Andrew Ross
Andrew Ross
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By making these kinds of investments, we're making companies across Illinois more competitive. Because the business climate is so competitive, businesses have to be able to change and react.
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By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.' It changed the way we think about global business, competitiveness and the implication for far-flung economies, governments, education and more.
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In truth, Wall Street is in for a radical makeover. Fewer people, lower margins, lower risk, lower compensation - and ultimately, fewer talented people. It is likely to change the culture of an industry that for nearly a century has been the money center of the world.
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Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed the world, and others failed miserably.
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The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have beenpresented in the entire history of television."Andrew Ross
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The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television.
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These are projects that preceded this administration, ... Many were partially paid. And we're (now) in a position to meet those commitments.
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You can have two family members disrupt everything that's going on, but you can have 15 who are well behaved, and it's no problem at all.
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We put all our money in this. It's a very entrepreneurial decision.
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There is always room for improvement, and we certainly take the auditor general's analysis to heart.
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Too many of these projects were promised money without the money to cover the cost of them.
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But the other choice was to do something radically different.
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It will allow consumers to spend money on other things, which helps the economy. It will reduce pollution and create a cleaner environment, which are all a good indication of why Gov. Blagojevich believes this will benefit everyone, not just people who buy fuel efficient cars.
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There's always room to do better. We're going to use these recommendations to make our agency even more effective.