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Daniel Hubbard, director of corporate communications at Schwab, which is America's leading online broker, created the club for employees at his company's San Francisco headquarters. He believes adventure racing will develop personal and team skills. He also hopes it will help his workers get to know one another better or meet for the first time, and will promote loyalty to the company. About 10 members of the club, a continuing Schwab endeavor, will later represent Schwab in a race Oct. 27 through Oct. 29. It will include some 30 corporations, so the program may also be used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: Am I Up To This? | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...seductive lead-in for this juicy collection of true tales. Bronson profiles the inventor who finances his idea by growing pot, the programmer who blows off a major project for a squirrel-hunting trip, the project manager who fantasizes about murdering a co-worker. Even the used-cubicle broker has his charms. As in his fictional satires, Bombardiers and The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, this clever storyteller keeps you laughing as you breeze from one episode to the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: High Times in the Valley | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...Procurement from Acme Chemicals wants to score a thousand pounds of polypropylene. In the old days, he'd have his broker pals ring up suppliers around the world until they found the best deal. Calls: 30 or 40, many international. Transaction time: one week. Cost: hundreds or thousands of dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next E-volution | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...much more important for you to understand. So much of the do-it-yourself financial revolution that has gripped this country is incredibly positive. The combination of cheap commissions and readily available information has empowered individuals to take better care of their finances, in many cases, than a broker or adviser ever could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'm Getting Fed Up | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

RATE-A-TRADE In online trading, speed is of the essence. The time it takes to get a stock can mean the difference between making a killing and getting killed. Now a new Web broker index at keynote.com tracks how long it takes to place buy orders. Industry leader E*Trade isn't faring too well, but it disputes the measuring tools and notes that it has scored well in other rankings. Still, E*Trade vows to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Money: Jun. 28, 1999 | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

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