Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Amazon plans to lay off thousands of corporate employees in coming days. This second major round of Amazon layoffs since October would bring the ...
Cesar Carvalho worked at McKinsey from 2010 to 2012. Pascal Perich/© Pascal Perich Cesar Carvalho left a consulting job at McKinsey to launch Wellhub, a wellness startup. 14 years later, Wellhub is ch...
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