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Dateline: 12 January 2013
AxSA:
Factoid of the Week
The $13.7
billion dairy-milk industry faced many challenges in recent months—severe drought
conditions, rising feed costs, and even a pricing threat in the wake of the Fiscal
Cliff. Nevertheless, those challenges may pale in comparison to the one posed
by a wearisome trend in the marketplace. As consumer appetites evolve,
competition from other beverages like bottled water, energy drinks, and
nondairy milk alternatives is working to suppress demand for nearly all forms
of traditional milk products. In fact, so impactful has this shift been that,
at 20 billion gallons, dairy milk consumption is down 30% since 1975.
AxSA:
Conversations – “Facing Down the Fiscal Cliff”
Should we raise
the debt ceiling? Has sluggish growth really become the new normal for the
United States? What makes 2022 such a pivotal time for our country? What does
our monetary policy mean for price-sensitive commodities and your income? Why
does America need more Henry Fords and fewer Mark Zuckerbergs? And what do
Homer Simpson and $1 trillion coins have in common?
Financial
columnist Logan Mohtashami sits down again with AxSA founder Gary Harrell to
discuss the political brawl to avert the Fiscal Cliff and the inadvertent setup
for more dueling over federal spending and debt in 2013.
Podcast
recorded on January 11, 2013. To listen, click here.
News
& Commentary
Professional
Development
The Most
Productive Way to Meet Your Company’s Goals This Year: Choose Just One Word
Fast
Company
Rather
than setting vague resolutions, writer Jon Gordon says using one word as the
embodiment of all that you hope to achieve can be more effective…More
The
Success Myth
Wall
Street Journal
Assuming
that success is predicated on some natural ability is wrong-headed. In fact, as
it is pointed out in this piece, success is really a product of planning,
practice, and perpetual improvement…More
How Your
Affair Is Killing Your Business
Inc
Magazine
Poor
judgment from an entrepreneur can have an impact on any business, but this one,
the ultimate in bad judgment, has the potential of unwinding all of your hard
work…More
Economics
Smaller
U.S. Paychecks in 2013 Spark Twitter Outrage from Disgruntled Obama Voters
International
Business Times
Tweeted
one individual: “my paycheck was about $50 lighter & I don’t make over
$250,000, thank you president Obama for raising taxes! #liar”…More
The
Criminal Element
Suds for
Drugs
New York Magazine (NYT)
Procter
& Gamble’s popular Tide detergent is increasingly becoming a part of a three-way
romp involving money and drugs on America’s streets. Why detergent? Perhaps
because addicts know that shoplifting carries less penalties than violent
crimes, and that struggling urban families want the quality product without its
steep price…More
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