Taking Care of Business•
on September 21st, 2011• by
Clifford •
Watch this video: CEO Tells Congress he was fined for hiring too many people.
The take away:
In my own business, securities regulations have prohibited me from hiring brokers for more than three years. I was even fined fifteen thousand dollar expressly for hiring too many brokers in 2008. In the process I incurred more than $500,000 in legal bills to mitigate a more severe regulatory outcome as a result of hiring too many workers. I have also been prohibited from opening up additional offices. I had a major expansion plan that would have resulted in my creating hundreds of additional jobs. Regulations have forced me to put those jobs on hold.
The President and Congress don’t need to spend another $447 billion to create jobs. They only have to lift regulations.
President Obama said “If you love me, you gotta help me pass this bill.”
Mr. President: If you were serious about creating jobs, why can’t Boeing open their finished factory doors due to the NLRB?
Mr. President: Why did the DOJ instruct Gibson Guitars to ship jobs over seas ?
Sorry Mr President. I don’t love you. I love my country. Something your administration seems intent on dismantling.
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Taking Care of Business•
on September 4th, 2011• by
cotton •
FireScope celebrated it’s 5th Anniversary a couple weeks ago. As a founder of the company, I’m really proud of the hard work the team put into getting our company this far. It’s been a difficult road getting through what was arguably the toughest economic recession I can remember in my life time. But thanks to our investors, customers and especially the people who make up FireScope who were earlier believers we are enjoying continued success.
Happy Birthday FireScope.
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Taking Care of Business•
on October 26th, 2010• by
cotton •
Congratulations to the Ford Motor Company, the Ford family and the shareholders of Ford for sticking it out during a very rough period and surviving a tough recession with out a government bail-out. I’m confident that Ford will be a stronger Company as a result of their ability to navigate this storm.
To our politicians who have never made a payroll, tough decision or competed in the market place this is what capitalism is all about – wake up!
Ford Posts Third Quarter 2010 Net Income of $1.7 Billion; Announces Additional Debt Reduction Actions+.
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Taking Care of Business•
on November 15th, 2009• by
cotton •
This is an interesting article given my trip to Australia last week where it seems that everyone is short the US dollar – hmmm go figure 
Betting Your Dollar’s Bottoming – Up and Down Wall Street Daily – R. Forsyth – Barrons.com.
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Taking Care of Business•
on October 31st, 2009• by
cotton •
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Already reeling from huge market swings, stock investors may get that whipsawed feeling again next week, when the Federal Reserve and the monthly jobs report headline a busy schedule.
via Reeling stock investors confront Fed, jobs, autos – MarketWatch.
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Taking Care of Business•
on October 27th, 2009• by
cotton •
How does that happen? Amazing this company continues to do well – in fairness its tough to support multiple hardware platforms vs. Apple that supports only its own.
CBC News – Technology & Science – Microsoft shares soar despite profit drop.
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