Word: savvyness
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Says E. Peter Gillette Jr., vice chairman of Minneapolis' Norwest Corp.: "Perhaps the philosophy is an agrarian holdover-the populists against the pinstripers." Small banks in the West have discovered one innovative way to survive: by renting the name and services of Los Angeles-based First Interstate ($41 billion...
Long before an entrepreneur can go public, he needs the private help of venture capitalists, underwriters and assorted ground-floor investors. They are the dreammakers whose cash and advice can mean the difference between survival and collapse for a fledgling company. They often risk big money, but with luck and...
When Paul Thayer became Deputy Secretary of Defense a year ago, he brought a hard-nosed businessman's approach to the Pentagon bureaucracy. As chairman of both the LTV Corp., a Dallas-based energy, steel and aerospace conglomerate, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, he had complained about wasteful...
Day is particularly knowledgeable about petroleum stocks. In 1981, he had enough savvy to sell off energy shares from his portfolio before the oil glut drove down their value. Day, however, still has a huge personal stake in the industry. Through his mother, Willametta Keck Day, he is one of...
U2: War (Island). Righteous rock with social savvy, fierce as a street fight.