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CEOs Can’t Fight The Fed, But You Can Do These Things To Weather The Coming Storm

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s read-my-lips, we’re-not-fooling press conference should confirm for everyone that they’ll do what it takes—including engineer a recession—to bring inflation down. John Deere is reducing its fixed costs and using outsourcing, etc. to make more costs variable). Cash is king.

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Exclusive: Jim Collins on ‘Thriving In Chaos’

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They didn’t do well in that environment, and the engine blocks cracked. And if we do that, we can’t help but grow revenues per fixed cost. If you’re going to bet your life on a strategy, bet on dogs and sleds.”. Scott bet on an untested technology, to drive motor sledges across the Antarctic Plateau. Build Your Flywheel.