“I’m just a banker doing God’s work.”-- Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS) “Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.”-- Ge

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Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions wit

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As he travels the country, chatting with C-suite executives from a range of diverse industries, Joe Milano, the 37-year-old manager of the T. Rowe Price New America Growth Fund (PRWAX), hears a commo

Cable news networks have always ripped the headlines from newspapers to fill out their morning programs. Now one of them is hoping the information will flow in the opposite direction. CNN announced t