The Administration should declare the U.S. firmly in favor of higher living standards abroad and use clearer tools to measure and evaluate progress.

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We will open up lines of communication, build an agenda, coordinate closely with our allies, and evaluate the potential for progress.

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It would reward and celebrate strong group or individual efforts in a way that let employees, managers, and HR see the ongoing path of progress, making it easier to evaluate what (and who) was working best.

FORBES: Hacking Work

Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, said next week the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank will visit Greece to evaluate the progress toward meeting the conditions to allow the next tranche of the 2010 aid program.

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