Day planner 082707 – The Augusta Chronicle
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- Day planner 082707 – The Augusta Chronicle
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- Lindal goes beyond the family tree
- Home Depot unit sold for far less in tight market
Day planner 082707 – The Augusta Chronicle
Augusta Chronicle – Augusta Chronicle (subscription) – Aug 26, 2007
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The New Mommy Track
U.S. News & World Report – Aug 26, 2007
ften she says women’s flexible arrangements were based on handshake agreements with supervisors; new bosses meant no more flexibility. Partly as a result of those continuing difficulties a growing number of mothers are deciding that starting their own business is the answer. n a cool evening in May dozens of women gathered in lower Manhattan to celebrate the launch of a new magazine Hybrid Mom. It caters to women who are balancing work and motherhood with a special focus on mompreneurs or mothers who launch their own businesses.
Lindal goes beyond the family tree
Seattle Times – Aug 26, 2007
Deck House eventually was sold to someone else and Harris hired on as a consultant to help prepare Lindal’s long-term strategic plan. Coincidentally succession planning was on Bob Lindal’s mind having announced earlier this year that he would retire in five to 10 years. Lindal’s two daughters both work for the company as does his nephew but the family decided that Harris’ three decades of experience in the custom-home business was the right fit right now. The moves also should reassure the company’s 170 workers as well as its distributors contractors and suppliers that the company will be around for a while. “Having a succession plan gives people a lot of comfort” Lindal said. “They need confidence that this [business] is something that warrants their putting their time and effort into making it work. The company was founded by Lindal’s father Sir Walter Lindal in 1945… Deck House eventually was sold to someone else and Harris hired on as a consultant to help prepare Lindal’s long-term strategic plan. Coincidentally succession planning was on Bob Lindal’s mind having announced earlier this year that he would retire in five to 10 years. Lindal’s two daughters both work for the company as does his nephew but the family decided that Harris’ three decades of experience in the custom-home business was the right fit right now. The moves also should reassure the company’s 170 workers as well as its distributors contractors and suppliers that the company will be around for a while. “Having a succession plan gives people a lot of comfort” Lindal said. “They need confidence that this [business] is something that warrants their putting their time and effort into making it work. The company was founded by Lindal’s father Sir Walter Lindal in 1945.
Home Depot unit sold for far less in tight market
International Herald Tribune – Aug 26, 2007
Though the practice has become almost routine in recent years it is riddled with conflicts and may soon fall out of favor some bankers have predicted. Still by reaching an agreement Home Depot the private equity firms and the banks may have saved themselves from a potentially worse fate: years of contentious lawsuits. Some investors have suggested that the issues raised in Home Depot's sale of its supply business are self-contained because the troubles in the housing market and the fact that Home Depot needed to sell the supply business to pay for its stock buyback made it particularly vulnerable to renegotiation. The stock prices of companies involved in pending buyouts are near their deal prices suggesting that investors expect them to be completed as originally agreed upon. However when one participant in the Home Depot battle was asked what would happen to the next series of deals he said: “Study what just happened here. You'll see this movie again soon.
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