Employee Retention
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How to Keep Patient Satisfied
Susan Keane Baker is a professional speaker delivering presentations on managing patient expectations, building patient satisfaction and rapport, and delivering health care customer service.
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Retail Coaching
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Sales Management Courses
Sales training courses and sales management programs by Steve Waterhouse
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Trade Show Insights
Secrets to a successful tradeshow with Susan Friedmann
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For stocks, escaping bear hinges on oil, GE (Reuters)
Reuters - It will be tough for Wall Street to shake off the bear market blues next week if the price of oil keeps rising and the earnings season kick-off from Alcoa and General Electric disappoints investors.
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62,000 jobs lost, off nearly half-million for year (AP)
AP - The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future.
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Economy - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The benchmark 30-year fixed home loan rate fell 10 basis points to 6.35%, ending a 5-week uptrend to a 9-month peak, mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said. Weaker economic data made a Fed rate hike less likely, pushing Treasury yields and mortgage rates lower. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage slid 12 ticks to 5.92%. The 1-year ARM fell 10 basis points to 5.17%.
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Former Refco CEO gets 16 years in prison (Reuters)
Reuters - Phillip Bennett, the former chief executive of Refco, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Thursday for fleecing investors of more than $2.4 billion in a fraud that destroyed the world's largest independent commodities broker.
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Economy extends job loss streak (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. employers cut workers for a sixth straight month in June for the longest such streak since 2002 and the country's vast service sector unexpectedly contracted, underscoring the economy's frailty.
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Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest (Reuters)
Reuters - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week.
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Hedge fund swindler Israel denied bail, jailed (Reuters)
Reuters - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-profile run from justice.
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Blockbuster may do Circuit deal later: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Blockbuster Inc , which abandoned its offer to buy Circuit City Stores Inc this week, may try to acquire the electronics retailer later, the New York Post said Thursday citing insiders.
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