Jackson had the wisdom to look at low-probability but high-consequence events that could rock his business.
The PAC also hit out at the Treasury acceptance of the Rock's business plan after nationalisation.
"The economy still faces powerful contractionary forces in the shape of widespread recession abroad, and at home falling house prices and stock markets, blunted monetary policy as banks constrain lending and rock-bottom business and consumer confidence, " says Andrew Smith, chief economist at KPMG.
In an office overlooking San Francisco Bay, Rock still looks at business plans, but his main interest, besides skiing with his wife in Aspen, is societal problems.
Jellinek says McKagan will dispense business advice based on his rock star experience and the courses he took at the Albers School of Business at Seattle University.
It's ironic that Anschutz is in the rock 'n' roll business at all.
Now the Olympic Park stages most of the city's big sporting events and rock concerts as well as business and education conventions.
In the US business leaders are rock stars, celebrities who are lionized and followed for their ability to make money (Sheldon Adelson, Sands Las Vegas), lead complex companies, (Lee Iacocca, Chrysler) inspire innovation ( Steve Jobs, Apple Computer) or even have shameless affairs (Jack Welch, General Electric).
Baldwin, who has contemplating reentering the film business full-time following his run on the successful NBC TV comedy series "30 Rock, " also finds the current film business daunting.
Unlike most banks, which get their money from customers making deposits into savings accounts, Northern Rock is built around its mortgage business.
He wound up at Warner Bros. after Ted Turner bought Castle Rock in 1984 and merged his business into Time Warner in 1996.
Larry Mullen Jr. adds a touch of humanity to the number of synthesized percussion and drum loops, and bassist Adam Clayton remains one of the most rock-solid players in the business.
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In November New York City-based Gordon Brothers Capital, an investment concern, stepped in and bought the business at what was apparently a rock-bottom price.
Reznor and Ross are among the famous rock and electronic musicians sweeping into the film business as young generations of filmmakers draw on the music that influenced them personally.
On May 4th, as almost its last act, the Little Rock grand jury indicted Susan McDougal, a business partner of the Clintons in the Whitewater venture, for criminal contempt and obstruction of justice.
Later, when I started looking for mentors in the business world, I marveled at modern day rock star businessmen.
For more than six years, Clinton and Gore have refused to rock any boat that might jeopardize the access of American business to Chinese markets.
It has also agreed not to close any branches and instead to increase their number "as the business' growth allows", and support Northern Rock's charitable foundation for a year.
These companies have demonstrated rock-solid commitments to serving communities in which they do business and are excellent places to put your money if you seek to make an impact with your investing dollars.
Although I was born in Los Angeles in 1942 my parents had moved there as part of the war effort, working in aircraft plants and raising poinsettias in greenhouses for the soldiers my family soon moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where my dad got into the grocery business.
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For every company that fails for business reasons, ten more fail because like so many rock bands, they are overwhelmed by the friction of conflicting agendas, personal animosities, and pervasive mistrust.
It was sheer good fortune, he always thought, that brought both Mr Rock and Mr Perkins into his life, and the luck of the business cycle that put him in the thick of the wildest industrial growth in modern American history.
While a large company like Ticketmaster dominates the upper end of the events spectrum rock concerts and sports games Eventbrite has found that there is a business in helping smaller events plan, promote and sell tickets.
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But not many people are rock legends with legions of fans, even after ten years away from the music business.
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"This new sanction at best represents a halfway house between the U.S. hawks and those in the U.S. who consider the stability of global markets should take precedence over punishing Iran and those who do business with it, " says Nigel Kushner, chief executive of Whale Rock Legal, a London law firm specializing in international trade and sanctions.
This business stucture makes sense for Battlestar, Saturday Night Live, and 30 Rock, all shows that do well in syndication, but what is the point of offering a show like Party Down, a half-hour comedy program produced by the Starz cable network, to viewers via a web stream through Netflix the same week that a new episode airs on TV?
When the Round Rock, Texas, company enjoyed good times, directors rarely challenged Mr. Dell on business strategy, said people familiar with board discussions.
Meanwhile, the manager of the Bell Rock hotel said a number of bookings have been cancelled and that was of concern as business "just ticked over" outside the tourism season.
Mining executives say that while they chuckle about the quirks of older geologists, they recognize the business value of their memory of previous exploratory work, their grasp of complex rock formations and their discipline in knowing how to meticulously chart new territory.
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Now that all of his alter-egos have settled down, he can finally get on with the business of being David Bowie auteur, bon vivant, and eternally, rock's most gorgeous space alien.
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