Ken Stern
Ken Stern
Ken Stern is President of Palisades Media Ventures and the author of With Charity for All. He is a former Chief Executive Officer of National Public Radio...
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Most people's concerns are what I call the 'Three C's': crime, climate and cost of living.
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On the one hand, the cost of raw materials and energy are going up, and on the other hand customers like Wal-Mart and GE ... are reluctant to accept price increases.
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We need to do a lot more saving and investing on our own,
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We would never use it as our only book in the library, but it's a great way to start.
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Factually, they did fine. But there's a big difference between the facts and the ability of Americans ... to digest the facts. Sometimes the facts cause indigestion.
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Ineos has a true financial buyer's perspective, ... They are very, very much focused on maintaining a low cost of production and squeezing the last fraction of a penny out of not just production but marketing and customer relations.
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In an environment where capacity is constrained and demand continues pretty much unabated, that's a formula for significantly higher prices,
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I'm not so sure holiday bonuses for employees are very high on Ineos' list,
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The world is becoming a smaller place every day with mobile phones and airlines, so it's an exciting new adventure
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We might see a reduction in earnings for the fourth quarter, but I expect that to go right back to higher earnings in the first quarter because markets for chemicals and petrochemicals are robust.
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Everybody knows everything about everyone else. They're all gossips. If you're a private person, there's not as much privacy.
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Diversification of supply is a critical component of the natural gas equation. There is no question that Europe and European gas supply security are highly dependent on supplies of natural gas from Russia.
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I would say two weeks is on the short side . . . more likely three or possibly four, based on our experience.
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Retirement the way we know it is changing dramatically,