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Susanne Hudson, 05/24/12

Sales Representative, Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited

A fast market, mostly a seller's market, can lead to multiple offers. Perhaps you've come through this type of offer scenario successfully and are now the proud owner of the home of your dreams! You are thrilled with your purchase but you realize that you did go well above the asking price. Was it too much?
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Rob Bennett, 05/24/12

Executive director, Portland Sustainability Institute (PoSI)

Even with the economy struggling to rebound and cities facing unprecedented pressure to do more with less, this year is shaping up to be a busy one for the green cities movement. And the timing couldn't be better.

Jerry Weissman, 05/24/12

Presentations coach

Consider the snapshot as boilerplate that is best left to the handout materials. If you still feel the need to include information about your company within the presentation, shift it to later in the deck, after you have shown them how well you understand them.

Conrad Black, 05/23/12

Historian, publisher, and author

There is no shortage of beleaguered and deluded Americans who see this rapid transition from collegiate vision, initiative and sharp business practice into great wealth as indicative of America's ineluctable will and vocation for economic prosperity.

Rana Florida, 05/24/12

CEO, The Creative Class Group

Insights about business can be gleaned from almost any good book -- whether it's a memoir by a professional athlete or a page-turning account of the ups and downs of a frenetic political campaign.

Jeffrey Rubin, 05/23/12

Former Chief Economist, CIBC World Markets

If a mea culpa is in order, its roots can be found in the decision to underplay the demand side of the equation. Oil prices plunged to $40 a barrel after economic growth collapsed, taking global oil demand along for the ride. And that same movie is about to play out again.

Anne Day, 05/24/12

Founder, Company of Women

I often see articles that I know would be of interest to someone else that I've met, or come across a lead that will be helpful, so I pass it on. It is an easy way to stay connected and it makes you memorable as someone who is genuinely interested in helping others.

Merran Smith, 05/22/12

Director, Energy Program Tides Canada

Canadians want their government to develop a national energy strategy that would protect the environment and help the country reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. That's the takeaway of a recent national poll published in Alberta Oil magazine. Alberta! Of all places!

Dax Hamman, 05/23/12

Chief Revenue Officer, Chango

No longer will we have to settle for the environment that someone else has chosen for us. Instead, we can simply switch it up with a mere thought or swipe of a virtual keypad and have it become more suited to our tastes. As the technology becomes more prevalent, major questions begin to form for society about the impact this has.

Michael Geist, 05/22/12

Law professor, columnist, author

Canada's telecom service providers, which include the major telecom carriers and Internet service providers, have remained strangely silent on the issue of Canada's proposed Internet surveillance. Documents obtained under the Access to Information Act offer a troubling explanation for this silence.

Diane Francis, 05/22/12

Editor-at-Large, The National Post

Quebec's unruly students are no different than the Greeks. Both have enjoyed free rides for years, both are being asked to pay their share of the tab and both are refusing to do so. The Greeks are going to fall behind the Romanians in living standards in short order while the students are making a fuss over a pittance. That makes the Quebec students, in a sense, even more irresponsible.

Andrew Pyle, 05/21/12

Wealth Advisor, Associate Portfolio Manager,ScotiaMcLeod

Unfortunately, the Facebook's IPO was not without its critics and the split opinion was evident in the initial trading volatility. Analysts estimate that for Facebook to mirror Google's performance, its market cap would have to rise to close to $1 trillion in the same eight year time period.

That's a pretty tall feat, given that even Apple only commands a market cap of half a trillion and it doesn't have to rely on advertising to turn a buck.

Gemma Godfrey, 05/18/12

Head of Investment Strategy, CNBC Contributor, Board Member, Quantum Physicist

As the euro zone crisis intensifies and global markets reflect investor concerns, we ask ourselves, is a Greek exit from the euro on its way? Preparations have already begun to protect shareholder interest.

Paul Barter, 05/17/12

VP of Research, T4G Limited

On the eve of the IPO, Facebook couldn't look more different from what we hoped it might someday be. The problem is that no one's happy: Customers are subjected to more and more ads, and the companies who created those ads aren't seeing much of a return on investment. But the IPO adds another wrinkle to the equation...

Robert Reich, 05/18/12

Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, 'Beyond Outrage'

Members of the Class of 2012, as a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you're picking up today. You're f*cked.

David J. Cross, 05/18/12

Former journalist; blogger, Movoto.com

The Facebook IPO will only add to the millionaires competing to buy a small number of homes, and it seems inevitable that prices will be driven up.

Tom Doctoroff, 05/18/12

CEO, JWT North Asia

China will not implode. Its road to superpower status will be bumpy, even rocky in parts, but the fundamentals of sustained macroeconomic expansion are in place and, for the large part, enduring. Here are 10 popular misconceptions about China.