Opinions http://www.fwbusinesspress.com Opinions brought to you by Fort Worth Business Press Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:22 -0400 Opinions http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/images/fwbp_logo.jpg http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/index.php http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8020 Calculating good and bad globalization difficult We’ve been having the wrong discussion about globalization. For years, we’ve argued over whether this or that industry and its workers might suffer from imports and whether the social costs were worth the economic gains... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8020 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8018 SG Studios engineers a chart-topper “So what studio are we using?” I asked Fort Worth blues-band mainstay Bobby Counts while he and guitarist Sumter Bruton and I were planning a session for Counts’ series of Christmas-time in Cowtown albums. “Sounds... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8018 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8013 Disclosure of problems outweighs complacence Dear Dr. Keller: We have a touchy situation. Our company placed a blind ad for a management position. It went out in several national newspapers as well as the online services. In short, one of our management... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8013 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8011 Focus on the big picture to make more sales “Jeffrey, I’m new to sales. How do I get better?” “Jeffrey, I’ve been in sales two years. How do I get better?” “Jeffrey, I’ve been in sales 20 years. How do I get better?” It’s the same 3.5 answers for all... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8011 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8006 Gramm’s ‘nation of whiners’ may be most privileged Editor’s Note: Richard Connor’s promised column about the Business Press, the economy, the election and the water cooler has been pre-empted by his response to some conspicuous remarks from Phil Gramm. Next week,... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8006 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7997 Jackson comment may bring Jackson era to end There aren’t too many things that would make me say of a fellow man, “I want to cut his n—-s off.” So when I heard Rev. Jesse Jackson was caught mumbling that very threat towards Barack Obama (into a microphone that... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7997 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400