Brian Sullivan
Brian Sullivan
Financial journalist and news anchor known for his work on CNBC's Power Lunch. He's also worked at Bloomberg Television and Fox Business Network.
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 July 1971
CityLos Angeles, CA
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The specific problem that I have experienced is loss of connectivity for long periods, ... I have been functioning off and on (currently off) over the last 24 hours.
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Figure out who is driving revenues and profits in the various business units, and get close to those people. Get an appreciation for what their priorities and problems are, and be willing to act as a sounding board. Once you become known outside your area, the board will hear about it, and begin to see you as someone who can handle more than what's on your plate right now.
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We will turn those around very quickly. We understand they need to put that money to work very quickly.
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The scale of the challenge means that everything is on the table.
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It would depend on how an indictment is structured and whether a civil remedy is pursued instead of a criminal remedy. It all just depends.
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Even if the allotment of money in the CDBG program stayed exactly the same, there are always more communities entering the system.
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Run for the hills if anyone asks you to inflate your income or deflate your debt.
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At the local level, to be able to say that you're doing better than you were, or you're not, is pretty important.
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It doesn't look as though Fauquier is part of any formal Continuum of Care.
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You can give somebody a one-time grant, but if you can cut their taxes each and every year, that's serious coin, potentially,
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We have the technology and we have a prototype. Right now, we're looking at different business models.
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To make it all work was a challenge. It was one of the most intensive civil engineering projects, in terms of residential housing, that I've ever been involved with. ... But it was intentional on our part, to create a human scale and to be environmentally sensitive. At the end of the day, it will be a great neighborhood where people really want to live.
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Get some air circulation going, get dehumidifiers going, the air conditioner, throw that carpet away, ... If water is coming through the roof, you've got to fix the roof. If you've got a burst pipe, call the plumber. You've got to stop the source of moisture.
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I bet people would be surprised to learn that they are closer to home ownership than they think.