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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town by Beth Macy
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Beth Macy

By the time Shirley retired, things in the American furniture industry were dire. By 2001, no production incentive could compete with dressers as cheap as the ones from Dalian. The ...
( Category: Industrial Relations August 1,2014 )
If You Have to Cry, Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-07-30 | Author:Kelly Cutrone

* * * EVERYTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER THIRTY People think their twenties are this really great time because that’s when they’re hot, but the truth is that we don’t even ...
( Category: Business July 31,2014 )
Innocent Spouse by Carol Ross Joynt
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-09 | Author:Carol Ross Joynt [Joynt, Carol Ross]

YOLANDE AND CHERIF were glued to the TV while I was glued to the wall phone in the kitchen. Eventually they excused themselves to go to bed. For me, the ...
( Category: Journalists June 6,2014 )
Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty by Daniel Schulman
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-20 | Author:Daniel Schulman [Schulman, Daniel]

At 3:09 p.m., in the dimly lit pipeline control center at Koch Industries’ Wichita headquarters, an alert flashed red on one of the six screens Danny Mills was monitoring. This ...
( Category: Business June 6,2014 )
#Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
epub |eng | 2014-05-06 | Author:Sophia Amoruso [Amoruso, Sophia]

Treat Your Thoughts Like Your Dollar Bills: Don’t Waste ’Em Though I believe in magic, I’m not hippy-dippy and I generally abhor people who are. I remember I had a ...
( Category: Business June 6,2014 )
World Changers by John A. Byrne
epub |eng | 2011-11-13 | Author:John A. Byrne

Reid, I’m sure it wasn’t smooth sailing. No start-up ever is. So what were some of the major hurdles you had to overcome? The first crisis was not unexpected but ...
( Category: Entrepreneurship June 6,2014 )
Hiltons : The True Story of an American Dynasty (9781455582358) by Taraborrelli J. Randy
epub |eng | 2014-03-31 | Author:Taraborrelli, J. Randy

PART NINE In His Father’s House Nicky Causing Problems The death of his mother saw Nicky Hilton plummet to the deepest, darkest pits of despair. Mary had been a great ...
( Category: Rich & Famous June 6,2014 )
Sons of Wichita : How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty (9781455579006) by Daniel Schulman
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-06 | Author:Daniel Schulman

At 3:09 p.m., in the dimly lit pipeline control center at Koch Industries’ Wichita headquarters, an alert flashed red on one of the six screens Danny Mills was monitoring. This ...
( Category: Business June 3,2014 )
Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin by Welch Chris
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-12-15 | Author:Welch, Chris [Welch, Chris]

There was more to come. “After I had finished the film, I’d gone on holiday to America, and left my nanny at home in London with my wife and little ...
( Category: Rock May 31,2014 )
Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Yunus Muhammad
mobi |eng | 2007-03-30 | Author:Yunus, Muhammad [Yunus, Muhammad]

After 1986, when Grameen made it clear to the World Bank that we would not let it tell us how to run our business, the bank decided to try to ...
( Category: Public Affairs & Administration May 31,2014 )
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
epub |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:Muhammad Yunus [Yunus, Muhammad]

After 1986, when Grameen made it clear to the World Bank that we would not let it tell us how to run our business, the bank decided to try to ...
( Category: Public Affairs & Administration May 31,2014 )
IWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon : How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It by Steve Wozniak & Gina Smith
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-10-31 | Author:Steve Wozniak & Gina Smith [Wozniak, Steve & Smith, Gina]

What Was the ARPANET? Short for the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, and developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, the ARPANET was the first operational packet-switching network that could ...
( Category: Business May 27,2014 )
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories From a Persuasive Man by Jerry Weintraub
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-04-06 | Author:Jerry Weintraub [Weintraub, Jerry]

Once I was established in the entertainment business, I began to see the possibility of shows everywhere. All life was theater and I wanted to put it on a stage ...
( Category: Actors & Entertainers May 27,2014 )
Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went From Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur by Ryan Blair
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-08-01 | Author:Ryan Blair [Blair, Ryan]

GET REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE Closely related to your tolerance for risk is your willingness to sacrifice. You need to be able to stomach a large amount of uncertainty in your daily ...
( Category: Business May 27,2014 )
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2008-09-01 | Author:Alice Schroeder [Schroeder, Alice]

45 Call the Tow Truck Omaha • 1982–1989 Once disembarked from the QE II, Susie Buffett listened to her husband’s tales of Mrs. B or whatever his latest fixation might ...
( Category: Business May 27,2014 )

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