2021
    In theory, the new rules give Chinese users a right to transparency and control over their data.
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    What China’s new data privacy rules mean for foreign companies and the future of regulation

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    November 22, 2021

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