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Pay-at-the-Pump - Your Man Was There When the Idea Was Born

Building Personal Strength

And, oh yeah - the price of gas. 2005 photo by Derek Jensen But in a way, paying for gas is less painful than it used to be. Back then I'd occasionally contract as an adjunct trainer for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). Copyright 2011. I've done this countless times, so I pretty much do it without thinking.

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Healthcare Mergers: An Emerging Crisis | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

When insurers or health care providers have to battle one another to attract customers, they must differentiate themselves by charging lower prices or providing better service. But if an insurer dominates a marketplace, it can raise prices and lower service standards with impunity. In 2005, TheraMatrix contracted with Ford Motor Co.

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How Passion Can Revolutionize Digital Technology, AND Change The.

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full How Passion Can Revolutionize Digital Technology, AND Change The World: A Video Every Leader Must See by Starbucker on August 29, 2010 In early 1997, its stock price was $4. Not to mention that $240 share price.

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What the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Looks Like in Practice

Harvard Business Review

The cost of solar and wind are falling rapidly ; in fact, a few days before the new EPA announcement, Xcel Energy, which provides power to the American heartland, revealed that it was acquiring extensive wind and solar assets, “all at prices below fossil fuel alternatives.” California is also delivering some big results.

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What Employers Can Do to Accelerate Health Care Reform

Harvard Business Review

To move from a reactive posture to a proactive leadership position in driving health care reform, large employers have a lever at their fingertips that they have not often deployed in procuring health care: their purchasing power. Providers and health plans are service suppliers paid by employers. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

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Jamie Dimon’s Pay Raise Sends Mixed Signals on Culture and Accountability

Harvard Business Review

Dimon’s raise obviously has special resonance because JP Morgan’s legal woes were one of the top business stories last year as it agreed to $20 billion in payments to settle a variety of cases involving the bank’s conduct since 2005 when Dimon became JPM CEO. The bank earned about $18 billion, down from $21 billion the year before.