How to Get a Grip on Your "Hot Buttons"My hot buttonsHello from Intercom! I almost blogged about this article. Since I didn't, here are my hot buttons:-I get annoyed when someone makes a big deal out of a situation that I perceive to be minor.-I hate when superiors offer conflicting...
Since 2004 is an election year, and jobs are high on the top ten list, the outsourcing issue is again getting a lot press. Since 2004 is an election year, and jobs are high on the top ten list, the outsourcing issue is again getting...
This year's gubernatorial joust over jobs came into sharp relief last week when Guidant Corp. Chairman James M. Comelius breathed word the medical-device giant was looking for a plant site to house 2,000 employees. This year's gubernatorial joust over jobs came into sharp relief...
Secretary of Agriculture Anne Veneman touched a number of timely food related issues in an "Agriculture Day" speech last week ranging from food safety inspections to the Russian ban on U.S. poultry. Here are some highlights: Secretary of Agriculture Anne Veneman touched a number...
When Congress returns in late January for the second session of the 106th Congress, expectations for health care legislation are mixed. When Congress returns in late January for the second session of the 106th Congress, expectations for health care legislation are mixed.
The Patients' Bill of Rights will be the hot button health care reform issue when Washington lawmakers return later this month for the second session of the 106th Congress, insurance industry and employee benefits groups agree. The question is whe The Patients' Bill...
Byline: Tim Parry If General Motors could draw 2 million visitors to its showrooms in the middle of the winter for a chance to win a car, how many consumers could it draw if it ran the campaign in the springtime, and...
Although advanced services have dominated the headlines, cable executives shouldn't get the impression that old gripes about rising cable rates are on the wane. Not only has Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.) asked the General Accounting Office to s ...
If you give a standard - one size fits all presentation - on the faint hope that something you say will be relevant and hit a hot button, chances are your prospect won't be listening - or they'll be asleep by the time you do get to that hot button....
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, the Florida Gaming Summit will explore the issue of responsible gaming in a special session at the fourth annual event, October 6-7 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino here in Hollywood, Fla. As the high-profile expansion of...
WASHINGTON AFP — Want to know where Barack Obama and John McCain stand on abortion, health care, Iraq or any other hot button topic? Internet search giant Google has developed an experimental new tool which allows Web surfers to compare quotations from the US presidential candidates side by...
In Missouri and other states across the country, concerns about the "hot button" issue of illegal immigration appear to have no resolution in sight. That was about the only thing a divided panel could somewhat agree upon during a plenary session on the topic of immigration at...
Some of the state's movers and shakers of K-12 public education didn't mince words while discussing how to improve the future of education in Utah. Members of a panel addressed hot-button issues this past week, including local control, large school districts versus small, and the power of...
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Politics, family and business will be the converging topics of discussion at "Family Capital, Family Business and Free Enterprise," a first-ever national conference hosted by the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. Held at the school's downtown Minneapolis campus September 25-26, 2008...
Breaking Poll Shows Obama at Odds with Majority of Americans on Key Issues WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent statements by Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama put him squarely at odds with a majority of likely voters on three hot-button issues, according to a breaking ATI-News/Zogby poll....
WASHINGTON -- As summer winds down, Congress is lining up its autumn hearings. But airline mergers, the subject of four hearings this spring, are not among the hot-button issues scheduled for attention. With no more congressional reviews planned, conventional wisdom now holds that the proposed merger of...