Business meal blunders to avoid says etiquette expert
Barbara Pachter warns professionals to avoid indecisive order delays messy meals taking others bread or drinks drinking too much alcohol and fighting over the check. The host pays the bill in business meals and Pachter’s Competitive Edge offers more tips for professionals.
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Competitive Edge
Ants show new way to boost company production
Bios Group of Santa Fe uses a branch of managerial science and an ant based mathematical formula to design corporate strategy. Founder Stuart Kauffman notes ants favor the closest food source and leave pheromone trails guiding others, a principle applied to optimize production time.
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Name that company Motley Fool launched in 1963
Motley Fool explains a company started in 1963 with 5000 dollars that grew into the largest direct seller of skin care in the United States with over 1 billion in annual sales. Its independent sales force exceeds 750000 across about 35 countries. The founder follows the Golden Rule emphasizing God family and career. It holds about 17 percent of men’s skin care market and top sellers travel in a branded manner.
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Bruce Springsteen
Natural gas price spike tests buyers and policy makers
Prices for natural gas soared to as much as five times the level of 18 months ago, squeezing households and industries. Analysts debate profits, supply, and possible government controls while the Bush energy plan focuses on expanding production and pipelines. prices have begun to fall but remain well above 1999 levels.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Paul MacAvoy
Yale
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American Gas Assa
California
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Redland Brick Inc
Williamsport
James Vinke
Energy Information Administration
Joe Lee
Randy Morphes
Calpine
Yuba City
Calif
Robert Bayless
Denver
Why stock market resists Fed rate cut after big cut
Investors remain in a gloom after $4 trillion in stock losses. They favor safe funds over stocks as lower rates lift debt costs and profits only if earnings rise. Traders chase quick moves, but long-term investors wait for clear earnings gains before bidding prices up.
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Lipper Inc
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