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Longtime employee says goodbye to paper mill (Virginian-Pilot)
Ralph Vincent Jr. was a third-generation worker at the International Paper mill outside Franklin. He had been there for more than 30 years. For him and over 50 others, Friday was the final day on the job.

Loyalty takes butler from poor Nepal village to NY (AP)
Indra Tamang was a teenage farmer in a Nepalese village without running water or electricity. He barely learned how to write and lived in a straw, mud and stone house with his parents before landing a hotel job in the capital  of Katmandu. But after befriending a well-to-do hotel patron, the young man started traveling the world, meeting the likes of Andy Warhol, John Lennon and Patti Smith, and living in New York, Paris and the Greek island of Crete.

Is This Woman Too Hot To Be a Banker? (Village Voice)
As Lorenzana’s lawsuit puts it, her bosses told her that “as a result of the shape of her figure, such clothes were purportedly ‘too distracting’ for her male colleagues and supervisors to bear.”

The 100 most creative people in business (Fast Company)
This year’s 100 Most Creative People offers our own, idiosyncratic perspective on business. The selections reflect the breadth of news ideas and new pursuits at play in our business landscape. From interface designer Yugo Nakamura to HBO Documentary Films president Sheila Nevins to futurist Ray Kurzweil, we can attest that creativity is alive and well in 2010.

Mastering Your Elevator Pitch (Inc.)
What exactly do you do, and why should I care? Here’s how to tell it shorter and smarter.

Longtime employee says goodbye to paper mill (Virginian-Pilot)
Ralph Vincent Jr. was a third-generation worker at the International Paper mill outside Franklin. He had been there for more than 30 years. For him and over 50 others, Friday was the final day on the job.

Loyalty takes butler from poor Nepal village to NY (AP)
Indra Tamang was a teenage farmer in a Nepalese village without running water or electricity. He barely learned how to write and lived in a straw, mud and stone house with his parents before landing a hotel job in the capital  of Katmandu. But after befriending a well-to-do hotel patron, the young man started traveling the world, meeting the likes of Andy Warhol, John Lennon and Patti Smith, and living in New York, Paris and the Greek island of Crete.

Is This Woman Too Hot To Be a Banker? (Village Voice)
As Lorenzana’s lawsuit puts it, her bosses told her that “as a result of the shape of her figure, such clothes were purportedly ‘too distracting’ for her male colleagues and supervisors to bear.”

The 100 most creative people in business (Fast Company)
This year’s 100 Most Creative People offers our own, idiosyncratic perspective on business. The selections reflect the breadth of news ideas and new pursuits at play in our business landscape. From interface designer Yugo Nakamura to HBO Documentary Films president Sheila Nevins to futurist Ray Kurzweil, we can attest that creativity is alive and well in 2010.

Mastering Your Elevator Pitch (Inc.)
What exactly do you do, and why should I care? Here’s how to tell it shorter and smarter.

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