The coal industry is a good example of how managements get carried away in the up cycle, committing serious money to new mine development and buying sizable coal operators at premium prices, further leveraging their capital structure.
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Teri Cettina, a mom of two, admits that most of her "mine" money goes for coffee and haircuts.
The two set up a hospital for mine workers after raising money from the community - the Shaheed Hospital in Dallirajhara is still cited as an example of a pioneering health initiative in India for the poor.
With smart money betting there's a gold mine in solving energy and climate solutions, smart politicians are betting a gold rush will naturally follow.
There was only sporadic mine-removal work, for little money, in some of the world's most unstable places: Mali, Chad, and Iraq.
For newcomers to the ways of Berkshire, Buffett gives a fascinating explanation (a defense really) for why he holds on to and often re-invests in money-losing investments in his portfolio (emphasis mine).
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Today, the big money in IT spending increasingly lies in tools to mine social media for product ideas, in mobile applications to enhance products, and in creating social interactions with customers to build brand loyalty.
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The seeming dissonance of money and progressive politics is captured by a friend of mine, a very successful entertainment lawyer.
After all, since the likes of Ashanti are, quite literally, sitting on a gold mine, surely they could simply deliver gold or borrow money on the back of their reserves?
But firms that make their money mining this planet say the Earth is one big, practically inexhaustible mine, with just as many unexplored corners as outer space.
While this is a large amount of money, these costs are perhaps one third less than the price of a new Canadian mine.
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When that didn't work, he used other people's money to buy a granite quarry in Texas, the rights to a near worthless tungsten mine in Nevada and a stake in a small discount brokerage in Long Island, N.
When that didn't work, he used other people's money to buy a granite quarry in Texas, the rights to a near worthless tungsten mine in Nevada and a stake in a small discount brokerage in Long Island, New York.
So changing our policies, reinvesting money into renewable energy's really going to be critical, particularly in a district like mine that is 350 days of sunshine every year.
It has always been a maxim of mine that you can learn a lot from other marketers, especially larger ones who clearly put money into marketing and research.
Just today, a colleague of mine referred me to a post by Glenn Llopis, titled Leadership Success is No Longer Measured by Money or Power.
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