Elizabeth Warren: from "The Road We've Traveled" :: Averting Economic Disaster

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Americans Deliver Fishing Boats to Japan on First Anniversary of Tsunami

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Volkswagen to add 800 jobs at U.S. plant as auto sales strengthen

Volkswagen Group of America has announced plans to add 800 jobs at its factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., to increase production of its hot-selling Passat sedan.

The new positions will bring the total new jobs at the plant to about 1,000 this year and will push overall employment to 3,700, including positions offered by the automaker's contractors.

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Champions of Change :: Mentoring the Startup Entrepreneur: An Ancient Human Dance

What an incredible honor to be named a White House Champion of Change. In thinking about entrepreneurship and the importance of mentors to the process of creating and launching a company, I wanted to share a few thoughts that have profoundly affected my own journey as an entrepreneur and a mentor.

I’m a product of Mississippi. I was born in the rural, northeastern part of the state known as Booneville. Our family farm was about 15 miles outside the city limits. Gravel roads, soybean fields, small farmhouses, and a sizzling summer sun are some of the images that come to mind. I grew up on the same soil as my great grandfather,my grandfather, and my father. Our hardships were the salt of a true, all-American childhood, and I value that legacy.

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