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• Training: Blue-Chip Stock or Junk Bond?

Companies that can't measure results will continue to view training as an expense. To feel comfortable allocating money to training, and therefore viewing it as a prudent investment, new knowledge has to transfer into action, and even then it has to compute into measurable bottom-line results. An employee may be a great book study and may enjoy attending seminars, but if she isn't willing or doesn't know how to put her new skills into action, everyone suffers and the training appears to be a questionable investment. * The Daily Dose: E-mailing employees a "daily dose" of information is an efficient and effective way to spoon-feed employees smaller bits of information. For example: "Prepare for each call before you make it." "Did you know that call recipients can actually hear you smile?...

• Collector
• Vol. 74 Nbr. 10, May 2009

• Planting the $Eed

While brokers tempt investors with derivatives, hedge funds and collateralized debt obligations that are able to zip around the globe at lightening speed, venture capitalist Woody Tasch wants to see a return to a slow but steady gold standard with more long-term security than a blue chip stock. His plan? Invest in soil fertility.

• Portland Press Herald
• August 18, 2010

• Manor Drug Stores and all Other Users of Blue Chips Stamps Who Were Entitled But Failed To Purchase Stock of Blue Chip Stamps, on Behalf of Themselves and all Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Blue Chip Stamps, a Corporation, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees., 492 F.2d 136 (9th Cir. 1973)

J. J. Brandlin (argued), James E. Ryan (argued), Ray E. McAllister (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Thomas J. Ready (argued), ...

• Federal Circuits

• Bee Kind, Rewind

Bling! ricocheting around the world; before Jay-Z became not only Jigganational but hip-hop's Magna Carter; before 9-7-96 and 3-9-97 bodied the innocence of "Rapper's Delight"; before nine bullets and a hot mix tape parlayed itself into a blue-chip stock portfolio at Goldman Sachs. Who can forget him rocking the mic with Funky Four's Rodney C, or fashioning the letter "B" from a sprawl of cash on a hotel bed as he, Fab Five Freddy, and graffiti marvel Lee Quinones are about to have a love-in with three groupies from the club? "Busy remains the most magnetic performer in hip-hop," Ahearn says.

• Village Voice, The
• August 21, 2009

• Education and Training

As Carol Freeland and Gary Jensen highlighted in their May 2009 Collector article, "Training: Blue-Chip Stock or Junk Bond?", the recent recession has caused many agency managers to reexamine their investment in education. Now is not the time to reduce training, but rather to train smarter. I encourage you to visit http: //www. acainternational.org/education or e-mail CampusACA@acainternational.org for more information about how ACAs educational opportunities can bolster your company's training program. Existing products and association events are improved and refined thanks to member feedback. The programming at ACAs annual Fall Forum conference improves every year thanks to the input of members of the Asset Buyers Division and Health Care Section. Fall Forum 2009, which will be held i...

• Collector
• Vol. 75 Nbr. 3, October 2009

• Sinking Bp Shares Ignite Rift: ; Lawmakers Have Been Pushing British Prime Minister to Make Obama Dial Back Criticism

LONDON - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill risked turning into a trans- Atlantic diplomatic rift Thursday after U.S. threats to have BP fork out billions more for the disaster caused a precipitous slide in the blue-chip's stock, hurting retirement savings for millions of Britons. British lawmakers are even pushing Prime Minister David Cameron to get President Barack Obama to tone down his stinging criticism of the oil company, complaining that the hostile rhetoric will have severe implications for pensioners with nest eggs in the company.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• June 11, 2010

• Commentary: Rising Dividends Deserve a Closer Look

Editor's Note: "Building Wealth," a new column in the Daily Journal of Commerce, will offer a closer look at investment strategies. Since the advent of cable business news some 25 years ago, seldom has there been mention of dividends or their importance in building wealth. New product introductions and acquisitions are more newsworthy and probably better for ratings than the latest dividend increase of a blue-chip stock. But dividends have been a very important component of the total return of stocks over the last 84 years, accounting for 40 percent of the total return. And it may be an even more important wealth builder for investors, especially retirees, in the future.

• Daily Journal of Commerce
• March 29, 2010

• A Broader Retirement Plan

Democrats skillfully demagogued President Bush's plan to let workers invest some of their Social Security taxes, but now another idea waiting in the wings could be far more popular. The core of Mr. Bush's retirement investment plan was to provide a way for low- to middle-income Americans to build wealth over their working years by taking advantage of higher yield, diversified, blue chip stock and bond funds that wealthier people enjoy.

• The Washington Times
• April 12, 2007

• Stocks Reel On Gloomy Reports -- Feared

NEW YORK - Fears that the economy is stalling sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 280 points Wednesday, erasing more than a quarter of the stock market's gains for the year. The widely followed index of blue-chip stocks fell 2.2 percent, closing at 12,290.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• June 02, 2011

• Wine Sipper& Affordable Cabernet

The stock market is on the rise and leading economic indicators are supposedly showing improvement. Of course, it depends on whom you believe, but where I live - well, let's just say the improving economy hasn't quite trickled down. But do not despair - buying good wine does not require a blue chip stock portfolio. South American producers In Chile and Argentina have always had a reputation for value. For ten bucks or less, you can score a nice bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon with a lot more character and complexity than you would expect at that price. Here are the panel's top picks for value Cabernet from south of the border:

• Boise Weekly
• July 29, 2009