Shelby’s Two Counteroffers on Consumer Protection
Sen. Richard Shelby (R., Ala.) has offered two alternatives for new consumer-protection powers within the government. These contrast with a plan floated late last week by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) to create a Bureau of Financial Protection within Treasury to write rules and police consumer protection at banks.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: Ala., Chairman Christopher Dodd, Conn., deposit insurance fund, Mr. Shelby, protection, Sen. Richard Shelby
ISM Manufacturing Index Shows Impact of Snow
The details of Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing report offered an early look at how February?s snow storms affected the economy.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: index, institute for supply management
Vice Chairman Donald Kohn Retires, a Look at 40 Years at the Fed
The Federal Reserve announced the retirement of Vice Chairman Donald Kohn today. In April 2009, the Wall Street Journal's Jon Hilsenrath profiled Mr. Kohn and outlined his immense influence on central bank policy for more than 40 years. Some highlights from the article:
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: Chairman Paul Volcker, Fed
How to Sell More Without Even Trying
Selling more to existing customers is one of the easiest way to increase your sales and bottom-line profits.
Categories: Sales Blogger Tags: cheese, cheese board, how to sell more, Zig Ziglar
After the Tape: New Frugality? Not So Fast
A sharply higher U.S. household-savings rate was expected to be one of the lasting effects of the Great Recession, given the collapses in real estate and the stock market. But the adjustment has so far been tamer than expected.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: household savings rate, John Ryding, Mr. Ryding, rate, U.S.
Huxley on Results
"Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone." Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist and educator
Categories: All about sales Tags: Action, Conan, Focus, God, Henry, Huxley, Louis, Monty Python, quot, Quotes, Thomas, Thomas Henry Huxley