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Singleton Made Teledyne First US TV Maker to Exit Before Japanese Competition
“When American TV manufacturers still dominated the US market, Singleton anticipated the coming Japanese competition and exited the business entirely. This shocked industry observers. Packard Bell had a good market share and solid profits, but Singleton saw the…”
Teledyne Fired Its Entire M&A Team Simultaneously in 1969
“There was a whole team of people at Teledyne who had been taking care of the acquisitions, helping find these companies, working through the acquisition process, integrating them, And they were just laid off all at the same time.”
Parrish: Most valuable item in Cettie Rockefeller's wardrobe was a $150 coat
“When they inventory Seti's wardrobe, it told its own story of their lifestyle. The wife of the richest man on earth had owned almost nothing of value. The costliest thing in her closet was a sealskin coat appraised at a 150 dollars.”
Home Depot Allocated Half Its 1996 Olympic Corporate Hospitality to Frontline Workers
“And Home Depot had 2000 packages, and half of them went to vendor partners, and the other half went to everyday associates. They were the only sponsor who gave such a high percentage of hospitality packages to their own employees.”