Roles of chairman CEO and president in a company
The board of directors oversees management and is elected by shareholders. The chairman holds the top position and mediates with the CEO on strategy. The CEO runs the company focusing on big picture goals, while the COO handles daily operations. Presidents and senior executives report under the CEO, with some individuals holding multiple titles.
Teens and money risks with cell phones and cards
The piece notes rising teen cell phone ownership and high credit card use among 18 to 20 year olds, highlighting debt risks. It promotes prepaid card plans like Virgin Mobile as a way to manage expenses, urging parents to supervise spending and credit education.
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Name That Company and Foolish Investment Lessons
The prompt recounts a company history beginning in 1933 with Veron Rudolph, now a Winston-Salem based chain with over 360 stores in 44 states and more than 750 million doughnuts annually. It highlights corporate shifts: Beatrice Foods 1976, franchisee-led independence in 1982, IPO in 2000, plus a mention of Circuit City as a stock example from Good to Great. It invites readers to submit investment lessons and personal anecdotes in under 100 words for a Fool’s contest.
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Veron Rudolph
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N.C
Beatrice Foods
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Circuit City
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Kraft Foods reshapes snack health strategy with packaging shift
Kraft Foods plans to keep larger snack bags and provide nutritional data for entire packages rather than single servings. The change expands portion controlled options while maintaining bigger formats, aiming to improve health credibility and inform consumer choices amid obesity coverage.
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Kraft
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Trivia answer riddle hints at a large retail chain
The reader is asked to identify a leading store group with 300 plus department stores across many states, listing brands such as Pan American, Profits, MicRae's, Younkers, Herbengers, Carson Pirie Scott, Bergners, Boston Store, and Club Libby Lu spaces, claiming top market positions and annual sales growth. The prompt invites letters to the Fool column for questions and trivia entries.
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Ncude Pansan
Profits
MicRae’s
Younkers
Herbengers
Carson Pirie Scott
Bergners
Boston
Se Cena
Manhattan Acres
Sales Inc
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Public utility digs up Enron tapes in big money fight
Snohomish County Public Utility District spent 100000 to obtain hours of Enron trader conversations. The district argues Enron profits totaled 1.1 billion with contracts risked by illegal practices. Nevada Power and other agencies seek up to 2 billion in lossy profits while FERC sits on the case.
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Seattle
Enron
Snohomish County
California
West
Nevada
Snobermish
Roger Berliner
Nevada Power
Houston
Snohomish
Eric Christensen
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
Colorado River Commission
Berliner
Bloomba Emerges as Home Power User Email Alternative
The piece weighs Bloomba against Outlook and other tools for home users and small businesses. It highlights faster search and organization in Bloomba, strong spam filtering, and virus resistance, while noting Outlook’s integration with Office and corporate back end features.
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Outlook
Bloomba
Bloom
Maurene Caplan Gray
Gartner
Smart phones face new worm threat via short range link
A tech security warning notes that mobile phones running PC like power could host worms such as Cabir that spread over short range wireless. Experts caution future bugs could delete data, incur charges, and access corporate networks, with the risk growing as phones sync with PCs.
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Symantec Corp
Cupertino
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