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Today's society is weighed down by partisanship and self interests, said business leaders at Elmhurst College's forum on Jobs, Education and the Economy Wednesday at Drury Lane.
Economic growth is too slow, unemployment is too high and the country is too divided by self interests, say experts in business. On the heels of new report that states the U.S. economy actually shrunk in the fourth quarter of 2012, four titans of business on Wednesday tackled questions related to how we got here and what needs to be done to improve the economy. Jobs, Education and the Economy, Elmhurst College's sixth annual Governmental Forum, featured panelists John Engler, former Michigan governor and president of The Business Roundtable; Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar chairman and CEO; Desiree Rogers, Johnson Publishing CEO; and Thomas Kloet, TMX Group CEO. Read more about the panelists here. 'The World is Starved for Leadership' The …
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12:35 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
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