“Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to Colombia. From here, they have access to the entire Latin American market.” ShouldAnimalCompanyHugePlantSpeciesAccessEnormousVarietyLatinLatin AmericaColombiaPlants And AnimalsLatin American Author:Juan Manuel Santos
“But eventually it's a question of access: Getting access to fields is on top of the oil companies' agenda. We see a substantial build-up of supply occurring over the coming years.” YearsCompanyFieldsOilAccessAgendasOil Companies Author:Daniel Yergin
“I basically see two reasons for a going public: Glencore gets access to more money. It is a way of funding your business and to finance growth. Plus: You have more liquid shares. It is easier to leave the company and redeem your shares. The 'going public' may also be an exit strategy for the top management.” WayMayTwoReasonGrowthCompanyShareEasierManagementStrategyAccessFinancePlusMore MoneyFundingLiquidExitTop Management Author:Marc Rich
“Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and have access to and are best friends with people who are on boards of directors of major companies - they're the only ones who can make a true buck.” PeopleCompanyDirectorsMajorsDollarsAccessBillionsBoardsTradingBucksWrong TimeInsidersRiggedBoard Of DirectorsInsider Trading Author:Preet Bharara
“Here in Silicon Valley, I have taken part in hundreds of conversations trying to convince people to dive in and become entrepreneurs. All too often, innovators with good, safe, jobs are unwilling to put their family's access to health care at risk by walking away from company-backed medical insurance.” PeopleTryingCareJobsCompanyTakenRiskWalkingSafeConversationEntrepreneurAccessMedicalHealth CareConvinceValleysUnwillingInnovatorsSiliconSilicon ValleyWalking AwayMedical Insurance Author:Eric Ries
“The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves.” IndividualCommunityEffortCompanyIssuesHealthyLowsRateMarketingAccessIncomeConsumersNeighborhoodConsumptionLinkedPreferencePoorestSodaHealthy FoodLow IncomeAffordability Author:Geoffrey Canada
“Cloud computing offers individuals access to data and applications from nearly any point of access to the Internet, offers businesses a whole new way to cut costs for technical infrastructure, and offers big computer companies a potentially giant market for hardware and services.” WayWholeBigsIndividualCompanyCuttingInternetCostOffersComputerCloudsAccessDataGiantsApplicationNew WaysInfrastructureComputingHardwareCloud Computing Author:Jamais Cascio
“In order to keep up with the criminals and to protect our national security, the solution is clear: we need legislation to ensure that telephone companies and other carriers provide law enforcement with access to this new technology.” NeedsLawOrderCompanyTechnologyClearSecurityInternetProtectSolutionsCriminalsAccessFree SpeechLegislationNational SecurityLaw EnforcementEnforcementTelephonesNew TechnologyCarrier Author:Louis J. Freeh
“I would love to have access to a company like Caterpillar. I would make all their stuff remote controlled and work ten times as fast.” StuffCompanyTenAccessControlledCaterpillars Author:Jamie Hyneman
“As children, we had access to all the open space imaginable. We would set up camps in rural Utah where the Tempest Company was at work laying pipe. We spent time around the West in Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, and Colorado. Wild beautiful places. Now, many of these natural places have disappeared under the press of development.” ChildrenBeautifulNaturalSpaceCompanyDevelopmentPressesWestAccessCampsPipeTempestColoradoBeautiful PlacesUtahIdahoOpen SpacesWyomingNevada Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that high-value programming.” ShouldValuesPayCompanyTvsBuiltFairsAccessLocalsProgrammingSignals Author:Gordon Smith