Richard Holland, one of five volunteers who run the not-for-profit company, said not many swimming pools make a profit these days and it became clear they needed to diversify to attract more users and income.
In the final analysis, we ALL (myself included) have to diversify our skills to stay relevant.
And so, my advice to a gentleman like this would be to be cautious, to diversify and not to buy anything that you don't understand.
Dish, which reports its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday but has already disclosed its subscriber decline, is attempting to diversify into wireless to reduce its reliance on traditional TV.
Deals struck at the peak of the market comprise about a quarter of KKR's private-equity assets under management, while the company's efforts to diversify have yet to make much of an impact.
Furthermore, oil-dependent governments, facing a population boom and realizing that they need to diversify their economy to create jobs and wealth, are subsidizing the industrial sector to manufacture plastics, chemicals and aluminum, all energy-intensive goods.
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Obviously, Ron talked about some of the assistance we did to keep the supply base in place, but also to help suppliers think about how to diversify, how to get into new lines of business away from automobiles.
Look for this pattern to continue in 2013 as China continues to wean itself from the U.S. dollar and to diversify its holdings to include a larger basket of currencies, as well as hard assets in Europe, the United States, South America and Africa.
They should try to diversify their economies and to process more of their own raw materials.
For example, foreign stocks were once hailed as a way to diversify away from exposure to the U.S. economy.
To diversify, they go to investment companies who spread that risk out among equity fund managers, emerging market specialists, bond specialists and currency funds.
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The couple wanted to diversify and raise cash to fund their favorite environmental causes and his third startup, Broadlink Communications, which provides high-speed data connections over unlicensed frequencies.
So, today on the platform, individual investors can invest the same way that, for example, large institutions and endowments have learned to invest, which is to really diversify well, to be able to think about the appropriate risk levels that they want to incur, and to act in a consistent manner that allows them to not try to time the market, but grow with the market.
Even when Kodak decided to diversify, it took years to make its first acquisition.
First, the company is trying to diversify globally after a continuing to struggle this year in the domestic market.
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Now TeleTech is trying to diversify its revenues from responding to inbound customer calls, 90% of today's sales, to more back-office services.
Merc looks at energy futures trading as a way to diversify and add more volatility to its mix of products--traders love volatility and high daily volumes and so do the exchanges where they operate.
When the charity wanted to diversify, the public came in to take its shares.
Despite a will to diversify, it will be hard to attract new industry.
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Is Foxconn really trying to diversify its manufacturing base in response to higher wages and social criticism in the wake of the suicide scandals?
The Commission explains that the current context requires the creation of innovative business models in order to diversify the means of legal access to online contents.
As Staples and the like move to diversify their product offerings in order to give their patrons one-stop shopping, United Stationers stands to gain more business.
Labor laws crafted for a bygone era are curbed in the most progressively blue Massachusetts and Wisconsin, while big time employers such as Boeing diversify production to more corporate sympathetic southern climes.
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This last trend, that of gold as an alternate monetary asset, will be furthered by nations seeking to diversify their reserves as a reaction to a falling dollar with an uncertain future ahead of it.
So, seeking some kind of protection, we try to diversify, as our advisors tell us to.
The best strategy is simply to diversify your bond holdings while paying attention to the quality of what you are investing in.
Either way, just as you diversify your stock investments, be sure to diversify your individual bonds as well, particularly in you go below investment grade.
First, KKR, desperate to diversify, wants a currency with which to buy other firms (in a delicious twist the firm hopes to expand into public equities).
Azerbaijan is trying to cash in on the promise of vast energy riches, while Turkey is keen to diversify the sources of its gas supplies to lessen its dependence on Russia.
Neither has economic growth been accompanied by serious moves to diversify the economy - from exporting raw materials to developing industries that would boost employment.
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