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- 1011: The 1920's
- ... industry needed help. Within months of the Great Crash of 1929, industry demanded protection. They got it in the form of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act of 1930. By imposing a stiff tariff on imports, business theorized that the tariff would protect American business weakened by the market's loss of liquidity, ie., no cash. A staggering European market could not absorb its own productivity, much less that exported to it from the United States. Furthermore, some European governments ... period between 1919 and 1929, some 1,200 mergers swallowed up more than 6,000 previously independent companies. By 1929, some 200 corporations controlled almost 50 percent of all American industry. As usual banks financed business expansion, but they also financed land speculation. In the general frenzy of the Roaring '20s, banks acquired some bad habits. Management was often corrupt, made too many loans without security, particularly to companies in ...
- 1012: The Aviary, the Aquarium, and Eschatology
- ... encouraged to be so distracted by the trees that they fail to see the forest. This cacophony by people looking for truth in all the strangest places provides an excellent cover for the deadly serious business of clearing the decks and battening down the hatches for the eschaton event. It is like a Manhattan Project going on behind the scenes of alien grays and praying mantises having sex with humans. However ... link the pieces into a critical mass of awareness. This last step is now underway. This is how an Aviary helps to spawn an Aquarium, and how birds learn to swim. The Aquarium is our business, and we are working to reach people who are ready to be activated in the consciousness revolution." I was intrigued after reading the "Aquarium Memo" because it implied that the authors had cultivated sources within ... technologies are being developed, specifically under the guise of "non-lethal" weapons research, such as that headed by John Alexander. Smith says, point-blank, that this technology is nothing less than "black magic." Supposedly, this business is taken so seriously at upper echelons that the Secret Service retrieved all of the bloody bandages discarded after Ronald Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt, lest the president's blood be used ...
- 1013: In Search Of Excellence
- ... Dana has fewer than 100 people in its headquarters. Ford, on the other hand, has 17 layers of management, while Toyota has five. A key is that excellent companies focus on only a few key business values and objectives. This lets everyone know what's important. When Dana got a new CEO, he threw out over 22" of policy manuals and replaced them with a one-page statement focusing on the ... are. Dominant beliefs include importance of people as individuals, belief in superior quality and service, innovation, and informality. Stick to the Knitting The companies studied in the book believe that you should never acquire a business you don't know how to run, but stay close to the business you know. Related diversification pays off best, as unrelated diversification is frequently not profitable. Virtually all growth has been internally generated for these companies. They do acquire, but only in small increments, and are ...
- 1014: Plight Of The Wingfields (the
- ... by virtue of her innate inability to walk, is shy and detaches herself from the unfeeling modern world. Amanda tries every means to integrate her into society, but to no avail. She sends her to business school and invites a gentleman caller to dinner. She is both unable to cope with the contemporary world s mechanization represented by the speed test in typing and unable to make new acquaintances or friends ... inundated with memories. Whenever the outside world threatens Laura, she seeks solace and retreats to her glass animal world and old phonograph records. Amanda, her mother hints at the alternative of matrimony for fiasco in business careers and Laura utters a startled, doubtful laugh. She reaches quickly for a piece of glass. (Williams, ). The glass menagerie becomes her tactile consolation. The little glass ornaments represent Laura s self and characterize her ... Just as Jim is clumsy in Laura s world, Laura is clumsy in Jim s world, as she slips and falls on the fire escape and in another instance, throws up on the floor at Business School. Laura s irrational fear of the outside explains why she cannot successfully enter the outside world. The major characters in this play are so warped and their lives so distorted and perverted by ...
- 1015: The Jungle
- ... love is reduced to mere bestiality; the tender aspects of marriage and the raising of children are harshly overshadowed by the agonies of the economic struggle; and indeed, marriage itself becomes an economic trap. Big Business has complete control of, but no responsibility for, the well-being of the masses. Big Business ultimately, deviously, controls government and the courts for its own benefit. In order to foster its corruption of politics, Big Business needs and thrives on crime and ultimately works in alliance with the criminal world. Capitalist democracy is therefore a fraud, a contradiction in terms. There can be no true democracy in a society controlled ...
