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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

VANCOUVER, Canada Population > 2.1 million Leading indicator > The world's most livable city, according to a Mercer survey Fast companies > Electronic Arts; Relic ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam Population > 5.1 million Leading indicator > More than 98% of children complete secondary education Fast companies > Jabil Circuit; YTL Holdings Ho ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden Population > 1.7 million Leading indicator > Europe's least-polluted major city, says Cushman & Wakefield Fast companies > Ericsson; H&M; clean ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

PORTLAND, Oregon Population > 2.5 million Leading indicator > With 125 projects and counting, Portland has the most structures certified by the U.S. Green Building Council Fast ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

RALEIGH-DURHAM, North Carolina Population > 1.6 million Leading indicator > Highest percentage of college grads aged 25 to 34 in the U.S. Fast companies > Red Hat; SAS ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

CHICAGO, Illinois Population > 9.5 million Leading indicator > Since 1999, the city has planted 2.5 million square feet of heat-reducing rooftop gardens, more than all other U.S. ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

BERLIN, Germany Population > 3.4 million Leading indicator > 14% of Berlin's population are immigrants, from 180 nations Fast companies > MTV Europe; IKV++ Technologies; Ronen ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

FORT COLLINS, Colorado Population > 276,000 Leading indicator > Generating patents at the rate of 11.45 a year per 10,000 people, nearly four times the U.S. city average Fast ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

SEOUL, South Korea Population > 9.6 million Leading indicator > No. 4 patent generator in the world Fast companies > Samsung Electronics; LG Electronics Seoul is South ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

TORONTO, Canada Population > 5.1 million Leading indicator > The city counts 100 different ethnic communities; 44% of residents are foreign-born Fast companies > Nortel; Four ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Population > 3.3 million Leading indicator > Foreign visitors to South Africa have more than doubled since 1994 Fast companies > Dimension Data; MTN; ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

SHANGHAI, China Population > 14.5 million Leading indicator > In the last decade, foreign investors have sunk $73 billion into Shanghai-based projects Fast companies > China ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

NEW YORK, New York Population > 18.8 million Leading indicator > Nation's highest per capita income in the urban core Fast companies > Viacom; JetBlue Airways; Goldman ...READ»

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2007 Fast Cities

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:35 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, California Population > 4.2 million Leading indicator > No. 1 in the world in scientist citations Fast companies > Lucasfilm; Wild Brain; and nearby, the whole ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50 47. Pricing Power Vic Richey CEO, ESCO Technologies Previous | Next Utility pricing is pretty opaque: You run the dishwasher and blast the AC, and at month's end a bill arrives. But what if ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 22. Clean City Peter Head Arup Previous | Next What looks like a sketch for a sunny Florida retirement community is actually a very early prototype of a plan to turn Dongtan, China, into the ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 5. Jurisprudent Judge John E. Jones III Previous | Next In late December, U.S. district judge John E. Jones III struck down a Dover, Pennsylvania, schoolboard policy that science teachers must inform ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 34. The Open IPO Bill Hambrecht Founder and co-CEO, WR Hambrecht + Co. Previous | Next For decades, Wall Street's ritual for bringing stocks to market was suspiciously cozy. Investment bankers ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 15. Monumentalists Roisin Heneghan and Shih-Fu Peng heneghan.peng Previous | Next The competition to build the Grand Museum of Egypt in Giza was the largest architectural contest in history, ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 31. Open-Source DNA George Church Personal Genome Project Previous | Next Unraveling the first human genome took 13 years and $3 billion. Within the next five years, scientists aim to have ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 20. Corn Star Charles Holliday DuPont Previous | Next DuPont CEO Charles Holliday has seen the future of the environment and it's . . . plastic. Not petrochemical-based plastic, mind you, but a ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 21. The Equalizer Bob Bowman MLB Advanced Media Previous | Next Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 MLB debut: November 2000 Quote: "Baseball goes with the Internet like mustard on a hot ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 49. Flockmeister Jonathan Bock Grace Hill Media Previous | Next Six years ago, Jonathan Bock was working in Warner Bros.' publicity department when he realized its latest release, The Green ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 42. Photoshop Jonathan Klein Getty Images Previous | Next Getty Images is perfecting the art of knowing what advertising, publishing, and media companies need even before they do--reading the ...READ»

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 8:34 PM

The 5th Annual Fast 50 39. Disaster Master Steve Adams Strategic National Stockpile Previous | Next "The worst-case scenarios are terrible and horrible, and many people would die." Welcome to the world of Steve Adams, ...READ»

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