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...F18332 89159 711320 29. The most impressive of all these numberers is his bank, which prints on each check a listing of 22 digits, plus about half a dozen of those indecipherable computer hieroglyphics that look vaguely like footprints left by a robot walking along the seashore at sundown...
...compose a former Portuguese colony south of Nigeria, Rosenblum visits the cacao plantations of Claudio Corallo, who, like all cacao-growers, loses 21 percent of his crop to disease and 25 percent to pests. His house has no electricity, and his day starts at 5 a.m. and lasts past sundown. Despite this, Corallo’s situation is probably preferable to the backbreaking labor his employees endure. And yet he sees few of the tremendous profits collected by the large chocolate companies that compete for his beans...
...China. The company introduced the Walton Institute, a program to teach local managers the master's Three Basic Beliefs (respect for the individual, service to our customers, and to strive for excellence), the 10-Foot Rule (always greet a customer when she gets within 10 feet of you), the Sundown Rule (any employee or customer request must be addressed before sundown) and other cultural foundations...
...main cities, according to a McKinsey study, increasing wealth will support 250 hypermarkets among the competing retailers. The company introduced the Walton Institute, a program to teach local managers the master's Three Basic Beliefs (respect for the individual, service to our customers, and to strive for excellence), the Sundown Rule (any employee or customer request must be addressed before sundown) and other cultural foundations. Walking into a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Fort Worth, Texas, CEO Scott says he misses the old days a little bit; when Wal-Mart was an underdog, "you could really go after a competitor...
...operating the Copy Machines of Power than striding through the corridors thereof, but I was definitely warm. I cannot get over how hot this place is. It’s hot during the day and unreasonably hot at night; it’s particularly shocking to walk outside after sundown. “Damn, it was hot today,” you think. “At least now it’s dark. At night, the summer air is cool and refreshing.” But no! It’s still hotter than hell. It?...