David Glass
David Glass
David Dayne Glass is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He is currently the owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Kansas City Royals...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth2 September 1935
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purely because we will face more difficult comparisons resulting from last year's solid performance.
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We've made our share of mistakes and we've tried hard to correct them, but we've never covered them up, ... What we need to do much better is to get our story out about how we feel and how we really run our business.
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I was pleasantly surprised, and I could tell that they are genuine about wanting us in the coalition. The talks were very constructive and from the good atmosphere, we could tell that we will be able to reach an agreement soon.
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While we're trying to do the right thing by our customers and shareholders, we did nothing about our image. Therefore we've been vulnerable to attacks, ... I thought all we had to do was run our business and it would go away. But we already know the result of that.
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We are well positioned for the holiday season and look forward to continued double-digit growth in sales and, more importantly, earnings,
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from a convenience ? and cost standpoint will be very important.
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If we do our job well in telling our story, I think we'll be all right. People in Jackson County that are not sports fans need to understand what an economic generator for the entire city the sports complex is.
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My dreams of another perfect season went up in smoke yesterday. I still take comfort that we have 161 to go.
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The partnership between Missouri State University and IBM creates tremendous opportunities for both students and faculty alike. I applaud IBM's effort and commitment to advancing the study of technology in schools. I would encourage others to follow in their example of providing support to students who will be called upon to compete in an increasingly technology-driven, global workplace.
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We are excited about the earnings growth achieved in the first half of the year, but temper our enthusiasm for the second half purely because we face strong comparisons resulting from last year's solid performance.
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When major-league baseball came to Kansas City, Ewing Kauffman always said Joe deserved most of the credit for making that happen.
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It's one thing after another to get the pieces in place. We will hit challenges, and we will work through them.
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Deric, let's get this guy signed and playing somewhere.
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Each of our operating divisions reported increased operating income as a percent of sales and surpassed their own aggressive plans.