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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

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The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. Global Sources, once listed in Bermuda and now owned by the private equity giant Blackstone, has been active in Hong Kong since the 1970s and focuses on trade in and out of the former British colony. B2B Marketplaces in Asia.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

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Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. From April 1999 until June 2006, Mr. Dahl served as the head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm, where he was responsible for the firm’s investments in the healthcare field.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Connecticut. Mexico/Central America. South America. Connecticut. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Bicyclists of a Feather Flock Together. Are We Really Getting Smarter? Opinion: Noonan: The Romney Campaign Needs a New CEO. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Agriculture.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

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Stanley is headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. Daniel Hillel, an 81-year-old Israeli scientist, who has reached across political and ethnic boundaries to help dozens of countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America improve agriculture with new irrigation methods has been named to receive the World Food Prize.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

An article he wrote for the Washington Post , published on March 28th, when America was still reeling from the exponential growth and the CDC was telling the public not to wear masks, was the first real call to arms for masks. So when Good Morning America were the first call and say, "Can you come on tomorrow morning?" And so that.