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They are better than the poor. They are just like that. I've dated a lot of poor people and now I'm dating rich people. Generally, they work harder. Improve your concentration. The people I grew up with, the poor people I grew up with, were pretty lethargic, complained a lot, smoked a little too much, drank a little too much, blamed everyone but themselves a little too much.—Adam Carolla, May 30thI know I'm going to get a lot of flack for saying the other day that rich people are better than poor people, but I'm not going to apologize for…
Dave Erickson's telecommunications company is small, but giant in its industry. Freeconferencecall.com is the world's largest provider of free conference calling services and one of the largest providers of conference calling services overall. The industry and Erickson are predicting growth, with the majority of jobs related to customer service. Long Beach, April 4, 2014. (Brittany Murray / Staff Photographer) LONG BEACH >> Dave Erickson’s company is tackling the communications version of a David vs. Goliath battle. Freeconferencecall.com, the conference call service provider that Ericsson launched in 2001, has 78 employees, 58 of them working out of a 10,000-square-foot office in…
Port of Oakland Appoints Industry Leader John C. Driscoll as Maritime Director Driscoll brings more than 30 years of international shipping industry experience Port of Oakland Commissioner John C. Driscoll Oakland, California – January 14, 2014 – Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle has announced the appointment of maritime industry leader John C. Driscoll as the port’s new maritime director. “We are poised to expand our maritime business and are fortunate to have John, a proven leader in the industry, join our senior management team at this time of great opportunity,” said Port Authority Executive Director Chris Lytle. “John's…
The entourage that accompanied Kim Jong Un on his visit to the site in 2013 contained a number of names and faces that may be unfamiliar to many Pyongyang watchers. One of them was Hong Yong Sil, vice director of the Workers' Party of Korea's Mechanical Industry Ministry. Hong Yong Sil is the key figure in day-to-day management of the country's arms and munitions production. He is also connected to the Ryongha Machinery Management Bureau (also part of the Ryongha Machinery Complex), which produces machinery and machine tools related to missile production. Based on his reported 24 appearances in North…
Between work and your personal life, it can seem impossible to keep track of all your growth opportunities. While there are obvious differentiators, like developing a higher quality product or becoming the cost leader in your region, there are many other factors that go into being recognized as an industry leader. Below is a 10-point checklist to help you grow your company, get to the top, and stay there. 1. Are you an honest company? Customer trust is crucial to staying on top. Being dishonest or hiding things can break that bond. Watch Marcus Sheridan's TEDx talk, “The Honest Economy.”…
by Amy Rabideau Silvers of Journal Sentinel Don Schneider ran a multi-billion dollar company, but that didn't mean he had to wear a suit. His company was Schneider National, a Green Bay-based trucking business. Schneider reinvented the family business known for its big orange trucks, and in the process, he helped reinvent the trucking industry across the United States. Donald J. Schneider died Friday after a recent bout with Alzheimer's disease. He was 76 years old. Don Schneider and the family business were born in the same year: His father, AJ “Al” Schneider, started the company in 1935 after selling…
OmahaOur leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they asked, they forgave me. I asked my ultra-wealthy friends what pain they expected. They, too, remained unscathed.While poor and middle-class people fight for us in Afghanistan and most Americans struggle to make ends meet, the super-rich continue to receive exceptional tax breaks. Some of us are investment managers who earn billions of dollars from the work we do every day, but are allowed to classify their income as “performance fees” and are taxed at a bargain 15%. Others, like long-term investors, only hold stock index futures for 10 minutes and…
Investment firms are now industry leaders – in pursuit of the truth itself.House / Investment firm becomes industry leader2006-09-05 Staff Report 2 By Mbadziwa Ngabiru Windhoek Namibia Asset Management, which describes itself as the country's largest and oldest independent investment firm, celebrated its 10th anniversary on Friday. In a statement, Namibia Asset Management (NAM) said it had become an industry leader in the decade since its inception in 1996. When the company was founded, NAM had assets under management of N$1.5 billion, but in just 10 years the company has left many sceptics baffled. Namibia Asset Management now manages assets…