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September 2007 - Volume 7, Number 1 |
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HEALTHCARE |
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NO TIME TO WHINE
Why California Could Win
on
Health Care Reform
The numbers are staggering. California businesses pay $86.2 billion per year
for their employee health care benefits. And $14.7 billion of that is what Gov. Schwarzenegger calls a “hidden tax”
due to the cost of the uninsured. That “hidden tax” amounts to $1,186 per insured family or $455 for an individual -- a
huge impact on California businesses.
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EXIT STRATEGY |
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SELLING YOUR COMPANY IN A HOT MARKET
When it comes to cashing out, these are the best of times and the worst of times
for business owners.
Strategic and financial buyers alike are on the prowl for good businesses,
and they have record quantities of capital in their wallets, not to mention
access to plenty of leverage. They’re impatient; they’ll pay top dollar for a
solid growth company.
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LEISURE |
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CONTEMPORARY NOSTALGIA
Seasoned hotelier Thad Hyland doesn’t ever have to worry about speaking at a
conference of Wall Street analysts, money managers or institutional investors who see the hospitality industry as a
cash-flow cow. He’ll never get invited.
Hyland doesn’t believe in milking guests for extra profits by imposing a laundry list of fees and surcharges. As general manager of the family-owned, 82-year-old, 309-room Ojai Valley Inn & Spa near Santa Barbara, he says cooking up ways to nickel-and-dime guests already paying a healthy rate for their room isn’t only unhospitable; it’s a rip-off.
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CALIFORNIA INC
Short
Takes On State Business |
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SAVE
THE SEALS |
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Northern fur seal pups along the coast have been
struggling with a mysterious ailment, causing
specialists at the Marine Mammal Center (MMC) in
Sausalito to initiate fund-raising measures to
help save them. |
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DEBUNKING RUMORS |
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It has become almost common knowledge: immigrant
workers, willing to work for low wages, have
brought down the pay levels of workers born in
the United States. |
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Best
Company Nominations |
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Is
Your Company a Best Company to Work For? |
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California CEO is
now accepting nominations for
'Best Company to Work For'.
Take this opportunity to
nominate a company you respect,
including your own! Please
go to our
online nomination form
and nominate your favorite
company today. |
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