Newell Rubbermaid question answer riddle
A global firm based in Freeport Illinois with about 50 000 employees and 7 billion dollars in sales. It includes brands Sharpie Paper Mate Parker Waterman Rubbermaid and Little Tikes among others. Formed by two merged curtain rod and balloon makers. Wal Mart is its largest customer. Known as a top home products brand in 2001 under the slogan how life gets organized.
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Sharpie
Paper Mate
Parker
Waterman
Rubbermaid
Blue Ice
Calphalon
Little Tikes
Grace
Levelor
Kirsch
Shur-Line
Eldon
Freeport
Ill
Wal-Mart
Newell Rubbermaid
Diversified investing advice from The Fool Readers
Joe F Carlton of Eagleville Tennessee shares a retired worker’s split between Ford stock and other funds. The Fool Responds notes many investors concentrate too much in one company and cites Enron lessons. It mentions lawmakers seeking guidance and greater diversification and suggests eight to fifteen individual stock holdings.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
Joe F. Carlton
Eagleville
Tenn
Washington
Amazon posts solid Q1 results amid overseas gains
Amazon.com reports a 2 percent year over year sales rise and a narrowed 23 million net loss for the quarter, down from 234 million prior year. For 2002, pro forma operating profits are seen above 100 million, with revenue at least 15 percent higher. Overseas growth drives most gains, with Europe up 45 percent to about 7 million customers and Britain and Germany turning profits.
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Amazon.com
Amazon
Britain
Germany
France
Japan
Borders
Emergency planning for cash reserves and options
A concise guide compares traditional and unconventional places to stash emergency funds. It cautions against stock market and bank savings for short term needs, favors money market funds and short term CDs, and suggests careful use of credit cards, loans, margin, home equity loans, or 401(k) borrowing with risk awareness. It ends by directing readers to Fool.com for more on short term savings.
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Fool.com
COLI policies on workers face scrutiny and reforms
The practice of employer life insurance on workers, COLI, expanded since the 1980s with tax-advantaged gains and income tax benefits. Critics claim lack of worker consent, while proponents cite cost relief for rising benefits. Lawsuits press for notification and possible reforms by federal and state lawmakers.
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Congress
Cast Management Consultants Inc
Los Angeles
George Braunegg
Life Companies
American Council of Life Insurers
Herb Perone
Georgia
Mike Myers
Houston
Gallan
Myers
Coli
Gene Greene
D-Tex
Acli Insurance Industry
Jeff Bingaman
D-N.m
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Tom Pena
Harlingen
Tex
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CM Holdings
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Jude McCartin
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