How To Succeed In Business By Really Trying

The role of luck in getting wealthy is no longer just an academic issue: it's also a political one. If we assume that wealth comes from working hard, taking great personal risk and coming up with great ideas, then the wealthy don't necessarily "owe" society for their success.

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Matthew Hancock MP has been appointed the Conservatives’ Small Business Champion and will lead the new campaign, which will include events across the country in the coming months. The twelve MPs are:

In a survey of 1,000 British manufacturers – part of the Institution’s Manufacturing a Successful Economy 2013 report – manufacturers also said that as many as 57% of apprentices, graduates and new recruits lack practical skills, while 42% said they lacked communication skills. 45% of the manufacturers polled said that design skills posed an issue with young recruits, while 36% said good maths and science.

Some 'stuff' is coming out of the EU nowdays to greet the silly season of summer newsflow slowdown:The loose-mouthed Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem [http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130527-702547.html?mod=googlenews_wsj] is striking again. This time on Portugal's 'progress' on the road to recovery:

Chip Krakoff submits:General Motors’ return to profitability had to jostle for attention with other big stories in last week’s newspapers -- notably the burning of Bangkok, the resurgence of Iceland’s volcano, and the Greek crisis and bailout -- but it stood out nonetheless. Here was a bankrupt company, delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and deprived of its 83-year place in the Dow Industrial Average, now owned by an unholy trinity of the U.S.

If you’re stuck in a job you hate, you’re (unfortunately) not alone. In fact, an astonishing more than 80% of Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs.

Derek LoweI would not like the count the number of vision statements, reorganizations, trendily named process improvements, and other forms of uplift I've encountered at work over the past twenty years. Suffice it to say, whenever I see another wave of color-coordinated posters, slogan-stamped desk thingies, and inspirational wallet cards, I duck and cover until it all washes past.