The head of one City trading desk has decided not to discard his suit, for he feels that it gives him the authority to manage colleagues who are up to ten years his senior.

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In other words, the mayor discovered that there's room for personal growth behind Fiorello La Guardia's desk in city hall.

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Jenny Chen, a young woman who was vice president of an Internet start-up company, proudly showed me her office, where a model of Capitol Hill not the Forbidden City stood on her desk.

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The concierge desk at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City has even had guests use translation programs on the tablet, which helps bridge communication gaps, said chief concierge, Nick Zilber.

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Recently, when I checked-in at a New York City hotel, the manager was at the reception desk and I told him (I already knew his name through my Web explorations) the reason why I had made reservations was based on several previous hotel guests positive comments on the Traveladvisor Internet site.

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