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A hunter-gatherer’s wild career

Miles Irving turned a childhood fascination with plants into a food foraging business

Business education

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The founders of a beauty business integrated their start-up ideas into their Harvard programme
– Alina Dizik
An initiative for female professional immigrants has proved unexpectedly successful
– Charlotte Clarke
Harvard tops the rankings marking a resurgence in US programmes
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Celebrity fans boost Yorkshire Tea in US

Endorsements help Taylors to head for America

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Aural tapestry without the cable knitting

A look at the latest advances in wireless speakers

Chinese milk vetch flowers bloom as Central Japan Railway Co.'s 700 series Shinkansen bullet train travels past Mount Fuji at sunset in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, April 30, 2010. The Japanese government in April arranged for the state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation to lend money to U.S. projects to build high-speed links. Central Japan Railway, the operator of Japan's busiest bullet train line, has said that it is interested in bidding for projects in Florida and California. ©Bloomberg Mar 6, 2013

The art of creating creativity

From nature to chance encounters, companies are seeking new sources of innovation

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You need to take risks to learn a language

The notion that the teacher can do all the work is nonsense – learning another tongue requires effort

BUSINESS BOOKS Mar 6, 2013

Hold on as the earth shifts axis

Stefan Wagstyl on ‘Global Tilt’ by Ram Charan

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A Swedish take on ‘buy now, pay later’

The founder of the tech company Klarna holds forth on ecommerce, Stockholm and fraud

Luke Johnson Mar 5, 2013

Margins give the little guys a chance

Profit margins can be higher in many cases for medium-sized enterprises than large ones

Judgment Call Mar 5, 2013

Does humour work for an ousted CEO?

The departure letter of Groupon’s Andrew Mason raises questions about the right way to leave

BUSINESS TRAVEL Mar 5, 2013

How much work should you do?

The temptation to appear busy should be resisted because there are far better things to do

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