Every time a new disastrous report comes out about the current salmonella outbreak, I think of all of the food businesses that are in the unenviable situation that they can’t trace the sales of specific items to their specific customers. In other words, “Where’s the peanut!“
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Maybe It’s Time to Look Ahead
Posted by kparker on February 12th, 2009
Posted in: Business Management Tags: Business, Conventional wisdom, Craig Barrett, Investment, Small business
By now everyone that hasn’t been hiding behind the moon has heard the various “experts” tell the world how gloomy the business climate is. Undoubtedly we are collectively in tough times. I have been reading, however, some comments by thinking businessmen that are pushing the concept that this is the perfect time to invest.
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