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Are Activists Good or Bad for Investors? Author Jeff Gramm on His New Book, Dear Chairman

2016-03-01 23:02:35| IT Services - Topix.net

In the interest of General Motors, you are going to have to stop treating me as a problem and accept me as The author of that 1985 letter, Ross Perot, would soon lose two of those qualifications and add some more experience to the third as he would be forced out by management in what the New York Times called " the business world equivalent of a pit-bull match ." In that same letter, Perot told General Motors Chairman/CEO Roger Smith that he appeared bored in a meeting, did not let other people talk, and that he had an intimidating style that "stifles candid, upward communication."

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Author Pens Children's Book to Help Young Children Understand Black Lives Matter

2015-12-10 00:07:37| Footwear - Topix.net

Executive Director of Fathers Incorporated; Kenneth Braswell is no stranger to finding ways to help his community address sensitive subjects. His professional career is currently grounded in running his 11 year old not-for-profit in an effort to build the capacity of fathers to be build stronger families.

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'Freakonomics' author Steven Levitt got a bunch of college...

2015-10-13 03:49:55| Real Estate - Topix.net

Steven Levitt, one of the authors of the best-selling "Freakonomics" book, has set his sights on a number of cheaters, including Chicago public-school teachers and real-estate agents. In a new study published by Levitt, of the University of Chicago, and Ming-Jen Lin of the National Taiwan University, the economist was called in by a professor of a "top American university" after two students came forward to complain about cheating.

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A Train Trip Through History a " Excursion takes author to Midwest

2015-10-03 19:59:32| Railroads - Topix.net

The Chief had engine trouble in the desert, so author Lois Herr's Kansas City boarding was delayed as the Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight engine pulled the passenger train into the station. For their 1923 train journey, my mother, Kathryn, and her grandmother, Rebecca, planned two Oklahoma visits - one to Millers and one to Carl, a young preacher who very much wanted Kathryn to be his wife.

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