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Although much of the school's efforts have been geared toward the corporate market, Crane says HBS' courses for incoming students--in areas such as basic accounting and finance--are also provided online...
...Video Games During Dinner: "Table manners are just skills, and parents should start teaching their children when they're really young--knowing that it's not always going to be pretty." Children as young as four can learn how to set the table and pick up the basic elements of cutlery. Kids should be expected to sit fairly still in a chair, place their napkins in their laps and not speak while chewing. Occasional dinners at home at which family members sit down together with the television off and a candle lit, using cutlery and eating off actual plates, will...
Here's some basic math. The NASDAQ has lost half its value. To get even, it must double. At 10% a year, money doubles in about seven years. That gets you the drawn-out recovery. Yet no-dividend growth stocks should compound at 12% to 15%, implying a recovery in about five years. And I believe the market has muscle memory; having been there once, it's easier to get back. My prediction? Three years. Odds are I'm wrong. What's important, though, is that I'm mentally set for a grind. Go ahead, Mr. Market, surprise me, pleeeeze...
Once one is settled in an apartment or house, life is quite manageable for foreigners, especially if they learn some Italian. Basic medical care is accessible and decent. A resident's visa is easy to obtain, although a visitor's visa may be fine for brief stays. Foreigners can e-mail those back home, as well as open a bank account for depositing U.S. checks...