“…To that end, Invest Like an Institution shows how to build a portfolio that is every bit as diversified and risk-controlled as a multi-billion-dollar institutional fund—and a portfolio more likely to result in a happy, financially secure retirement. …”

“…The Center of Competency in IBM's Silicon Valley Lab will be the first of several to open in the next year as part of IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Samuel J. Palmisano's $10 billion commitment for research, acquisitions, marketing and training centers devoted to e-business on demand. …”

“…The Chinese healthcare system has had significant improvements, however, this nation of 1.4 billion continues to faces challenges towards stroke treatment. …”

“…In the automobile industry, this takes many years and costs billions. The rapid development of an unusual company emerging from the RWTH Aachen University and now part of Deutsche Post DHL demonstrates how a radically different innovative thinking leads to affordable functionality, It is an e-mobile success story about a vehicle that is customized, economic, ecological, flexible, safe, and reliable. …”

“…Environmental genomics, popularized by the metagenome concept, can generate billions of DNA sequences from a given environment furnishing a comparative assessment of a community in situ. …”

“…Still, brands, businesses, advertisers and marketers have for the most part turned a blind eye to this particular quake, now worth more than $300 billion globally. How this failure to recognize and reach the most important new consumer marketplace in history happened-and how to fix it-is the entire focus and purpose of the book"--…”

“…France, too, is not spared: 88 dead and 9 billion euros of damage for the storms of December 1999, nearly 15,000 deaths for the heat wave from 1 to 20 August 2003. …”

“…Current and future medical geology concerns include: dangerous levels of arsenic in drinking water in dozens of countries including the USA; mercury emissions from coal combustion and its bioaccumulation in the environment; the impacts of mercury and lead mobilizations in regions were artisanal gold mining is conducted; the residual health impacts of geologic processes such as volcanic emissions, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and geogenic dust; exposure to fibrous minerals such as asbestos and erionite; and the health impacts of global climate change. Billions of people, most in developing countries, are afflicted by these and other environmental health issues that can be avoided, prevented, mitigated or minimized through research and educational outreach. …”

“…network of peers and mentors eager to help his business thrive, grow and make millions, if not billions. You'd think entrepreneurship is thriving, and helping the United States maintain its economic power. …”

“…China in collaboration with Western AI & Tech Corporations is acquiring assets internationally that have cataloged over 6 billion people’s bio-metric information, connecting the military, police, national security apparatus, academia, government and the private sector. …”