Never really cut out for life in the battlefield?_其他

Never really cut out for life in the battlefield?

Allegations of Ms Deng’s indiscretions have flown around for years, sometimes in such profusion and detail as to suggest a deliberate smear campaign. American newspapers have, from time to time, been contacted by an anonymous tipster using the Gotham City pseudonym Harvey Dent to identify supposed lovers from the worlds of politics, big business or the movies.

The greater likelihood that Ms Deng was never really cut out for life as a Murdoch, and that as her husband has aged and his power has flowed in the direction of others – particularly his grown-up children by Anna – so things have become more difficult for his outsider wife.

- Rupert Murdoch’s third marriage was doomed from the start - ‘jaw-dropping’ events lead to couple’s divorce, NationalPost.com, June 17, 2013.

2. As we saw in last week’s column, staying in business happens less often than going out of business. A business going out is one of the saddest things there is and among the most destructive. What can you do to help prevent this? Here are, in my mind, are 11 absolutes:

Your product/service can be put under contract. At least one year. Contracts provide a measure of predictability and a longer lead-time to adjust to trouble.

It is not a retail business. Are hot and then not. They can blow away simply because the population shifted or a competitor set up in a newer building near you or a construction project blocked customer traffic.