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Those salesmen who already had outside addresses do have a legitimate quarrel. They can argue, and rightly, that the University’s Solicitation Committee should not withdraw or withhold their right to sell in dormitories simply because they have not joined a firm which offers them no particular benefits. It seems clear that such “join-or-lose-your-franchise” threats have been at least implied, if not explicitly stated...
...exposing MMA to kids who are channel surfing, the network, and advertisers like Burger King and Miller, are risking a backlash. "Anyone who thinks CBS will not come out of this with some kind of black eye is fooling themselves," says Marc Ganis, president of SportCorp, a consulting firm. "Just wait for the first news report about two eight-year-olds that went after each other because of something they watched on CBS. It's going to happen." Kahl scoffs at such fears. "I find that statements like this come from ignorance, from a snapshot of what the sport...
...from foreign aid. The prospect of a tourism boom coupled with the start of domestic oil production offers the tantalizing possibility of a more independent way forward. With foreign aid, "you'll always be living according to somebody else's rules," says Rithivit Tep, director of the private-equity firm that owns Kep's Thomas villa and development rights to two islands. "We have wasted a lot of time...
Likewise, Nasser al-Shaikh, chairman of Amlak Finance, the largest publicly owned Islamic finance firm in the United Arab Emirates, spoke of the need to unlock the Gulf's human potential by improving education and training, and luring more skilled workers from overseas. The region's ambitions are vast - from the new economic cities being planned in Saudi Arabia to the huge construction projects rising up in Dubai to the renewable energy research being funded in Abu Dhabi. "But can we attract the talent to execute the projects we have in mind?" asked al-Shaikh...
...dyes, how we dress at the office has consequences. Bottom line: your appearance can keep you from getting hired--or even get you fired. "Legally, an employer has every right in most cases to regulate how a worker looks," says attorney James McDonald, senior partner at employment law firm Fisher & Phillips. Clothes can also hamstring careers. Barbara Pachter, a top business-etiquette coach, boils it down to fit (avoid too-short skirts or too-tight anything), accessories (particularly footwear), color (when in doubt, go with darks) and style (when in doubt, dress like the boss). The No. 1 mistake: looking...