$17.8 Million was the cost of a test project for an inflatable home for astronauts in outer space. 30% of U.S. military commanders have been relieved from duty in the past eight years due to sexual related offenses including adultery, harassment and improper relationships. $4.6 Million was paid at an Arizona auction for the original…
Five Ways to Yes Help the decision makers earn more money, brand awareness or customer loyalty than they had originally intended. Quantify the cost of delaying a decision today. Get decision makers to put skin in the game. Increase their value by having them invest in the decision. Submit three proposals – what they ask…
Alcoa always files its quarterly earnings first. In 1991, former CEO Paul O’Neil, who went on to serve as U.S. Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, decided Alcoa would report its quarterly earnings first to demonstrate fiscal discipline. It has been company policy ever since. Excerpts from @Fortune magazine
Thoughts from Klaus Schwab*: 1) A global system for the 21st century must foster cooperation. We’re all in this together. Governments, businesses and civil society cannot do it on their own. 2) A global system must approach challenges in a systemic, integrated way. We also have to establish the necessary interlinkages to create coherence. We…
1,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled in late January from two Michigan businesses. Sixteen cases of salmonella food poisoning in five states have been linked to the meat. 14 m.p.h. is the new speed limit being considered in Aspen, Colorado after residents complained that drivers ignore the current 25 m.p.h. speed limit. $50.5 Billion…
1.2 billion tons of food is thrown away worldwide, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 349 U.S. military personnel committed suicide in 2012 and more than 295 troops were killed in combat in Afghanistan. 800 people signed up for the Python Challenge in Florida, a month long Burmese python-hunting contest. $6 billion is…
4,857 objects were left in patients during surgeries in the U.S. over the past 20 years. $18 billion was spent by the Obama Administration on agencies enforcing immigration laws in the last fiscal year. This is more than all other federal law-enforcement agencies combined. 45 million people smoke cigarettes in the U.S. $5.28 million was…
$264 was the grossing amount for Christian Slater’s horror film Playback – the lowest grossing movie of 2012. 32.6 million searches for Facebook took place on the English-language Wikipedia website. It was the highest Wikipedia query in 2012. 22,000 people applied to be Delta flight attendants within one week of the job posting. Less than 2% of…
According to Timothy Speiss at Eisner Amper, accountants and tax advisors, all of the individual marginal tax rates in effect in 2012 stay the same in 2013 – 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33% and 35%. A new top rate of 39.6% however, will be imposed on taxable income over $400,000 for single filers, $425,000 for…
The New Jersey Small Business Development Centers recently contracted Cheryl McCants, founder and principal of Impact, to design, develop and deliver a branding workshop for small and established business owners. The workshop focuses on strategic branding, the differences between marketing and branding and helps business owners understand what branding is and what it is not….