Like Siu and Snyder, many contestants found it relatively easy to complete the one-page summary and the business model canvas.

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Believe it or not, it is now possible to earn yields of 6% or more, making relatively safe loans to complete strangers.

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Korean society, though still relatively young today, has to complete its march to affluence while also setting aside for a day--around the year 2050--when barely one worker will support each retiree.

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In Malaysia, the government's economic advisory body, the National Economic Aid Council, said Calpers was a relatively new investor in the region, and might not have complete insight into the value of emerging markets in East Asia.

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