- 1016: Judges
- ... his company, Walker Brothers Quarries, had sued CTV for libel. WBQ was a family operation that had been in operation for several decades now, and for the past ten years or so most of their business consisted of disposing industrial waste. In the spring of 1980, W5, the investigative program on the CTV network, got some news that Walker Brothers was lax, or even illegal, in its methods it used for ... responded that they might give the plaintiff something, maybe twenty five thousand dollars, no more, because he was libelled and because W5 didn't really seem to have cost the company any appreciable loss of business. The next day, the jury handed the court clerk its decision, on two pieces of paper, which was handed to the judge. The judge studied it for a moment, and was tempted to tell the ... million dollars. And, finally, it shows how competing with another TV show for your own gain, and hurting someone else to gain that, can hurt you even more. A judge: The toughest job in the business. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. JUDGES, Batten, Jack. Macmillan of Canada, 1986. Printed in Canada. ??
- 1017: Computer Engineering
- ... make more money (Blair, Interview). There is room for incredible advancements in the computer industry. There are big opportunities and big money to be made by a computer engineer who lives and breathes a computer business passion. And to succeed in this business takes that kind of passion because the technology is changing by the hour (Johnson, Interview). A computer engineer is always on on the cutting edge of technology. Constant change makes computer engineering a demanding line ... Where To Find Tomorrow’s High-Tech Jobs Today. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984. D’Angelo, Laura. “Jump Start Jobs.” Futures Spring 1999: 49-58. Gates, Bill. “Bill Gates’ New Rules.” (From Business @ The Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System, by Bill Gates. Copyright 1999 by William H. Gates III.). Time 22 Mar. 1999: 72-84. Johnson, Warren. Phone interview. 14 Mar. 1999. Laurance, Robert. ...
- 1018: Death Of A Salesman
- ... him led him to ruin. The next largest flaw in society is a lack of compassion. This could be as a result of overwhelming greed. The main culprit or cause of this flaw is big business. “I’m always in a race with the junkyard! I just finished paying for the car and it’s on it last legs. The refrigerator consumes belts like a goddam maniac. They time those things.” (Act 2, Page __, lines 16-19) It was Willy’s belief in this statement that drew him to believe that big business lacked compassion. It is this flaw that allowed him to die a slow death and which played the greatest role in his eventual downfall. The third and largest flaw in society is the lack of ... discussion between Willy and Linda. Willy is depressed about his inability to make enough money to support his family, his looks, his personality, and the success of his friend and neighbor, charley. “My God if business doesn’t pick up, I don’t know what I’m gonna do!” is the comment made by Willy after Linda figures out the difference between the family’s income and their expences. Before ...
- 1019: Death Of A Salesman
- ... unknown identity. From the very beginning of his life, Willy Loman experienced problems with his popularity and personality. His last name is a pun on a "low man." He is at the bottom of the business world as an unsuccessful salesman. In addition, his theories on life and society prove to be very degrading, not to mention influential to his mind set every day. Willy believes that being well-liked and ... arrived, Willy spent a lot of time, just brainstorming how to make his life what he wanted it to be. Putting his family aside, Willy committed a terrible sin. In Boston, during one of his business trips, Willy cheated on his wife. He met a woman who would be very cheap for an evening, and as a boost of confidence, Willy spent the night with this low-class woman. Unfortunately, his ... not worth the happiness of his son's. And his life was definitely not worth the sacrifice that he made for them his entire life. Willy Loman died still unsure of his status in the business world. He wanted success and money, but at the age of sixty-one, he realized that these goals would never be reached. His identity was lost and his presence on earth unknown. Willy Loman ...
- 1020: History and Reading of Tarot Cards
- ... Ace Peace of mind, professional success Two Opposition from friends or associates Three Long engagement, and then a fast wedding Four Failure of project, due to friends Five Marriage with a wealthy woman Six Profitable business in partnership Seven Good fortune, beware of opposite sex Eight Someone will use money not his own Nine Disputes with friends, bad quarrels Ten Unexpected good fortune with bad loss Valet, Knave, or Jack A ... and faithful Swords, Spades: Ace Misfortune, bad news, tidings of death Two Change, removal, loss of home, division Three Journey, bad things in love or marriage Four Sickness, minor misfortunes delay project Five Success in business, harmony in partners Six Use perseverance to make your plans work Seven Quarrels with friends, bad things Eight Be cautious, friends might turn be rivals Nine All kinds of unhappiness in all things Ten Grief ... rides everything Coins, Pentacles, Diamonds: Ace Important message, or a valuable gift Two A great love affair, opposed by friends Three Quarrels, domestic disagreements Four Unhappiness from bad friends, betrayal Five Unexpected news; may be business success Six Early marriage; early end. Bad for a 2nd Seven Lies, rumours, unlucky gambler, criticism Eight Marriage late in life, a journey, or both Nine Taste for adventure, travel, changes Ten Money as ...
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